Christian Sund

Christian Sund
Sund in 2006
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-12-24) 24 December 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Vaasa, Finland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ekenäs IF (manager)
Youth career
BK IFK
Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 BK IFK 40 (11)
1997–1998 Öster 0 (0)
1999–2002 VPS 91 (10)
1999 → BK IFK (loan) 3 (0)
2003 HJK 18 (1)
2004–2007 Lahti 59 (2)
2005–2006 → Stabæk (loan) 17 (0)
2008 VIFK 25 (7)
2009–2010 JJK 31 (2)
2011–2012 SJK 51 (4)
2013–2014 VIFK 22 (1)
Managerial career
2018 VPS II
2019 VPS (assistant)
2019–2020 VPS
2021 KPV (assistant)
2022–2023 KPV
2024 KTP (assistant)
2024– Ekenäs IF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christian Sund (born 24 December 1978) is a Finnish football coach and a former player. He is the head coach of Ekenäs IF (EIF) in Veikkausliiga.

Coaching career

After retiring, Sund worked as a youth coach for Vasa IFK and later SJK. In 2018, he took charge of VPS's B-team and later became assistant manager of the first team in the beginning of 2019.[1] In the summer 2019, he was appointed manager of the club.[2]

On 17 November 2021, he signed a two-year contract as the head coach of KPV, beginning in the 2022 season.[3]

On 14 November 2023, it was announced that Sund joins Ykkösliiga club KTP as their new assistant manager.[4]

Career statistics

As of 4 October 2024.[5][6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cups[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
BK-IFK 1995 Kakkonen 18 2 – – 18 2
1996 Kakkonen 22 9 – – 22 9
Total 40 11 0 0 0 0 40 11
Östers IF 1997 Allsvenskan 0 0 – 3[b] 0 3 0
1998 Allsvenskan 0 0 – – 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
VPS 1999 Veikkausliiga 12 0 – 0 0 12 0
2000 Veikkausliiga 27 2 – – 27 2
2001 Veikkausliiga 31 6 – – 31 6
2002 Veikkausliiga 21 2 – – 21 2
Total 91 10 0 0 0 0 91 10
BK-IFK (loan) 1999 Kakkonen 3 0 – – 3 0
HJK Helsinki 2003 Veikkausliiga 18 1 0 0 3[c] 0 21 1
Lahti 2004 Veikkausliiga 25 2 – – 25 2
2005 Veikkausliiga 0 0 – – 0 0
2006 Veikkausliiga 11 0 – – 11 0
2007 Veikkausliiga 23 0 – – 23 0
Total 59 2 0 0 0 0 59 2
Stabæk (loan) 2005 1. divisjon 13 0 3 0 – 16 0
2006 Tippeligaen 4 0 – – 4 0
Total 17 0 3 0 0 0 20 0
Stabæk 2 (loan) 2005 3. divisjon 1 0 – – 1 0
VIFK 2008 Ykkönen 25 7 – – 25 7
JJK Jyväskylä 2009 Veikkausliiga 24 1 6 0 – 30 1
2010 Veikkausliiga 13 1 1 0 – 14 1
Total 37 2 7 0 0 0 44 2
SJK Seinäjoki 2011 Kakkonen 27 3 – – 27 3
2012 Ykkönen 24 1 1 1 – 25 2
Total 51 4 1 1 0 0 52 5
VIFK 2013 Kakkonen 22 1 – – 22 1
Career total 364 38 11 1 6 0 381 39
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup, Norwegian Football Cup and Finnish League Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

References

  1. ^ Christian Sund edustusjoukkueen valmennusryhmään, vepsu.fi, 8 December 2018
  2. ^ "Pystymme kääntämään kurssin" – Christian Sund on VPS:n uusi päävalmentaja, vepsu.fi, 10 July 2019
  3. ^ "Christian Sund jatkaa KPV: n valmennuksessa!" (in Finnish). KPV. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. ^ Christian Sund siirtyy KPV:stä Kotkaan KTP:n kakkosvalmentajaksi, Keskipohjanmaa, 14 November 2023
  5. ^ Christian Sund stats, Finnish FA
  6. ^ Christian Sund stats, Norwegian FA