Krister Nordin

Krister Nordin in October 2012

Hans Krister "Krille" Nordin (born February 25, 1968 in Stockholm ) is a former Swedish football player . The midfielder played a total of 306 games in the regular course of his career Erstligaspielzeiten and 17 Championship final tournament in Sweden.

Career

Nordin grew up in Bergshamra and started playing soccer in 1973 at the local club IFK Bergshamra . In 1980 he moved to the youth of Råsunda IS . Here he stayed only two years to move to the youth department of the then second division club Djurgårdens IF . There he made his debut as a 16-year-old in the first team and was able to fight for a regular place in the following second division season after the club's relegation in the 1986 season . After the direct resurgence, he was one of the pillars of the team that was able to establish itself in the front midfield of the Allsvenskan. In 1990 he won his first title with the club when the team won the final of the Svenska Cup with a 3-0 win over the Gothenburg club BK Häcken .

Before the 1992 season, after Nordin had sought contact himself, he switched to local rivals AIK , who would later be headed by the Swedish national coach Tommy Söderberg . Here, too, he was able to establish himself as a regular and contributed primarily with six goals in ten games in the championship finals to the club's first win of the championship title after a 55-year break. However, the success could not be built on in the following years and the club was only placed in the middle of the Swedish elite series.

In January 1996, before the start of the season , Erik Hamrén took over as coach and led the club to another title win, when a goal by Pascal Simpson in extra time won the cup final on May 23 of the year against Malmö FF 1-0 was decided by AIK. As a result, the club entered the 1996/97 European Cup Winners' Cup and reached the quarter-finals against FC Barcelona . The first leg ended with a 1: 3 defeat, but Nordin was sent off with a yellow-red shortly before the end and was therefore unable to participate in the 1: 1 draw in the second leg. In 1997 the cup final was reached again, in Ryavallen in Borås they successfully defended their title with a 2-1 win over IF Elfsborg .

Despite the two cup wins, the future Finnish national coach Stuart Baxter took over from Hamrén before the start of the 1998 season . Even under the new coach, Nordin was part of the team and was used in 24 of the 26 season games when he won the championship for the second time in his career. Together with Johan Mjällby , he controlled the game in midfield and appeared primarily as a dangerous free-kick taker. In the following season, the team captain won the Svenska Cup for the third time with AIK and ran with his club in the Champions League , where the team failed in the group stage. At the end of the season he received another award, but this time personally: He was named Årets mittfaltare i svensk fotboll , d. H. named Midfielder of the Year. He also left Sweden after the season to work in Denmark.

The future Norwegian national coach Åge Hareide , previously coach at Helsingborgs IF in Sweden, guided him to Brøndby IF in the Danish Super League . At the end of his first half series with his new employer, Nordin reached the runner-up with the team behind Herfølge BK . After a second runner-up in 2001, he won the Danish championship title with the club in 2002 and was also considered one of the best in the league.

In the summer of 2002, Nordin returned to Sweden with his family after two and a half years and was again hired by AIK. Again he established himself straight away in the regular team and was able to enter the goalscorer list directly on his comeback in the away defeat at Helsingborgs IF in the Olympics and score the goal for his club. After a year as a regular under Richard Money , he was only used sporadically in the 2004 season under his successor Patrick Englund . After relegation, he ended his professional career and let his career end at the amateur club Ekerö IK .

As a full-time job, Nordin was initially employed as a salesperson at Cloetta , before setting up his own sports shop in Ekerö in 1993 . Since moving to Denmark in 1999, he has been a professional footballer. After retiring from his career, he again became self-employed as a consultant and also appeared as a football expert on television.

successes

Awards

• Midfielder of the year in Sweden: 1999

title

• Swedish champion: 1992, 1998
• Swedish Cup Winner: 1990, 1996, 1997, 1999
• Danish champion: 2002

Web links

• "KRISTER NORDIN - FIGHTERN SOM ALDRIG VEK SIG I EN NÄRKAMP" - Profile on the AIK website
• "Krister Nordin" - Profile at weltfussball.de