Swedish Coach Kim Lars Björkegren Takes Over Black Queens
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced the appointment of Kim Lars Björkegren, a Swedish gaffer as head coach for the Black Queens.
It comes after Nora Hauptle refused to extend her contract with the FA in December and left the role.
In a statement, the GFA said, “Swedish Football Coach, Kim Lars Björkegren, has been appointed new Head Coach of the Senior National Female team, the Black Queens.”
Björkegren will now lead the senior female national team into the upcoming WAFCON 2025 which will run from July 5 to July 26, 2025.
The GFA is confident that the experience new coach in Women’s Football, and his background in Education and Sports Psychology, makes him the “ideal” choice to take over the coaching reins of the Black Queens.
He will be assisted by Coaches Charles Sampson and Anita Wiredu.
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Björkegren a UEFA License A Coach, has 18 years of experience in coaching in Sweden and other countries.
He has to his name the Cyprus top Women’s league title with Apollon Ladies as well as the Damallsvenskan (Swedish Women’s top league) title with Linkopings FC.
In the 2020-2021 season, he was adjudged the Coach of the season in Cyprus.
Kim holds the joint record with the renowned Sven Goran Eriksson as being the second Swedish manager to win two domestic titles in two different countries.
Kim Björkegren worked with the Finland Women’s National Team as a Scout and Analyst.
He has also coached Beijing BG Phoenix in the Chinese Super League (placing third in both the Chinese Women’s FA Cup and Super Cup in 2018) and has worked as Technical Director of Manila Digger FC of the Philippines. Kim also coached a number of male teams at various levels of the Swedish Football League system.
Most recently, Kim has been manager of Racing Louisville in the National Women’s Soccer League of the United States of America [USA].
Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini
