Henrik Rydström was appointed on Wednesday as the new coach of the MLS‘s Columbus Crew.
He succeeds Wilfried Nancy, who resigned on Dec. 3 to take over as coach of Glasgow Celtic in Scotland.
At 49, Rydström previously managed Malmö from 2023 to 2025, guiding the club to back-to-back league trophies and the 2024 Swedish Cup title, following tenures with Sirius from 2019 to 2021 and Kalmar from 2018 to 2022.
Rydström played as a midfielder for Kalmar from 1993 until 2013.
Assistant coach Theodor Olsson and first team analyst Mak Pakhei will join him from his Malmö staff.
Goalkeeper coach Phil Boerger and head of video and data analysis Marc O’Neill will remain on from Nancy’s coaching team.
