Lars Blixt (footballer, born 1965)

Lars Blixt
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-10-13) 13 October 1965
Position Forward
Youth career
Borrby IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Tomelilla IF
1988–1995 Trelleborgs FF
1996–2000 IFK Simrishamn
2001–2007 Borrby IF
Managerial career
–2007 Borrby IF (playing coach)
2008–2012 Branteviks IF
2013–2014 Österlen FF
Borrby IF
2025 Tomelilla IF
2026– Brösarps IF
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lars Blixt (born 13 October 1965) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a forward. He played in the Allsvenskan as well as the 1994–95 UEFA Cup.[1]

Career

Blixt started his career in Borrby IF.[2] He made his breakthrough in Tomelilla IF, where he spent two seasons, reportedly scoring 42 goals in 1987.[3] He then joined Trelleborgs FF.[4]

Blixt played in the second tier with Trelleborg, before the team entered the 1991 Kvalsvenskan playoff. He scored in several matches, contributing to Trelleborg winning promotion from that playoff.[5][6][7] Trelleborg also had a good start to the 1992 Allsvenskan, being undefeated in the first four games; in a 1–0 victory over Malmö, Blixt hit a cross to Mats Lilienberg, who shot before Mikael Rasmusson scored on the rebound.[8] In 1993, a goal in the 5–4 victory over Scanian rivals Helsingborg were among Blixt's season highlights.[9] In both 1992 and 1993, Trelleborg finished fourth.[4]

In 1994 Blixt lost parts of the season due to surgery.[10] He did however play as Trelleborg eliminated Blackburn Rovers from the 1994–95 UEFA Cup, which is what he is best remembered for.[11][4] After the 1995 Allsvenskan, he left Trelleborg together with other experienced players such as Mikael Rasmusson and Ola Severin; Blixt joined IFK Simrishamn.[12]

Blixt later became playing coach for Borrby IF.[3] After six seasons there, he spent five seasons coaching Branteviks IF until 2012.[13][14] The team morphed into Österlen FF, where Blixt was succeeded by Niclas Nylén. Nylén was sacked in 2013, and Blixt returned. In 2014 he coached Österlen to promotion to the Division 2. Blixt resigned again after the 2015 season.[11][15]

Blixt then had another coaching spell in Borrby IF.[2] After trying to quit coaching, he was once again persuaded to join one of his former teams, this time Tomelilla IF.[4] After helping that club in 2025, he agreed to coach Brösarps IF from 2026.[16]

Personal life

Blixt settled in Borrby, married and had five children.[4] Four sons became footballers. He coached his own son Jacob (born 1996) in Österlen FF, as well as his nephew Oskar (born 1999).[17] The twins Victor and Ludwig (born 2002) followed, and the youngest, Eric (born 2009), was touted by local press as having "a shining future".[18]

Jacob and Victor reached Superettan during their careers, playing for Landskrona BoIS and Helsingborgs IF respectively.[19][20] Victor played in the playoff where Helsingborgs IF secured promotion to the 2022 Allsvenskan, but did not get any minutes on Sweden's highest level.[21]

References

  1. ^ Lars Blixt at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b Nilsson, Jonny (7 October 2020). "Ny Blixt-succé i moderklubben". Skånska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Blixt sänkte Tomelilla". Ystads Allehanda (in Swedish). 2 June 2004 – via Retriever.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Lars Blixt, 60 – och fortfarande barnsligt förtjust i bollar". Trelleborgs Allehanda (in Swedish). 13 October 2025. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Stuart Baxter upp på läktaren" (in Swedish). Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå. 25 August 1991 – via Retriever.
  6. ^ "Trelleborg i topp i Kvalsvenskan" (in Swedish). Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå. 1 September 1991 – via Retriever.
  7. ^ "Trelleborgs FF klart för Allsvenskan" (in Swedish). Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå. 5 October 1991 – via Retriever.
  8. ^ "Nykomlingen fortfarande obesegrad" (in Swedish). Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå. 20 April 1992 – via Retriever.
  9. ^ "Nio mål i Skånederbyt" (in Swedish). Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå. 27 May 1993 – via Retriever.
  10. ^ Ulf Jörnvik; Bertil Guslén (29 March 1994). "GP tippar allsvenskan 1994: Trelleborg". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). p. 34.
  11. ^ a b "Blixt är mannen bakom verket". Ystads Allehanda (in Swedish). 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  12. ^ Ulf Jörnvik (23 January 1996). "Favoriterna är blott två - profilerna få, i allsvenskan". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). p. 34.
  13. ^ "Lars Blixt slutar i Brantevik/Rörum". Ystads Allehanda (in Swedish). 19 September 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  14. ^ Nilsson, Jonny (19 October 2012). "Lars Blixt vill sluta som en kvalvinnare". Skånska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  15. ^ Nilsson, Jonny (25 August 2015). "Blixt tackar för sig i Österlen FF". Skånska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  16. ^ Nilsson, Jonny (6 October 2025). "Blixt tar över som tränare i Brösarp: "Fick smak på det"". Ystads Allehanda (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  17. ^ Hällje, Markus (1 March 2023). "Jacob Blixts fotbollstörstande Österlen: "Vi behövs här ute för ungdomarna"" (in Swedish). Skånesport. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  18. ^ Nilsson, Jonny (17 July 2024). "Lars fotspår – Eric spås en lysande framtid: "Hoppas på spel i Europa"". Ystads Allehanda (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  19. ^ "Jacob Blixt". Fotbolltransfers. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  20. ^ "Victor Blixt". Fotbolltransfers. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  21. ^ "Victor Blixt". WorldFootball.net.
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