Hans Erik Ødegaard
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-01-20) 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)
Managerial career
2009–2015 Mjøndalen (assistant)
2015–2017 Real Madrid (youth coach)
2021– Sandefjord
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hans Erik Ødegaard (born 20 January 1974) is a Norwegian former 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. He is the father of Martin Ødegaard.

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
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Strømsgodset 1994 Tippeligaen 7171
1995 1. Divisjon 165165
1996 Tippeligaen 246246
1997 203203
1998 161161
1999 252252
2000 1. Divisjon 269269
2001 Tippeligaen 24530275
2002 1. Divisjon 279313010
2003 401151
Total 189417219643
Sandefjord 2004 1. Divisjon 289563315
2005 25600256
2006 Tippeligaen 501060
Total 5815666421
Career Total 2475613826064

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.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 25 May 2022[8]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
PWDLWin %
Sandefjord 30 December 2020 Present 41 15 6 20 036.59
Total 41 15 6 20 036.59

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.
  8. Hans Erik Ødegaard at Soccerway


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