Johan Hammarström

Johan Hammarström
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-03-17) 17 March 1967
Position(s) Midfielder
Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
IFK Stockholm
1987–1996 Hammarby
1997–1998 Kongsvinger 18 (0)
Managerial career
1999–2004 NTG/Kongsvinger (youth)
2005–2007 Galterud
2009–2012 Kongsvinger (women)
2014 Kongsvinger (women)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Johan Hammarström (born 17 March 1967) is a retired Swedish footballer. Mainly a central midfielder, he could also play as a central defender. He played in the highest leagues of Sweden and Norway for Hammarby IF and Kongsvinger IL respectively, and also managed the youth and women's teams of the latter club.

Playing career

He was born in Vårberg in Stockholm.[1] He started his career in IFK Stockholm[2] before joining Hammarby IF.[1] After three seasons in Division 1, Hammarby returned to the 1994 Allsvenskan.[3] Hammarström was now the team captain.[4][5] He played 48 of the 52 Allsvenskan games in 1994 and 1995, scoring thrice.[6] Hammarby became a bottom team in the Allsvenskan, however, surviving the 1994 Allsvenskan playout, being relegated from the 1995 Allsvenskan and failing to win repromotion in the 1996 Allsvenskan playoff.

After the latter competition, Hammarström decided to finally leave the club[7] after 181 matches.[1] He notably had offers from Norway. In December 1996, he met with both Lyn and Kongsvinger representatives.[8] The transfer was described as a "tug-of-war" between Kongsvinger and Lyn, where Hammarström chose to sign for Kongsvinger.[7] He later revealed his first impression of Kongsvinger as being "a place that God forgot".[9] He came together with countryfellow Ludwig Ernstsson. Hammarström was mainly considered as a "number 6", a deep-lying midfielder.[10][11]

In the early stages of the 1997 Eliteserien, he succeeded in his role as distributor of the ball.[12] Norwegian football used less time to build up play, however, and Hammarström was more often asked to start counter-attacks.[13] He was also an alternative at centre-back position. Hammarström stated that Kongsvinger trained more often than Swedish clubs, and suffered from minor injuries during his first months in Kongsvinger.[14] In mid-June 1997, just as he had finished settling into the team, he broke his leg.[15]

Starting the match against Viking in July 1998, it was Hammarström's first Eliteserien match in thirteen months.[16] He strained a thigh muscle in September and was sidelined again.[17] In the end, he played eighteen Eliteserien games in 1997 and 1998[18] and represented Kongsvinger once in Europe, in the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup against FC Twente.[6] Hammarström then retired after the 1998 season. Being declared medically invalid as a sportsman, Hammarström was able to recoup money from insurance.[19]

Manager career

Hammarström started working as a coach at the Norwegian School of Elite Sport when its branch in Kongsvinger opened for the 1999–2000 school year. At that time, Hammarström shared the duties with Arnfinn Engerbakk.[20][21] He coached the school team and Kongsvinger IL youth teams. Having been considered as a coach in the IK Start system in 2004, he declined to move to Southern Norway. Instead, he became head coach of Third Division side Galterud IF ahead of the 2005 season.[22] He remained for three seasons, resigning after the 2007 season.[23][24] Ahead of the 2009 season he took over as head coach of Kongsvinger IL's women's team.[25]

During his years as manager of Kongsvinger women from 2009 to 2012, the club won promotion twice. He coached no team in 2013, and was reportedly considered as director of sports in Hammarby. At the end of the year, Hammarström's return to Kongsvinger was announced, effective from the 2014 season. The board cited Hammarström's knowledge of the 4-4-2 formation, which the board wanted to implement in all teams.[2] He resigned as manager after the 2014 season, only to continue as managing director of Kongsvinger IL.[26][27]

Personal life

Hammarström left KIL in 2018, first on a health absence before resigning.[28] He found a job at a primary school[9] and took up amateur painting, holding local exhibitions.[29]

Johan's father Rolf Hammarström was a member of the rock group The Violents, which eventually included Erik "Jerry Williams" Fernström. Johan Hammarström thus grew up with an interest in music, playing with a friend and mimicking Art Garfunkel's style for a time. By the time he played for Kongsvinger, Hammarström had written "between 300 and 400 melodies" and wanted to join a songwriter collective after retiring. While at home, he saved his ideas on a tape recorder, whereas when he was out, he would call his own answering machine to hum the newly-conceived tune.[30]

