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Jimmy Thelin
Personal information
Full name Bo Jimmy Thelin
Date of birth (1978-03-14) 14 March 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Jönköping, Sweden
Team information
Current team
 Aberdeen (manager)
Youth career
IF Hagapojkarna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2003 IF Hagapojkarna 315 (81)
Managerial career
2005–2007 Ljungarum
2008–2014 Jönköping (youth)
2014–2017 Jönköping
2018–2024 Elfsborg
2024– Aberdeen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bo Jimmy Thelin (born 14 March 1978) is a Swedish football coach and former player who is currently the manager of Aberdeen.

He is the older brother of Tommy Thelin, former forward and captain of Jönköping.

Playing career

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He played until 2003 as a centre-back for IF Hagapojkarna[1] (now renamed IF Haga),[2] one of the local minor teams of the city of Jönköping, in the fourth and in the fifth level in the league system of Swedish football.

Managerial career

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He began his coaching career taking over as Ljungarum coach in 2005. This newly founded team had its first effective season in 2006,[3] dominating the Division 6 championship with 17 wins out of 18 games total.[4]

Thelin remained at Ljungarum until 2008, winning another championship. In 2009, he started managing the Jönköping Under-17 team, before coaching the Under-19 and the Under-21 teams of the same club.[5]

At the beginning of the 2014 season, the previous Jönköping coach Mats Gren moved to the role of sporting director for IFK Göteborg, so the team found itself without a manager when 2014 Superettan had already started.[6] The board decided to promote Jimmy Thelin as a head coach of the first team,[7] finishing the season in fourth place (the club's best finish since 1976).[8] In the following season, he achieved an even better result, leading J-Södra back to the Allsvenskan, after 46 years since the last time.[9]

It was announced on 16 April 2024 that Thelin had been appointed as the new manager of Aberdeen on a three-year deal starting in June 2024.[10]

Competitive Managerial record

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As of match played 17 August 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Jönköping 22 April 2014 31 December 2017 130 55 35 40 042.3
Elfsborg 1 January 2018 1 June 2024 223 104 55 64 046.6
Aberdeen 3 June 2024 Present 8 8 0 0 100.0
Total 362 168 90 104 046.4

Honours

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Manager

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Jönköping

References

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  1. ^ "Jönköpings Södra har blivit vinnare med lokala spelare". jnytt.se (in Swedish). 9 October 2014. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Årsmötesprotokoll" (PDF). laget.se (in Swedish). 4 March 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. ^ "FC Ljungarum firade 10 års jubileum". jmini.se (in Swedish). 30 June 2015. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Tabell och resultat - Div 6 Jönköping". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Jimmy Thelin fostrar framtidens a-lagsspelare". j-sodra.com (in Swedish). 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Klubbarna överens - Mats Gren lämnar J-Södra under fredagen". fotbollskanalen.se (in Swedish). 17 April 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Jimmy Thelin: "Känns bra att hjälpa föreningen"". jnytt.se (in Swedish). 5 April 2014. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Dagens gäst: Jimmy Thelin, huvudtränare Jönköpings Södra IF". fotbollsindustrin.se (in Swedish). 12 March 2015. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  9. ^ "TV: Planstormning och glädjeintervjuer när J-Södra klev upp". fotbollskanalen.se (in Swedish). 17 October 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  10. ^ "Aberdeen agree deal for Elfsborg head coach Thelin". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 April 2024.


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