{"id":11017,"date":"2025-01-15T09:59:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T09:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=11017"},"modified":"2025-01-15T09:59:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T09:59:40","slug":"gfa-appoints-kim-lars-bjorkegren-as-black-queens-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=11017","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;GFA Appoints Kim Lars Bj\u00f6rkegren as Black Queens Coach&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/01\/USATSI_21359289-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/01\/USATSI_21359289-scaled-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/01\/USATSI_21359289-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/01\/USATSI_21359289-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has unveiled Swedish tactician Kim Lars Bj\u00c3\u00b6rkegren as the new head coach of the Black Queens, the national women\u2019s football team.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bj\u00c3\u00b6rkegren, a seasoned coach with nearly two decades of experience, takes over from Nora H\u00c3\u00a4uptle, whose tenure ended in December 2024 following the expiration of her contract with the GFA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement was made in a statement released by the GFA on Tuesday, January 14, confirming the Swedish coach\u2019s appointment to lead the team into a new chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSwedish Football Coach, Kim Lars Bj\u00c3\u00b6rkegren, has been appointed new Head Coach of the Senior National Female team, the Black Queens. He replaces erstwhile Coach, Nora H\u00c3\u00a4uptle, whose contract with the GFA expired at the end of December 2024,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bj\u00c3\u00b6rkegren\u2019s journey in football began as a player in his hometown club in Ljungsbro, Sweden, and later with Allsvenska \u00c3\u2026tvidabergs FF, then a top-flight Swedish side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, an injury at the age of 22 cut short his playing career, leading him to pivot into coaching\u00e2\u20ac\u201da decision that has since defined his professional life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Armed with a UEFA License A coaching certificate, Bj\u00c3\u00b6rkegren has built an impressive r\u00c3\u00a9sum\u00c3\u00a9 over 18 years, coaching both domestically in Sweden and internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among his notable achievements is guiding Apollon Ladies to a league title in Cyprus and clinching the Damallsvenskan championship with Link\u00c3\u00b6pings FC in Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His excellence in the 2020-2021 season earned him the Coach of the Season accolade in Cyprus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is now taking charge of the Black Queens and will be expected to continue the excellent work done by coach Nora Hauptle before her departure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has unveiled Swedish tactician Kim Lars Bj\u00c3\u00b6rkegren as the new head coach of the Black Queens, the national women\u2019s football [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11019,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11017\/revisions\/11019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}