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{{short description|Swedish football coach|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Thomas Dennerby
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| fullname = Thomas Lennart Dennerby
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|08|13}}
| birth_place = [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]
| death_date = 
| height = 
| position = [[Midfielder (association football)|Midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
| years1 = 1977−1985
| clubs1 = [[Hammarby Fotboll|Hammarby IF]]
| caps1 = 157
| goals1 = 8
| years2 = 1985−1987
| clubs2 = Spårvägens IF
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| nationalyears1 = 
| nationalteam1 = 
| nationalcaps1 = 
| nationalgoals1 = 
| manageryears1 = 
| managerclubs1 = [[Värtans IK]]
| manageryears2 = 
| managerclubs2 = [[Spårvägens FF]]
| manageryears3 = 1996−1999
| managerclubs3 = [[Hammarby IF DFF]]
| manageryears4 = 2001
| managerclubs4 = [[Hammarby Fotboll|Hammarby IF]] (assistant)
| manageryears5 = 2002−2004
| managerclubs5 = [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women)|Djurgården/Älvsjö]]
| manageryears6 = 2005−2012
| managerclubs6 = [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden (women)]]
| manageryears7 = 2013
| managerclubs7 = [[Hammarby Fotboll|Hammarby IF]]
| manageryears8 = 2018−2019
| managerclubs8 = [[Nigeria women's national football team|Nigeria (women)]]
| manageryears9 = 2019−2023
| managerclubs9 = [[India women's national under-17 football team|India U17 (women)]]
| manageryears10 = 2019−2023
| managerclubs10 = [[India women's national under-20 football team|India U20 (women)]]
| manageryears11 = 2021−2023
| managerclubs11 = [[India women's national football team|India (women)]]
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'''Thomas Lennart Dennerby''' (born 13 August 1959) is a Swedish [[Association football|football]] manager. He managed [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]] to a third place finish at the [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup]]. He last served as the head coach of the [[India women's national football team|India women's football team]].

==Career==
Dennerby, the former coach of the Nigeria women's national football team also known as super Falcons was previously a player in [[Hammarby Fotboll|Hammarby IF]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mondedufoot.fr/fiche_du_joueur/thomas-dennerby/|title=Thomas Dennerby|website=mondedufoot.fr|date=11 October 2019 |access-date=11 October 2019|archive-date=11 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011114018/http://www.mondedufoot.fr/fiche_du_joueur/thomas-dennerby/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Spårvägens IF, as well as the national U21 team. He has also worked as a police officer. As a coach, he won [[Allsvenskan]] with Hammarby IF in 2001, and [[Damallsvenskan]] with [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women)|Djurgården/Älvsjö]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/woco/teams/team=500127/kindstatic=1/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908004423/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/woco/teams/team=500127/kindstatic=1/index.html|url-status=dead|title=uefa|archive-date=8 September 2009}}</ref>

Dennerby can be seen in the [[Sveriges Television]] documentary television series ''[[The Other Sport]]'' from 2013.

He became manager of [[Nigeria women's national football team|the Nigerian women's national team]] in January 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42826422|title=Swede Thomas Dennerby to coach Nigeria's women's team|work=BBC Sport |date=25 January 2018|access-date=11 October 2019|archive-date=21 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421063803/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42826422|url-status=live}}</ref> He resigned in October 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50006676|title=Nigeria women's coach Thomas Dennerby resigns|work=BBC Sport |date=10 October 2019|access-date=11 October 2019|archive-date=11 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011133237/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50006676|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 9 November 2019, [[All India Football Federation]] (AIFF) appointed Dennerby as the head coach of [[India women's national under-17 football team|India U17 Women's team]] which is going to participate in the [[2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup]] as the host of the edition.<ref>{{cite news |title=AIFF appoints Thomas Dennerby as the head coach of U17- women's world cup team |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=10010 |access-date=9 November 2019 |publisher=AIFF |date=9 November 2019 |archive-date=6 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706144619/https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=10010 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Later Thomas Dennerby took charge as Head Coach of the Indian Senior Women's National Team in August 2021.<ref>{{cite news|title=Thomas Dennerby to take charge as Head Coach of Indian Senior Women's Team|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/thomas-dennerby-to-take-charge-as-head-coach-of-indian-senior-womens-team|access-date=13 August 2021|publisher=AIFF|date=13 August 2021|archive-date=13 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813083919/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/thomas-dennerby-to-take-charge-as-head-coach-of-indian-senior-womens-team|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Honours ==

=== Individual ===
* [[Fotbollsgalan|Swedish Manager of the Year (women's football)]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fogis.se/fotbollsgalan/tidigare-vinnare/ovriga-utmarkelser/|title=Övriga utmärkelser — fogis.se|website=fogis.se|access-date=11 October 2019|archive-date=31 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831224652/http://fogis.se/fotbollsgalan/tidigare-vinnare/ovriga-utmarkelser/|url-status=live}}</ref> (1): 2004
* [[CAF Awards]] - Women's Coach of the Year (nominated)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pulse.ng/sports/football/caf-awards-2019-former-super-falcons-coach-thomas-dennerby-nominated-for-african/e1xejgg |title=CAF Awards 2019: Former Super Falcons coach Thomas Dennerby nominated for African Women's Coach of the Year award |website=Pulse |access-date=15 April 2020 |archive-date=27 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127225606/https://www.pulse.ng/sports/football/caf-awards-2019-former-super-falcons-coach-thomas-dennerby-nominated-for-african/e1xejgg |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{UEFA coach|89016}}

{{Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women) managers}}
{{Sweden women's national football team managers}}
{{Hammarby IF managers}}
{{India women's national football team managers}}
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{{Sweden squad 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup}}
{{Sweden women's football squad 2008 Summer Olympics}}
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{{Sweden squad 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup}}
{{Sweden women's football squad 2012 Summer Olympics}}
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{{Nigeria squad 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations}}
{{Nigeria squad 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup}}
{{India squad 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup}}

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