Nils Lexerød

Nils Lexerød
Personal information
Full name	Nils Unneberg Lexerød
Date of birth	7 March 1976 (age 49)
Position(s)	Right back; Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Vålerenga women (manager)
Youth career
	Halden
	Kvik Halden
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1997	Kvik Halden
1998–1999	Kolbotn
2000	Rakkestad
2001–2003	Borg
Managerial career
2004–2006	Sparta Sarpsborg (assistant)
2006–2010	Sparta/Sarpsborg 08 (developer)
2011–2012	Kvik Halden (sports director)
2013–2014	Kvik Halden
2014–2019	Norway women U19
2019–2021	Norway women U23
2022–	Vålerenga women
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nils Unneberg Lexerød (born 7 March 1976) is a Norwegian footballer and manager. Working several years as a youth national team coach, his main accolades as a manager are two Toppserien titles with Vålerenga.

Playing career

He grew up in Halden with family ties to Aremark.^[3] He was the captain of Halden FK's boys' team^[4] before moving to Kvik Halden FK. He made his senior debut for Kvik Halden in a 1992 pre-season friendly.^[5]

Ahead of the 1998 season he moved to Kolbotn.^[6] He studied nearby, at the Norwegian College of Agriculture. He took the cand.agric. degree before being employed as a research fellow for a period.^[3] After spending the 2000 season playing for Rakkestad IF he moved to the new cooperation team in Sarpsborg, which eventually was named Borg Fotball.^[7]

Managing career

Lexerød gave up his playing career when offered the position as assistant manager of FK Sparta Sarpsborg, which the cooperation club was now called.^[8] After the 2005 season he assumed a position as player developer, while also being in charge of the B team.^[9] Lexerød left as assistant manager after the 2006 season.^[10] The club assumed yet another identity in Sarpsborg 08 FF, where Lexerød continued until announcing his resignation in 2010. In this season, Sarpsborg 08 won promotion to the highest league, with Lexerød being among the people credited for developing several players to their first team as well as youth national teams. In November 2010 Lexerød was announced as the new director of sports in Kvik Halden.^[11]^[12]^[13] Two years later he was announced as their new manager, succeeding Ørjan Christiansen.^[14]

On 1 August 2014, before Kvik Halden's season was over, Lexerød was announced as the new head coach of the Norwegian women's national U19 team, succeeding Jarl Torske.^[15] After contesting the 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, he left^[16] to take over the Norwegian women's national U23 team.

Lexwerød was also mentioned in discussions to take over the Norwegian women's national team in both 2016, 2022 and 2023.^[17]^[18]^[19] However, he went straight from Norway U23 to being announced as the new manager of Vålerenga Fotball Damer in January 2022.^[20] He led the team to back-to-back Toppserien titles in 2023 and 2024.^[21] In 2024 he was awarded as Coach of the Year in Toppserien.^[22] Moreover, he led Vålerenga to the 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage.

References

^ Nils Lexerød at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
^ Nils Lexerød at WorldFootball.net
^ ^a ^b "Bygutt med gård". Halden Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 5 June 2001. p. 32.
^ "Cornere ble HFKs skjebne". Halden Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 4 August 1990. p. 15.
^ "Kvik tester sine 'nye'". Halden Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 17 March 1992. p. 17.
^ "Fem nye KIL-spillere". Østlandets Blad (in Norwegian). 8 January 1998. p. 21.
^ "Nils Lexerød til FF Sarpsborg". Rakkestad Avis (in Norwegian). 22 November 2000. p. 10.
^ "'Jeg håper å leve av fotballen i noen år'". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 31 March 2005. pp. 24–25.
^ "Talentenes beste venn". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 6 December 2005. pp. 24–25.
^ "Øby sa ja til Sparta". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 8 December 2006. p. 33.
^ "Slutter etter sesongen". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 11 June 2010. pp. 24–25.
^ "Spillerutvikler med suksess". Halden Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 5 November 2010. pp. 10–11.
^ "Ikke hjem for å hvile". Halden Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 17 November 2010. p. 16.
^ "– Trygg på at jeg har tillit". Halden Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 17 November 2012. p. 17.
^ "Nå blir Kvik-treneren landslagssjef" (in Norwegian). NRK. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
^ "Lexerød gir seg som J19-trener" (in Norwegian). NRK. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
^ "Kan bli norsk landslagssjef – bekrefter møte med NFF" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
^ "NRK: – Nils Lexerød er en naturlig kandidat for å ta over kvinnelandslaget". Halden Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 19 July 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
^ "Lexerød om landslagsjobben: – Kunne fristet" (in Norwegian). NRK. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
^ "Lexerød tar over VIFs fotballkvinner" (in Norwegian). NRK. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
^ "Vålerenga sikret seriegullet tre kamper før slutt" (in Norwegian). NRK. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
^ "Prisdryss til Vålerenga: – Herregud!" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2025.

[1] Nils Lexerød at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)

[2] Nils Lexerød at WorldFootball.net

[studies-3] "Bygutt med gård". Halden Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 5 June 2001. p. 32.

[4] "Cornere ble HFKs skjebne". Halden Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 4 August 1990. p. 15.

[5] "Kvik tester sine 'nye'". Halden Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 17 March 1992. p. 17.

[6] "Fem nye KIL-spillere". Østlandets Blad (in Norwegian). 8 January 1998. p. 21.

[7] "Nils Lexerød til FF Sarpsborg". Rakkestad Avis (in Norwegian). 22 November 2000. p. 10.

[8] "'Jeg håper å leve av fotballen i noen år'". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 31 March 2005. pp. 24–25.

[9] "Talentenes beste venn". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 6 December 2005. pp. 24–25.

[10] "Øby sa ja til Sparta". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 8 December 2006. p. 33.

[11] "Slutter etter sesongen". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 11 June 2010. pp. 24–25.

[12] "Spillerutvikler med suksess". Halden Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 5 November 2010. pp. 10–11.

[13] "Ikke hjem for å hvile". Halden Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 17 November 2010. p. 16.

[14] "– Trygg på at jeg har tillit". Halden Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 17 November 2012. p. 17.

[15] "Nå blir Kvik-treneren landslagssjef" (in Norwegian). NRK. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2025.

[16] "Lexerød gir seg som J19-trener" (in Norwegian). NRK. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2025.

[17] "Kan bli norsk landslagssjef – bekrefter møte med NFF" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2025.

[18] "NRK: – Nils Lexerød er en naturlig kandidat for å ta over kvinnelandslaget". Halden Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 19 July 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2025.

[19] "Lexerød om landslagsjobben: – Kunne fristet" (in Norwegian). NRK. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2025.

[20] "Lexerød tar over VIFs fotballkvinner" (in Norwegian). NRK. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2025.

[21] "Vålerenga sikret seriegullet tre kamper før slutt" (in Norwegian). NRK. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2025.

[22] "Prisdryss til Vålerenga: – Herregud!" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2025.

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Nils Lexerød

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