Benjamin Westman

Benjamin "Banjo" Westman (born 20 July 1976) is an American-Swedish[1] football manager.

Benjamin Westman
Personal information
Full name Benjamin Westman
Date of birth (1976-07-20) 20 July 1976
Place of birth United States
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Varbergs GIF
1992 GAIS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 GAIS 3 (0)
2005–2008 Utsiktens BK 75 (59)
Managerial career
2008–2015 GAIS (youth)
2012 GAIS (caretaker)
2015–2017 GAIS
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Westman joined GAIS as a youth player in 1992 and was moved up to the first team the following year. In 1994, he moved to the United States where he had the ambition to join the newly started Major League Soccer.[2]

Between 2005 and 2008 he played for lower league Gothenburg club Utsiktens BK.[3]

Managerial career

After working for seven years as a high school teacher Westman was recruited by GAIS in 2008 as a youth team coach.[4] He also acquired his UEFA Pro Licence while working for Swedish manager Hans Backe at the New York Red Bulls.[2] When GAIS manager Jan Mak was fired in October 2012 Westman took over as temporary caretaker manager.[5]

Over the years he has also worked as an assistant coach to the Swedish youth national team for players born in 1996, who among other things, finished in third place at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

At the end of the 2015 Superettan season Westman took over as the GAIS caretaker again and helped the club avoid relegation. This time he was hired permanently as their new head coach at the end of the year.[2] He got fired on 4 June 2017.[6]

References
  1. "Mohlin: Vi håller på att bygga nya Gais" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. "Benjamin Westman ny chefstränare i GAIS" (in Swedish). GAIS. Archived from the original on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  3. "Utsiktens BK - A-lag - Arkivet - Spelartrupp - A-lag - Benjamin Westman" (in Swedish). Utsiktens BK. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  4. "Benjamin ser spelarnas goda sidor" (in Swedish). Tipselit. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  5. "Benjamin Westman tar över ansvaret". gais.se (in Swedish). GAIS. 3 October 2012. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  6. Officiellt: Gais sparkar tränaren - Ingelsten tar över tillfälligt‚ fotbollskanalen.se, 4 June 2017
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