Have a look at the bio of Andreas Georgson, the new set piece coach of Manchester United
Andreas Georgson is making headlines after Manchester United have appointed the former Arsenal set-piece coach to join Erik ten Hagโs coaching staff at Old Trafford.
For the unfamiliar, the 42-year-old Swedish football manager has already brought in Rene Hake and Ruud van Nistelrooy as his new assistant coaches at United.
Who is Andreas Georgson new Manchester United set piece coach, bio, age, coaching career and teams coached
42 year old Swede Andreas Georgson is a football manager and a former player who previously played for FC Rosengรฅrd. He even captained GIF Nike during his playing career.
Reports indicates that Andreas Georgson started his coaching career in 2006 at Malmo FF. During his time there, he performed various roles from head of youth scouting to head of methodology before becoming the U-17 head coach.
In 2018, following the departure of Uwe Rosler, he stood in as Malmoโs manager in a 4-0 win against Orebro SK.
During his managerial career, he managed various clubs including Brentford, Arsenal, Malmรถ FF (2021-23), Southampton, and Lillestrรธm.
Andreas Georgson has worked as a set piece coach at Southampton and other Premier League clubs and started his career at the age of 37, where he worked at Brentford and helped them reach the play-off final in the 2019โ2020 season.
Arsenal hired him in the 2021-22 season and after working there for a season, he was then recruited by the Saints in 2023 before he was offered a managerial job at Lillestrom.
Contract Details
As per various reports, Manchester United have signed a deal to pay a sum of ยฃ282,000 to Lillestrom for the Sweden football manager, who joined the Lillestrom in January 2024.
He had signed a three-year deal with the Norwegian professional football club as he succeeded manager Eirik Bakke.
๐ด๐ค๐ป Andreas Georgson has joined Manchester United as first-team set piece coach.
Georgson arrives from Norwegian side Lillestrom, where he has been head coach since January of this year. pic.twitter.com/OkdbtcGC57
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 26, 2024
Reports suggest that, Andreas Georgson was hired by Jason Wilcox at Southampton in August 2023, when Wilcox was the clubโs director of football.
The now-United technical director praised Georgsonโs expertise, saying, โAndreas has an excellent understanding of the game model weโre building here.โ
Georgson has previously reflected on how he could have improved his approach while at Arsenal, which he may apply in his role at Old Trafford.
โIf I look back at the first couple of months (at Arsenal), I got it wrong. That affected our quality on the attacking side (with set pieces). I came in with, I think, too big a level of detail in the set-piece process. In the beginning, it was impossible for the players to take it all in.โ
Over the years, Manchester United have been struggling at set pieces comparing to the constant threats they used to be. Adding, Andreas Georgson, in the club might bring some hope for the Red Devils.