Ulf Ottosson

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Ulf Ottosson
Personal information
Full name Ulf Peter Ottosson
Date of birth (1968-07-02) July 2, 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Degerfors, Sweden
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1996 Degerfors IF 196 (121)
1992 → FC Locarno (loan)
1996 GD Chaves 11 (0)
1996–1997 IFK Norrköping 7 (0)
1997 → Norwich City (loan) 7 (1)
1997 Ljungskile SK 12 (2)
1997–1999 Degerfors IF
2000 Viterbese
2000–2004 Degerfors IF 20 (9)
2006 Strömtorps IK 4 (5)
2011–2013 Ängebäck BK 24 (8)
2018 Gullspångs IF 5 (1)
Managerial career
2005 Gullspångs IF
2007 Strömtorps IK
2011–2012 Ängebäck BK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ulf Peter "Mål-Otto" Ottosson (born 2 July 1968) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He has also coached various teams in Sweden. He is Degerfors IF's top goal scorer of all time with 205 goals.

Career[edit]

Nicknamed "Mål-Otto" ("Goal-Otto"),[1] Ottosson spent most of his playing career at Degerfors IF, having three different spells at the club in total. He had a brief spell in England on loan with Division One side Norwich City in 1997, scoring one goal in a 3–2 win away at Sheffield United. Manager Mike Walker decided against offering him a full-time contract, resulting in Ottoson's return to Sweden. He holds the record of scoring the most goals for Degerfors IF in their club history, a total of 205 goals.[2]

At the end of his second spell with Degerfors, Ottosson was said to have started his own business making cabinets.[3]

Coaching career[edit]

Ottosson began coaching at Gullspångs IF in 2005, before taking up a player role Strömtorps IK in 2006. The following year, he became coach of Strömtorps, but was fired in September 2007 following a 2–0 loss against Kungsör BK.[4] After taking a three-year-long timeout from football, Ottosson returned as a player-manager for Swedish 7th level club Ängebäck BK in 2011 but quit halfway through the 2013 season.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ ""Mål-Otto" glömmer inte svåra benbrottet". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  2. ^ "Historia". Degerfors IF (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  3. ^ "Ulf Ottoson". Flown From The Nest. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  4. ^ ""Case-Otto" get fired". nwt.se. 2007-09-10. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  5. ^ "Ulf Ottosson - Lagstatistik". www.lagstatistik.se. Retrieved 2022-07-21.

External links[edit]

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