Eriksson backs Backe as Notts County manager

Eriksson backs Backe as Notts County manager

Published Oct. 27, 2009 4:34 p.m. ET

Notts County has appointed Hans Backe as its new manager.

The Swede will team up with countryman Sven-Goran Eriksson, the club's director of football.

The League two club announced on Tuesday that Backe, who was Eriksson's assistant at Manchester City and Mexico's national team, had signed a three-year contract. He replaces Ian McParland, who was fired two weeks ago.

The 57-year-old Backe won four Danish titles with FC Copenhagen and Aalborg, and had spells with Austria's SV Salzburg and Greek club Panathinaikos.

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