fullname years clubs caps goals birth_place position manageryears birth_date managerclubs image article_title name
rikard olof norling 1990 -- 1991 if brommapojkarna 4 0 stockholm , sweden midfielder 1992 1998 -- 2001 2002 -- 2003 2003-2004 2004 -- 2008 -- 2010 -- 2011 2011 -- 2013 2014 -- 2015 1993 1994 -- 1995 1996 -- 1998 4 june 1971 brommapojkarna youth team -rrb- aik -lrb- assistant manager -rrb- väsby ik -lrb- gif sundsvall aik assyriska ff malmö ff sk brann youth team -rrb- ik bele aik -lrb- rikardnorling2.jpg rikard norling
 rikard norling
rikard norling

rikard norling -lrb- born 4 june 1971 in stockholm -rrb- is a swedish football manager and former manager of the norwegian first division club sk brann .
forced to retire early from his professional playing career due to an injury norling started a coaching career at the age of 22 .
in his early managerial career norling headed ik bele , väsby ik and gif sundsvall before taking on his first major position as manager for aik in 2005 .
after helping aik secure promotion back to allsvenskan the same year and finishing as runners-up in the league as newcomers in 2006 he was sacked after conflicts with the club board .
after taking a short break he came back to the coaching scene as he was appointed manager for assyriska ff .
norling managed assyriska to a fourth-place position in superettan in 2010 .
halfway through the 2011 season he was presented as the new manager for reigning swedish champions malmö ff to replace roland nilsson who left the club for fc copenhagen .
at malmö ff he won the 2013 league title and the club finished in the top during all of norlings three seasons at the club .
