Tord Grip

Tord Grip (born 13 January 1938) is a Swedish football manager who is currently the assistant coach of the English national football team.

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13 January - 1938 - Swedish - Football - English national football team

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Grip began his football career as a teenager playing for Ytterhogdals IK, later playing part-time in the top flight for Degerfors IF and AIK while studying for his degree in Physical Education. He became a

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Ytterhogdals IK - Degerfors IF - AIK - Physical Education

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player/manager at KB Karlskoga in 1969 and has since managed several other Swedish, Italian and Swiss clubs. He has also managed the Norwegian men's national team, the Swedish women's senior team and men's under-16 team and has had two spells as assistant manager of the Swedish men's national team.

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KB Karlskoga - 1969 - Italian - Swiss - Norwegian men's national team - Women's senior team - Swedish men's national team

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After his second period as assistant manager of the national team, in 1998 Grip took up a coaching position at Italian club S.S. Lazio as the assistant of fellow Swedish manager Sven-Göran Eriksson. When Eriksson was appointed England National Team Coach in 2000 he brought Grip with him from Lazio. As of 2005 he remains an assistant coach, usually concentrating on areas such as player selection, tactics and researching the opposition, while England's other assistant coaches Steve McClaren, Sammy Lee and Ray Clemence coach the England players more directly.

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1998 - S.S. Lazio - Sven-Göran Eriksson - 2000 - As of 2005 - Steve McClaren - Sammy Lee - Ray Clemence

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