Jimmy Thelin
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bo Jimmy Thelin | ||
| Date of birth | 14 March 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Jönköping, Sweden | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Aberdeen (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| IF Hagapojkarna | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–2003 | IF Hagapojkarna | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005–2008 | FC Ljungarum | ||
| 2009–2014 | Jönköpings Södra IF (youth) | ||
| 2014–2017 | Jönköpings Södra IF | ||
| 2018–2024 | IF Elfsborg | ||
| 2024– | Aberdeen | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bo Jimmy Thelin (born 14 March 1978) is a Swedish football coach and former player who is currently the manager of Aberdeen.
He is the older brother of Tommy Thelin, forward and captain of Jönköpings Södra.
Playing career[edit]
He played until 2003 as a centre-back for IF Hagapojkarna[1] (now renamed IF Haga),[2] one of the local minor teams of the city of Jönköping, in the fourth and in the fifth level in the league system of Swedish football.
Managerial career[edit]
He began his coaching career taking over as FC Ljungarum coach in 2005. This newly founded team had its first effective season in 2006,[3] dominating the Division 6 championship with 17 wins out of 18 games total.[4]
Thelin remained at FC Ljungarum until 2008, winning another championship. In 2009, he started managing the Jönköpings Södra Under-17 team, before coaching the Under-19 and the Under-21 teams of the same club.[5]
At the beginning of the 2014 season, the previous Jönköpings Södra coach Mats Gren moved to the role of sporting director for IFK Göteborg, so the team found itself without a manager when 2014 Superettan had already started.[6] The board decided to promote Jimmy Thelin as a head coach of the first team,[7] finishing the season in 4th place (the club's best finish since 1976).[8] In the following season he achieved an even better result, leading J-Södra back to the Allsvenskan after 46 years since the last time.[9]
It was announced on 16 April 2024 that Thelin had been appointed as the new manager of Aberdeen on a three-year deal starting in June 2024.[10]
Managerial record[edit]
- As of match played 1 June 2024
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
| Jönköpings Södra | 22 April 2014 | 31 December 2017 | 130 | 55 | 35 | 40 | 42.3 | ||||
| IF Elfsborg | 1 January 2018 | 1 June 2024 | 223 | 104 | 55 | 64 | 46.6 | ||||
| Aberdeen | 1 June 2024 | Present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | ||||
| Total | 353 | 159 | 90 | 104 | 45.0 | ||||||
Honours[edit]
Manager[edit]
- Jönköpings Södra
References[edit]
- ^ "Jönköpings Södra har blivit vinnare med lokala spelare". jnytt.se (in Swedish). 9 October 2014. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Årsmötesprotokoll" (PDF). laget.se (in Swedish). 4 March 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "FC Ljungarum firade 10 års jubileum". jmini.se (in Swedish). 30 June 2015. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Tabell och resultat - Div 6 Jönköping". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Jimmy Thelin fostrar framtidens a-lagsspelare". j-sodra.com (in Swedish). 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Klubbarna överens - Mats Gren lämnar J-Södra under fredagen". fotbollskanalen.se (in Swedish). 17 April 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Jimmy Thelin: "Känns bra att hjälpa föreningen"". jnytt.se (in Swedish). 5 April 2014. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Dagens gäst: Jimmy Thelin, huvudtränare Jönköpings Södra IF". fotbollsindustrin.se (in Swedish). 12 March 2015. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "TV: Planstormning och glädjeintervjuer när J-Södra klev upp". fotbollskanalen.se (in Swedish). 17 October 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Aberdeen agree deal for Elfsborg head coach Thelin". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
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