Johan Kalin (born 1978[3]) is a Swedish football manager who served as head coach of the Nepal national football team after having managed several teams in Sweden.[4] Kalin is a certified coach with UEFA and other football governing bodies.[4]

Johan Kalin
Personal information
Full name Rolf Johan Kalin
Date of birth 1978 (age 45–46)
Place of birth Sweden
Managerial career
Years Team
2008–2011 Bergnäsets AIK[1]
2011–2013 Notvikens IK
2013–2014 Machhindra F.C.[2]
2019–2020 Nepal

Coaching career edit

For the 2013–14 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League, Kalin signed as the new head coach for Machhindra F.C.[1] He led the team to finish second in the league, for which he was praised for his tactics. [5] In 2019, All Nepal Football Association signed Kalin to be the new head coach of Nepal’s national football team for two years.[6] His first match was a friendly against Kuwait, which ended in a 0–0 draw.[7]

Managerial statistics edit

As of 17 November 2020.
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
  Nepal 17 January 2019 01 November 2020 12 1 3 8 008.33
Total 12 1 3 8 008.33

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Machhindra FC appoints Swedish coach Johan Kalin as head coach for initial contract of 4 months". Image Khabar. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  2. ^ "Swedish national Johan Kalin has been appointed head coach of NMB Bank Machhindra FC". Nepalifootball. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  3. ^ "Johan Kalin". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  4. ^ a b "Nepal's new coach seeks improvement". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  5. ^ "I'm here to develop standard of Nepali football: Head coach Kalin". República. 2019-02-25.
  6. ^ "ANFA names Swedish Kalin as Nepal coach". The Kathmandu Post. 2019-03-07.
  7. ^ "Nepal hold Kuwait". The Himalayan Times. 2019-03-23.

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