His brother Peter Hammarström was an elite ice hockey player.[1]

References

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  2. ^ a b Gjerde, Patrick Bakkland (30 October 2013). "Johan tilbake i trenerstolen". Glåmdalen (in Norwegian).
  3. ^ "Hammarby till Allsvenskan med ungt lag" (in Swedish). Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå. 16 March 1994.
  4. ^ Söderlund, Göran (14 April 1994). "Söders bröder blöder!". Expressen (in Swedish).
  5. ^ "Hammarström ska spräcka Bajens nola. 'Ravelli tappar in bollen'". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 29 May 1994.
  6. ^ a b Johan Hammarström at WorldFootball.net
  7. ^ a b Bakke, Sven Ove (24 December 1996). "KIL-stallen er full. Ny svenske sa ja". Glåmdalen (in Norwegian).
  8. ^ "Hammarby tappar förmodligen en av sina nyckelspelare i fotboll". Expressen (in Swedish). 16 December 1996.
  9. ^ a b Campo, Christina (31 August 2019). "– Tankene kvernet konstant". Glåmdalen (in Norwegian). p. 20-21.
  10. ^ Bakke, Sven Ove (10 January 1997). "Deilig å være svensk – i Norge". Glåmdalen (in Norwegian).
  11. ^ Ulfvebrand, Staffan (30 December 1996). "Några frågor till... Johan Hammarström". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish).
  12. ^ Geisner, Petter (26 April 1997). "Helt etter oppskriften". Glåmdalen (in Norwegian).
  13. ^ Mellem, Kenneth (20 June 1997). "– Min verste sesong noensinne". Glåmdalen (in Norwegian). p. 18.
  14. ^ Hanssen, Erik. "Svensker skal hjelpe KIL". Østlendingen (in Norwegian).
  15. ^ Danielsen, Henning (19 June 1997). "Hammarström ferdig for i år". Glåmdalen (in Norwegian). p. 20.
  16. ^ Hanssen, Erik (10 July 1998). "Snytt for poengene". Østlendingen (in Norwegian).
  17. ^ Nygårdseter, Vegard (9 September 1998). "Ulykkesfuglen Johan". Glåmdalen (in Norwegian). p. 18.
  18. ^ Fossum, Geir. "Johan Hammarström". Fozzum.com (Kongsvinger IL statistics) (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  19. ^ Danielsen, Henning (24 December 1998). "Johan er fotballindivid". Glåmdalen (in Norwegian). p. 38.
  20. ^ Nygårdseter, Vidar (28 May 1999). "Kun fotball ved NTG. Med Johan Hammarström som trener". Glåmdalen (in 15). p. no.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  21. ^ Geisner, Petter (11 August 1999). "Trenerne spent på nivået". Glåmdalen (in Norwegian). p. 18.
  22. ^ Danielsen, Henning (10 December 2004). "Sa nei til Start – skal trene Galterud". Glåmdalen (in Norwegian). p. 27.
  23. ^ Hanssen, Erik (18 April 2007). "Nytt lag hvert år". Glåmdalen (in Norwegian). p. 24.
  24. ^ Strandseter, Marius (8 October 2007). "Kan være den siste nabofeiden". Glåmdalen (in Norwegian). p. 20.
  25. ^ Hagen, Simen Næss (7 November 2008). "Skal føre KIL opp". Glåmdalen (in Norwegian). p. 24.
  26. ^ Gjerde, Patrick Bakkland. "Damene får ny trener i helga". 1 November 2014 (in Norwegian). p. 26.
  27. ^ Danielsen, Henning. "– Vi etablerer herrelag". Glåmdalen, torsdag 27. november 2014 (in Norwegian). p. 27.
  28. ^ Campo, Christina (13 August 2019). "Ferdig som daglig leder". Glåmdalen (in Norwegian). p. 21.
  29. ^ Gjerstadberget, Kari. "– Jeg gikk på en smell, da var det god terapi å male". 16 August 2024 (in Norwegian). pp. 10–11.
  30. ^ Henriksen, Levi (13 June 1998). "Musikalsk midtbanemotor". Glåmdalen (in Norwegian). p. 17.
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