Carlos Banda (footballer, born 1978)

Carlos Banda

Banda at a press conference on 4 April 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	28 March 1978
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Club information
Current team	Hammaby IF (assistant coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
0000–1999	FC Café Opera
Teams managed
0000–2003	IF Brommapojkarna (youth coach)
2003–2010	Hammarby IF (youth coach)
2010	Djurgården IF
2011–2012	Djurgården IF (assistant coach)
2013–	Hammarby IF (assistant coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Carlos Banda (born 28 March 1978^[1]) is a Chilean-Swedish football manager who currently is the assistant manager at Hammarby IF in the Swedish first level league Allsvenskan.

Banda played his highest level of football in then fourth tier team FC Café Opera, before he retired from football as a player due to a groin injury he had in 1999.^[2] He began coaching youth teams of IF Brommapojkarna and moved on to Stockholm rival Hammarby IF in 2003, to coach in Hammarby's youth organization.^[3] Banda signed on for his first senior team Djurgården on 3 December 2009.^[4] Along with co-manager Lennart Wass, Banda led his team to a tenth position in the 2010 Allsvenskan.^[5]

References

1. http://www.hammarbyfotboll.se/Player.aspx?playerID=7af6972e-5290-4459-bd27-81389d0bb7e1
2. "Carlos Banda ny tränare i Djurgården". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 3 December 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
3. Sjögren, Patrik (3 December 2009). "Är inte rädda för att han är ung". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 April 2011.
4. Riedel, Jonas (3 December 2009). "Carlos Banda blir Wass kollega". dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
5. "Tabell och resultat – Allsvenskan, herrar". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 11 April 2011.