Magnus Powell

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Powell in the jersey of Lyn Oslo (June 2007)

Magnus Powell (born October 28, 1974 in Örnsköldsvik ) is a former Swedish football player . The midfielder made his career in Sweden and Norway.

Career

Powell played in his youth at Husums IF , for which his father Ronnie Powell was active as a player and coach, and Ärnas IF . In 1991 he moved to Örebro SK , where he was initially also a youth player, but came to his first use in the Allsvenskan in the first division season in 1991 . Two years later he established himself in the first team and finally contributed in the 1994 season at the side of Mirosław Kubisztal , Christer Fursth and Mattias Jonson with five goals this season to the runner-up behind the IFK Gothenburg , which is supervised by Roger Gustafsson .

Powell moved in early 1995 together with Fursth within Allsvenskan to Helsingborgs IF . In addition to Martin Pringle , Jesper Ljung and Jonas Dahlgren , he was immediately one of the regulars on the club's offensive and was again runner-up behind IFK Göteborg. In the following years he remained a regular goalscorer and placed himself with the team in the front of the table. Was he and the team at the end of the 1998 season as a runner-up behind AIK in the UEFA Cup again, at the end of the season of the following season, he won the Von Rosens Cup for the Swedish championship. By Åge Hareide supervised team to Arild Stavrum , Sven Andersson , Ola Nilsson and Andreas Jakobsson , for Powell eight goals this season had achieved the previous year's champion AIK distanced by one point.

As reigning champions Powell left Sweden and joined the Norwegian club Lillestrøm SK . Under coach Arne Erlandsen he ran alongside Pål Strand , Arild Sundgot , Gylfi Einarsson and his compatriots Christer Mattiasson and Magnus Kihlberg in the Tippeligaen . He had only scored four goals in his first season, he was in the 2001 season with 13 goals this season and was four goals behind the top scorer trio Thorstein Helstad , Frode Johnsen and Clayton Zane . So he reached with his team the runner-up behind series champion Rosenborg BK . This remained his personally most successful season and the team could not build on the success in the following seasons and slipped into midfield of the table. At the end of the 2005 season , which the club coached by Uwe Rösler had finished fourth in the table, Powell met with his team around players like Robert Koren , Bjørn Helge Riise and Claus Reitmaier in the final of the Norwegian National Cup against Molde FK . After the opponent took the lead with goals from Rob Friend and Madiou Konate and Khaled Mouelhi had equalized in the meantime, Aril Sundgot scored the equalizer in stoppage time, which forced extra time. There Daniel Berg Hestad and John Andreas Husøy scored two more goals for Molde FK and, since the subsequent substitution of Magnus Mykleust for Powell had no effect, decided the final for their colors.

After six seasons with Lillestrøm SK Powell moved in early 2006 within the Tippeligaen to Lyn Oslo , where he met his compatriots Eddie Gustafsson , Johan Dahlin and Henrik Dahl . In the first two years he was a regular player for a long time, but in the 2008 season he was often on the bench at the start of the game. In summer 2008 he left the club on loan to his home country and joined GIF Sundsvall . By the end of the season, he ran in twelve games for the first division, but despite a goal this season, he could not prevent the direct relegation to the Superettan .

After the end of the season Powell ended his active career and moved as an assistant coach in the coaching staff of Sören Åkeby . With the club, however, he missed the direct return to the Allsvenskan. At the end of the year he moved to Norway again and took up an offer from his former play station Lillestrøm SK to work as a youth coach and trainer for youth coaches.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ svenskafans.com: "Magnus Powell klar för GIF Sundsvall" (accessed on September 27, 2010)
  2. ↑ allehanda.se: "Powell återvänder till Lilleström" (accessed on September 27, 2010)

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personal data
SURNAME Powell, Magnus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Örnsköldsvik