Hans Erik Ødegaard

Hans Erik Ødegaard
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-01-20) 20 January 1974 (age 50)
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
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.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 26 May 2024[8]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Sandefjord 30 December 2020 Present 108 32 22 54 029.63
Total 108 32 22 54 029.63

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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