Known to the Ligue 1 crowd for having proudly worn the colours of Stade Rennais (2003-2006) before joining Rhône to play for Olympique Lyonnais (2006-2012), Kim Källström is far from having drawn a line in the world of football. And rightly so, the ex-Gone joins the Swedish Football Association (SvFF) as a replacement for Le Progrès on Thursday. Brought in as technical director, the Sandviken native will have the difficult task of breathing new life into the Scandinavian team. , who sat out the 2022 World Cup and made it through their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign.
“The reason why I am happy for this position is that I have been passionate about Swedish football since I was a child and it was an honour for me to play for the Swedish national team (131 caps, 16 goals). It’s an opportunity after my playing career. I have my own concepts of what to do, but some of them may respond to other concepts. It will be very important to pay attention to others who have delighted in something that I don’t have,” said the man who won two titles with Olympique Lyonnais, in 2007 and 2008, on the official SvFF website.