Tom Prahl

Tom Göran Roland Prahl (born 5 January 1949 in Smedstorp) is a Swedish former football player and manager.

Tom Prahl

Personal information
Full name	Tom Göran Roland Prahl
Date of birth	(1949-01-05) 5 January 1949 (age 76)
Place of birth	Smedstorp, Sweden
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1968	Onslunda IF
1968–1971	Tomelilla IF
Managerial career
1972–1975	Onslunda IF
1976	IFK Trelleborg
1977–1978	Onslunda IF
1979–1981	IFK Kristianstad
1982–1989	Kirsebergs IF
1990–1995	Trelleborgs FF
1996–2001	Halmstads BK
2002–2005	Malmö FF
2006	Viking FK
2007–2011	Trelleborgs FF
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Coaching career

From 1990 to the 2000s, Prahl was one of Sweden's most successful managers, winning three league titles. He debuted in 1992 in Allsvenskan with Trelleborgs FF. He won the league since then with both Malmö FF and Halmstads BK.^[2] On 1 January 2006, he took over Viking from Roy Hodgson. ^[3] However, his spell with the Stavanger-based club proved unsuccessful, and he was fired in September 2006 on the back of seven losses in eight league matches, with the team on the bottom of the Norwegian Premier League table. Prahl returned to Trelleborg and managed the club until his retirement in 2011.

Honours as manager

Halmstads BK

• Allsvenskan: 1997, 2000

Malmö FF

• Allsvenskan: 2004