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Former Nottingham Forest, Leicester and Swansea manager Steve Cooper has been named head coach of Danish club Brondby.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 45-year-old has signed a three-year contract and takes over from Frederik Birk, who was sacked with the club fourth in the Superliga<\/a> after four games.<\/p>\n Cooper’s first match in charge will be Saturday’s home derby at Brondby Stadium against league leaders FC Copenhagen.<\/p>\n Brondby director of football Benjamin Schmedes said Cooper has a “rare combination of youth and experience, vision and personality” and can “lift both the individual player and the entire club to a new level”.<\/p>\n “We want to accelerate our development so that we can achieve the ambitious sporting goals we have and, not least, install a winning culture within the walls of Brondby Stadium,” Schmedes told the club’s website., external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n “This requires a mentality, leadership and a pair of broad shoulders that we have no doubt Steve possesses. That is why we are very pleased that he has agreed to take on the challenge.”<\/p>\n Cooper’s last management job was at Leicester where he was sacked in November 2024<\/a> after just 12 Premier League matches in charge.<\/p>\n He previously managed Forest between 2021 and 2023, leading them to promotion to the Premier League for the first time in two decades in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n