Kim Hellberg

Kim Hellberg
Personal information
Full name Kim Alexander Hellberg
Date of birth (1988-02-01) 1 February 1988
Place of birth Norrköping, Sweden
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Middlesbrough (head coach)
Youth career
Smedby AIS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Kuddby IF
2008–2009 Ringarums IF
2009–2012 Dagsbergs IF
2012–2013 Kimstad GoIF 5 (0)
2014 Dagsbergs IF 2 (0)
2020 Dagsbergs IF 1 (0)
Managerial career
2011–2012 Kimstad GoIF
2013–2016 Kuddby IF
2016–2019 IF Sylvia
2021–2023 IFK Värnamo
2024–2025 Hammarby IF
2025– Middlesbrough
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kim Alexander Hellberg (born 1 February 1988) is a Swedish professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of EFL Championship club Middlesbrough.

He played as a midfielder in Sweden's lower divisions and began coaching during his playing career. In 2018, he led IF Sylvia to promotion to the third-tier Ettan. He was appointed assistant manager of Allsvenskan club IFK Norrköping in 2020, and at the end of the following year was named in his first top-flight head coach job at IFK Värnamo. He led Hammarby IF to consecutive runners-up positions in 2024 and 2025.