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{{Short description|Swedish footballer and manager}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jan Jönsson
| image = Janne J.jpg
| image_size = 250
| caption = 
| fullname = Jan Anders Jönsson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1960|5|24}}
| birth_place = [[Sweden]]
| height = 1.77 m
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1978–1992
| years2 = 1993
| years3 = 1995–1996
| clubs1 = [[Halmstads BK|Halmstad]]
| clubs2 = [[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]
| clubs3 = [[Vissel Kobe]]
| caps1 = 557
| caps2 = 6
| caps3 = 30
| goals1 = ?
| goals2 = 1
| goals3 = 7
| manageryears1 = 1993–1994
| manageryears2 = 1995–1997
| manageryears3 = 1998–2000
| manageryears4 = 2001–2004
| manageryears5 = 2005–2010
| manageryears6 = 2011–2012
| manageryears7 = 2013–2014
| manageryears8 = 2015–2017
| manageryears9 = 2017
| manageryears10 = 2018–2019
| manageryears11 = 2019–2021
| manageryears12 = 2024–
| managerclubs1 = [[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]] (assistant)
| managerclubs2 = [[Vissel Kobe]] (assistant)
| managerclubs3 = [[Ljungskile SK|Ljungskile]]
| managerclubs4 = [[Landskrona BoIS|Landskrona]]
| managerclubs5 = [[Stabæk Fotball|Stabæk]]
| managerclubs6 = [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]
| managerclubs7 = [[Aalesunds FK|Aalesund]]
| managerclubs8 = [[Halmstads BK|Halmstad]]
| managerclubs9 = [[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]
| managerclubs10 = [[Shimizu S-Pulse]]
| managerclubs11 = [[Stabæk Fotball|Stabæk]]
| managerclubs12 = [[Stabæk Fotball Kvinner|Stabæk Kvinner]]
| nationalyears1 = 
| nationalteam1 = 
| nationalcaps1 = 
| nationalgoals1 = 
}}

'''Jan Jönsson''' (born 24 May 1960) is a Swedish [[association football|football]] manager and former player.

==Career==

===Playing career===
He spent most of his playing career with [[Halmstads BK]].

===Coaching career===
Between 1993 and 1994 he was the [[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]] assistant coach with [[Stuart Baxter]] as manager.

After retiring, he was appointed manager for [[Landskrona BoIS|Landskrona]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/jan-joensson/ |title=Jan Jönsson |publisher=Worldfootball.net |date=24 May 1960 |access-date=2012-05-24}}</ref> which he took to [[Allsvenskan]], the Swedish top flight.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enbltd.com/swedish_allsvenskan_2003_championship.pdf |title=enbltd.com |publisher=enbltd.com |access-date=2013-10-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119075603/http://www.enbltd.com/swedish_allsvenskan_2003_championship.pdf |archive-date=19 November 2008 }}</ref> In 2005, he took over Norwegian club [[Stabæk Fotball|Stabæk]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=2000025/match=2000280/report=rp.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718110714/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=2000025/match=2000280/report=rp.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 July 2009 |title=UEFA Champions League – |publisher=[[UEFA]] |date=19 May 2012 |access-date=2012-05-24}}</ref> and led them to promotion in his first season. He won the league with [[Stabæk Fotball|Stabæk]] in 2008.
On 19 November 2014 it was announced that Jan was moving home to Halmstad and had signed a 3-year contract as head coach of [[Halmstads BK|HBK]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hbk.se/extra/news/?module_instance=1&id=15091 |title=Janne Jönssön tar över – |publisher=hbk.se |date=19 November 2014 |access-date=2014-11-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129030823/http://www.hbk.se/extra/news/?module_instance=1&id=15091 |archive-date=29 November 2014 }}</ref> His first season in charge ended with relegation from Allsvenskan. The following season Halmstad finished third in [[Superettan]] and faced [[Helsingborgs IF|Helsingborg]] in a [[Two-legged tie|two-legged]] play-off, which Halmstad won 3–2 on aggregate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/sverige/allsvenskan/article23951228.ab |title=Helsingborg ur allsvenskan – efter rysare |publisher=aftonbladet.se |language=sv |date=20 November 2016 |access-date=2016-11-20}}</ref>

In June 2019, he returned to Stabæk for his second spell as head coach at the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/i/2Goavr/bekreftet-jonsson-ny-stabaek-trener |title=Bekreftet: Jönsson ny Stabæk-trener |website=vg.no |publisher=[[Verdens Gang]] |language=no |date=11 June 2019 |access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref> A main reason was his daughter Zara signing for Stabæk's women's team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/i/g7GlqL/zara-jonsson-20-lokket-jan-hjem-til-stabaek|title=Zara Jönsson (20) lokket Jan "hjem" til Stabæk|last=Svegaarden|first=Knut Espen|date=2 June 2020|work=VG|language=no|access-date=16 June 2020}}</ref> On 25 October 2019, Stabæk announced that their contract with Jönsson had been extended till the end of the 2022 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.no/fotball/eliteserien/2019/jonsson-forlenger-kontrakten_sto7511566/story.shtml |title=Jönsson forlenger kontrakten med Stabæk |website=eurosport.no |publisher=Eurosport |language=no |date=25 October 2019 |access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref> On 4 July 2021, Jönsson's contract with Stabæk was terminated by mutual consent.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.stabak.no/nyheter/pressemelding-jan-jonsson-slutter-som-hovedtrener-i-stabaek-fotball|website=stabak.no|title=Pressemelding: Jan Jönsson slutter som hovedtrener i Stabæk Fotball|date=4 July 2021|publisher=Stabæk Fotball|language=no|access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref>

==Club statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup
! colspan=2 | League Cup
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
! Season
! Club
! League
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
! colspan=3 |Japan
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [[Emperor's Cup]]
! colspan=2 | [[J.League Cup]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|[[1993 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season|1993]]||[[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]||[[J1 League]]||6||1||0||0||0||0||6||1
|-
|[[1995 Japan Football League|1995]]||rowspan="2"|[[Vissel Kobe]]||rowspan="2"|[[Japan Football League (1992–98)|Football League]]||15||6||3||0||colspan="2"|-||18||6
|-
|[[1996 Japan Football League|1996]]||15||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||15||1
|-
!colspan=3|Total
!36||8||3||0||0||0||39||8
|}

==Managerial honours==

===Club===
;Sanfrecce Hiroshima
* [[J1 League]]: 1st Stage Champions 1994

;Landskrona BoIS
* [[Superettan]]: Runners-up [[2001 Superettan|2001]]

;Stabæk Fotball
* [[Tippeligaen]]: [[Tippeligaen 2008|2008]]
* [[1. divisjon]]: [[2005 1. divisjon|2005]]

;Halmstads BK
* [[Allsvenskan play-offs]]: Winner 2016

===Individual===
* Norwegian Football Manager of the Month: July 2006

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{J.League player|name=Player statistics}}
* {{J.League manager|name=Manager statistics}}

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