"I look forward to leading the work of developing AIK Football to become even better, both outside and on the football field," Lindberg told AIK's website.

Manuel Lindberg has been club director at BP since the autumn of 2019. He joins his new position during the first quarter of 2022.

“In Manuel Lindberg, we get a confident and experienced person who can lead AIK Football to the next level.

Manuel has the right experience with a mix of positions of trust in sports and football as well as from commercial business development ", says AIK's chairman Robert Falck.

The current club director and CEO Björn Wesström announced earlier this year that he is leaving his position.

After 22 years in AIK in various roles, he will take over the role of football director in Odense, Denmark.