Former Rangers assistant coach Jonatan Johansson has landed a managerial role in the Finnish top flight.
The ex-striker has taken over at FC TPS, who are currently rooted to the bottom of the Veikkausliiga table.
Johansson played almost 50 league matches for the Gers as a player between 1997 and 2000 and returned to the club in 2017 to serve as Pedro Caixinha’s no.2.
The Finn didn’t last the season in that role but he did remain in Scotland thereafter, taking up the manager’s post at Championship club Greenock Morton.
Johansson left Cappielow suddenly in May 2019 and has now decided to return to his homeland to manage the club at which he finished his playing career.
“It is a great honor for me to be able to return to the company that is important to me, now for the third time,” he told fc.tps.fi. “During my time as a young player, I gained responsibility and the opportunity to go abroad as well.”
“I also got to end my entire player career in the ranks of TPS. The club really means a lot to me and now there are new challenges ahead as head coach.”
“I will come to Turku this weekend, get to know the team and the backgrounds, and after that the daily work in front of TPS will start.”
The former Ger certainly has plenty of work to do given his team’s early-season results.
TPS lost their first four matches of the season under the previous manager Tommi Pikkarainen, scoring only one goal.
