Henrik Rydström
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Rydström in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Henrik Per-Erik Rydström | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Karlskrona, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Columbus Crew | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1993 | Listerby IK | ||
| 1993–1995 | Kalmar FF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–2013 | Kalmar FF | 551 | (23) |
| 2014 | IFK Berga | 0 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Listerby IK | 5 | (1) |
| 2016 | Hossmo BK | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018 | Kalmar FF (caretaker) | ||
| 2019–2020 | IK Sirius | ||
| 2021–2022 | Kalmar FF | ||
| 2023–2025 | Malmö | ||
| 2025– | Columbus Crew | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Henrik Per-Erik Rydström (born 16 February 1976) is a Swedish professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of MLS club Columbus Crew.
As of 2013, he was the sixth longest serving player in the world when it comes to playing for the same club.[1]
Career
He made his debut for Kalmar FF in 1994 and played his last game for the team in 2013. He was a defensive midfielder known for a good passing foot and superb leadership on and off the pitch. In the spring of 2008, he was named best club captain of Allsvenskan in a vote from the players of the league.[2] Henrik Rydström holds the club record for most games played for Kalmar FF with 802 games.[3]
Politics
He has held speeches for the Swedish Social Democratic Party. He stated in a podcast interview with local newspaper Sydsvenskan, owned by Bonnier Group, while he was the manager of Malmö, that he wants to "take the fight harder against the Sweden Democrats".[4] This statement stirred reactions from the Sweden Democrats in Malmö, who accused him of "bullying and excluding their voter base from welcome to Eleda Stadion".[5] His statement furthermore marked a change in Malmö's neutral stance of outwards politics both regionally and nationally as a democratically membership owned football association, as the press officer of Malmö attended the interview.
Managerial statistics
- As of 14 March 2026
| Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Kalmar FF | 31 July 2018 | 31 December 2018 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 18.75 | |
| IK Sirius | 1 January 2019 | 31 December 2020 | 68 | 20 | 18 | 30 | 93 | 115 | −22 | 29.41 | |
| Kalmar FF | 1 January 2021 | 30 November 2022 | 69 | 34 | 14 | 21 | 96 | 76 | +20 | 49.28 | |
| Malmö | 1 December 2022 | 26 September 2025 | 126 | 67 | 30 | 29 | 250 | 142 | +108 | 53.17 | |
| Columbus Crew | 31 December 2025 | present | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 0.00 | |
| Career total | 283 | 124 | 69 | 90 | 455 | 361 | +94 | 43.82 | |||
Honours and awards
Player
- Kalmar FF
Manager
- Malmö FF
References
- ^ "Giggs blir svår att slå men Totti ska jag kunna vänta ut" (in Swedish). FotbollDirekt. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ "Allsvensk makt – del 2 - Fotbolldirekt – Experten på svensk fotboll".
- ^ "Tack för allt".
- ^ "Rädslan att förlora får aldrig bli större än viljan att vinna".
- ^ "Malmö FF mobbar SD Malmö".
External links
- Henrik Rydström at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
- Kalmar FF Profile