On Wednesday, Henrik Rydström was appointed as the new head coach of the MLS team, the Columbus Crew.
He succeeds Wilfried Nancy, who resigned on December 3rd to take over as coach of Scotland’s Glasgow Celtic.
The 49-year-old Rydström previously managed Malmö from 2023 to 2025, where he guided the club to back-to-back league titles and the 2024 Swedish Cup trophy, after his time with Sirius from 2019 to 2021, and Kalmar in 2018 and from 2021 to 2022.
Rydström began his career as a midfielder at Kalmar, where he played from 1993 until 2013.
Joining him from Malmö’s coaching staff will be assistant coach Theodor Olsson and first team analyst Mak Pakhei.
Phil Boerger, the goalkeeper coach, and head of video and data analysis Marc O’Neill will continue in their roles from Nancy’s previous staff.