Jonas Eidevall

Jonas Eidevall (born 28 January 1983) is a Swedish professional football coach who is currently the head coach of FA WSL club Arsenal Women.[2] He previously served as head coach of Swedish club FC Rosengård between 2013–2014 and 2018–2021, winning three Damallsvenskan titles and one Svenska Cupen Damer championship.

Jonas Eidevall
Eidevall in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-01-28) 28 January 1983
Place of birth Borås, Sweden
Club information
Current team
 Arsenal Women (head coach)
Teams managed
Years Team
2006–2009 Lunds BK (assistant)[1]
2009–2011 Lunds BK
2012 FC Rosengård (assistant)
2013–2014 FC Rosengård
2016–2017 Helsingborgs IF (assistant)
2018–2021 FC Rosengård
2021– Arsenal Women

Career

Eidevall began his coaching career at the age of 23, as an assistant coach for Division 2 side Lunds BK in Skåne. After three and a half years as an assistant, he was named the club's coach. In 2009, he led the club to a first place finish in Division 2 and promotion to Ettan Fotboll.

In 2012, he left Lund to join Damallsvenskan side FC Rosengård as an assistant manager. In 2013, he took over as Rosengård's head coach. He led the side to back-to-back first place finishes in 2013 and 2014.

He left Rosengård in 2016 to join Superettan side Helsingborgs IF as an assistant manager, serving under Henrik Larsson.

After one year at Helsingborgs, he returned to Rosengård. He led the club to a Svenska Cupen Damer victory in 2018 and another league title in 2019. In 2019, he also led Rosengård to the Champions League quarter-finals.[3]

In June 2021, he was named head coach for FA WSL side Arsenal, replacing Joe Montemurro.[4][5]

Coaching style

Eidevall has described his coaching style as a "high-paced possession game."[6]

Managerial statistics
As of 9 January 2022
Team Nat Year Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
FC Rosengård  Sweden 2018–2021 87 56 18 13 212 59 +153 064.37 [7][8][9]
Arsenal Women  England 2021– 23 17 1 5 66 24 +42 073.91
Total 110 73 19 18 278 83 +195 066.36

Honours

FC Rosengård

References
  1. "Jonas Eidevall: Arsenal women appoint Rosengard boss as new head coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  2. "Jonas Eidevall named new Arsenal Women head coach". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. "Arsenal: Who is the new women's head coach Jonas Eidevall?". 28 June 2021.
  4. "Arsenal head coach Jonas Eidevall aims for Women's Champions League glory". 17 August 2021.
  5. "New Arsenal Women's boss Jonas Eidevall: Detailed, driven and inspired by Arsene Wenger".
  6. "Jonas Eidevall | in my own words".
  7. www.footballdatabase.eu https://www.footballdatabase.eu/en/player/details/379955-jonas-eidevall. Retrieved 2021-12-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "Jonas Eidevall manager profile and live statistics updates - SofaScore". www.sofascore.com. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  9. "Jonas Eidevall Stats - Arsenal Women Manager | FootyStats". footystats.org. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
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