Hans Erik Ødegaard

Hans Erik Ødegaard (born 20 January 1974) is a former Norwegian footballer who played as a central midfielder, and was assistant manager at Mjøndalen IF from 2009 to 2015. He is currently a head coach at Sandefjord.

Hans Erik Ødegaard

Personal information
Date of birth	20 January 1974
Place of birth	Drammen, Norway
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–2003	Strømsgodset	189	(41)
2004–2006	Sandefjord	58	(15)
Total		247	(56)
Teams managed
2009–2015	Mjøndalen (assistant)
2015–2017	Real Madrid (youth coach)
2021–	Sandefjord
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

In his senior career, he played for Strømsgodset from 1993 to 2003 (making 241 league and cup appearances, scoring 52 goals),[1] and Sandefjord from 2004 to 2006 (making 75 league and cup appearances, scoring 22 goals).[2][3] He played for both clubs in the Tippeligaen and in the Norwegian First Division.

Career statistics

As of 15 October 2014[4]

Club	Season	Division	League		Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Strømsgodset	1994	Tippeligaen	7	1	–	–	7	1
	1995	1. Divisjon	16	5	–	–	16	5
	1996	Tippeligaen	24	6	–	–	24	6
	1997		20	3	–	–	20	3
	1998		16	1	–	–	16	1
	1999		25	2	–	–	25	2
	2000	1. Divisjon	26	9	–	–	26	9
	2001	Tippeligaen	24	5	3	0	27	5
	2002	1. Divisjon	27	9	3	1	30	10
	2003		4	0	1	1	5	1
	Total		189	41	7	2	196	43
Sandefjord	2004	1. Divisjon	28	9	5	6	33	15
	2005		25	6	0	0	25	6
	2006	Tippeligaen	5	0	1	0	6	0
	Total		58	15	6	6	64	21
Career Total			247	56	13	8	260	64

Coaching and management

After retiring, Ødegaard became the assistant manager for Mjøndalen IF in 2009, under manager Vegard Hansen.[5][6]

They qualified for the promotion play-off tournament three times, finally winning promotion in 2014.

He became a Real Madrid youth coach on 22 January 2015, signing a three and a half-year contract as a youth coach when his son, Martin Ødegaard signed a contract with the club.[7] Hans Erik Ødegaard received an annual salary of 100,000 euros from Real Madrid for work with the children. In addition, the club secured him a premium of three million euros, according to the contract payable 30 days after signing. Converted to the contract equivalent to 957,143 euros per season. By comparison, Zinedine Zidane, who was head coach of Real Madrid's U23 at the time, cashed 600,000 euros a year for this job.

References

1. "The incredible 15-year-old wonderkid being tracked by Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Barcelona". talksport.com. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014. Martin’s father Hans Erik played as a central midfielder for Stromsgodset for ten years between 1993 and 2003.
2. Kom hjem, Hansi (in Norwegian). Drammens Tidende. 23 June 2005
3. Ødegaard scoret i comeback (in Norwegian) Dagbladet. 2 April 2004.
4. "Hans Erik Ødegaard". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
5. "Mjøndalen IF". fotball.no. NFF. Archived from the original on 29 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
6. "Hansi klar for MIF". dt.no (in Norwegian). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
7. Navarro, Alberto (22 January 2015). "Odegaard: "It's a dream come true to be at the biggest club in the world"". realmadrid.com/. Real Madrid CF. Retrieved 22 January 2015. His father is going to join the club's coaching structure in the youth teams.

External links

• Hans Erik Ødegaard at Alt om Fotball.