Pål Arne Johansen

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Pål Arne Johansen
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-02-16) 16 February 1977 (age 44)
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) midfielder
Youth career
Sport-71
–1993 Brønnøysund
1994 Bærum
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993 Brønnøysund
1995–1997 Fossum
1998−2000 Lyn 27 (2)
2001 Ull/Kisa
2002 Bærum
2003–2006 Groruddalen
Teams managed
2003 Groruddalen (player-manager)
2004–2005 Lyn (developer)
2005 Lyn (acting assistant)
2006–2009 Norway women (assistant)
2011–2012 Hønefoss (assistant)
2014–2015 Legia Warsaw (assistant)
2017– Norway U18 + U19 + U20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Pål Arne Johansen (born 16 February 1977) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder and later manager.

He hails from Brønnøy where he played youth football for Sport-71 and Brønnøysund, and made his senior debut for Brønnøy in 1993. Ahead of the 1994 season he moved south to attend the and play youth football for Bærum.[1] His first senior team in Southeast Norway was Fossum, joining 1. divisjon team Lyn in 1998. After barely featuring in their promotion season of 2000, he went on to Ullensaker/Kisa IL.[2] In 2002 he joined Bærum,[3] but after one season he pursued a coaching career, starting as player-manager of Groruddalen BK. He also immersed himself in theoretical football studies at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, co-writing the book Ferdighetsutvikling i fotball in 2002.[4] Johansen was a player developer in Lyn, and in late 2005, when Lyn contested the 2005-06 Royal League, Johansen was acting assistant manager under Henning Berg. Johansen however resigned because of the values espoused by Lyn's directors.[5]

Following his club exploits, Johansen was hired by the Football Association of Norway in 2006, first as assistant coach of the Norway women's national football team.[6] Already after his first season he was named Young Manager of the Year by the football managers' association.[7] He left the Norwegian women's national team after the 2009 UEFA Women's European Championship.[8] He was the assistant manager of Hønefoss BK in the 2011 and 2012 seasons, and assistant manager of Legia Warsaw (again under Henning Berg) from July 2014 to October 2015.[9] Ahead of the 2017 season he succeeded Eirik Horneland as head coach of Norway U18 and U19.[10] He led Norway to the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (for the first time since 2005) and the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup (for the first time since 1993).

References[]

  1. ^ Walstad, Rolf Magne (11 June 1994). "Fotball på 'heltid' i Bærum". Brønnøysunds Avis (in Norwegian). pp. 12–13.
  2. ^ "Pål Arne Johansen som Lynspiller" (in Norwegian). Lynhistorie.com. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. ^ Olsson, Svein (7 March 2002). "Nye fjes i Bærum". Asker og Bærums Budstikke (in Norwegian). p. 20.
  4. ^ Knoph, Arne (13 November 2002). "25 år og "bibelforfatter"". Asker og Bærums Budstikke (in Norwegian). pp. 22–23.
  5. ^ "Berg-assistent bryter med Lyn". VG Sportsbilag (in Norwegian). 20 December 2005. p. 5.
  6. ^ Sande, Egil (22 May 2019). "Spår stor trenerkarriere for "Paco": - Jeg har hatt mange gode trenere, men han skilte seg veldig ut". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  7. ^ Horn, Jøran (15 November 2006). "Kåret til Årets unge trener". Brønnøysunds Avis (in Norwegian).
  8. ^ Horn, Jøran (10 September 2009). "Avsluttet med EM-medalje". Brønnøysunds Avis (in Norwegian). p. 16.
  9. ^ Pål Arne Johansen at WorldFootball.net
  10. ^ Madsen, Christer (13 December 2016). "Pål Arne Johansen ny landslagstrener for G18 og G19" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
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