Åge Hareide

Åge Hareide
Hareide as Malmö manager in 2015
Personal information
Full name Åge Fridtjof Hareide[1]
Date of birth (1953-09-23) 23 September 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth Hareid, Norway
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1975 Hødd 37 (2)
1975–1981 Molde 93 (21)
1981–1982 Manchester City 24 (0)
1982–1984 Norwich City 40 (2)
1984–1987 Molde 72 (10)
Total 266 (35)
International career
1976–1986 Norway 50 (5)
Managerial career
1985–1991 Molde
1993–1997 Molde
1998–1999 Helsingborg
2000–2002 Brøndby
2003 Rosenborg
2003–2008 Norway
2009 Örgryte
2009–2012 Viking
2012 Helsingborg (caretaker)
2014–2015 Malmö FF
2016–2020 Denmark
2020–2021 Rosenborg
2022 Malmö FF (caretaker)
2023–2024 Iceland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Åge Fridtjof Hareide (born 23 September 1953) is a Norwegian former football coach and player who last managed the Iceland national team.[2] In his playing career, he played for Hødd and Molde in Norway as well as Manchester City and Norwich City in England. Hareide was capped 50 times playing for Norway.

As a coach, Hareide has won league titles in all of the Scandinavian countries,[3] In Sweden with Helsingborgs IF in 1999 and with Malmö FF in 2014, in Denmark with Brøndby in 2001–02 and in his native Norway with Rosenborg in 2003. Hareide was in charge of the Norway national team from 2003 to 2008. While at Malmö during his first time in charge at the club, he notably took the team to the modern-day UEFA Champions League group stages for the first two times in the club's history. He coached Denmark to a round of 16 finish at the 2018 FIFA World Cup before appointed coach of Iceland in 2023. Following his time with Iceland, he announced his retirement from coaching.

Playing career

During his playing career, Hareide played for Hødd, Molde, Manchester City and Norwich City.[4]

He was also an active player for the Norway national team from 1976 through 1986, scoring five goals in 50 matches.[5]

Coaching career

As a coach Hareide has won three European countries' national league championships, namely that of Denmark, Sweden and his native Norway, making him the only coach to have won the league in three Scandinavian countries. Other coaches who have won league titles in three countries include fellow Scandinavians Trond Sollied and Sven-Göran Eriksson, while Ernst Happel, Giovanni Trapattoni, José Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti have won championships in four countries.

Early managerial career

In the mid-1990s, Norwegian millionaires Kjell Inge Røkke and Bjørn Rune Gjelsten were reportedly interested in bringing Hareide back to Manchester City as manager if their bid to take over the club was successful, but the takeover bid failed and Hareide never returned to the club. When the pair tried to take over Leeds United around the same time, it was once again reported that Hareide would be installed as manager if the takeover bid succeeded, but this bid too failed and Hareide was never put in charge at Elland Road. However, the pair finally succeeded in a takeover bid for fellow English Premier League club Wimbledon in June 1997, and Hareide appeared all set to become the new manager of the club in a move that would have ousted the incumbent Joe Kinnear. But this never happened either.[6]

Norway

Hareide was employed as the coach of the Norway national football team at the end of 2003, replacing Nils Johan Semb, after one season as coach of Rosenborg BK. On 8 December 2008, after having failed to take Norway to any international tournaments, and having had a bad start to the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, Hareide resigned from his position as national team coach of Norway. On 9 December 2008 Hareide announced that he was stepping down as coach of the Norway national team.[7]

Viking

On 10 June 2009 it was announced that he wouldbe coaching Örgryte IS. On 1 December 2009 the former Norway national team head coach left the Swedish club to join Viking FK, from Stavanger to replace Uwe Rösler.[8] Following Egil Østenstad resignation as director of football in Viking, Viking announced in September 2011 that Hareide would be manager of Viking,[9] and that Josep Clotet Ruiz would be hired as coach from the 2012-season onwards,[10] similar to the organization English clubs and Molde have, with Ole Gunnar Solskjær as manager and Mark Dempsey as coach.[11] Viking finished 9th in 2010, Hareide's first season, and 11th in 2011.[12] With the team positioned on 10th place on 9 June 2012, Hareide was released by Viking FK because of the bad results.[13]

Second spell at Helsingborg

Following Conny Karlsson's resignation in Helsingborgs IF, the club hired Hareide, the last coach who won Allsvenskan with Helsingborgs IF, except Karlsson, as head coach until the end of the 2012 season.[14]

Malmö FF

Hareide was brought out of retirement from his managerial career by being appointed as the new manager of the reigning Swedish champions Malmö FF on 9 January 2014.[15] He had immediate success at the club as he led the team to defend their Allsvenskan title and qualify for the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League in his first season.[16][17] For this successful season Hareide was awarded Allsvenskan manager of the year.[18] He was also nominated for coach of the year at Svenska idrottsgalan.[19]

Denmark

On 10 December 2015, Hareide was announced as the new manager of the Denmark national football team replacing Morten Olsen, who had stepped down following the UEFA Euro 2016 qualification. Hareide began his new job on 1 March 2016.[20] In November 2017, he managed his Denmark team to qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. This was achieved with a 5-1 aggregate play-off win over Ireland.

Hareide was the Danish coach at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He managed Denmark to 2nd place in their group before they were eliminated in the round of 16 in a penalty shootout against Croatia.

Hareide continued as manager of in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying. Under his leadership Denmark qualified for the UEFA Euro 2020. It was revealed that Kasper Hjulmand would replace him as manager of the Danish team following the tournament. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was postponed, and Hareide's contract expired. When he left he had not lost in ordinary time for the last 34 games, and his last defeat was on 11 October 2016 against Montenegro.[21]

Rosenborg

In August 2020, he became the head coach of Rosenborg BK for a second tenure.[22]

Malmö FF

In September 2022, Åge was announced as the new interim manager for Malmö FF.[23]

Iceland

On 14 April 2023, Åge was announced as the new manager of the Iceland national football team.[24] He resigned from his position on 25 November 2024.[25] A day later, he announced his retirement from coaching.[26]

Media career

He resigned as the Norway national team coach then worked as an expert Norwegian Premier League commentator for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.[27]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[28]
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hødd 1970 First Division 1 0
1971 First Division 16 1
1972 First Division 20 1
1973 Second Division
1974 Second Division
1975 Second Division
Total
Molde 1975 First Division 9 3
1976 First Division 22 9
1977 First Division 21 7
1978 First Division 19 2
1979 Second Division
1980 First Division 22 0
1981 Second Division
Total
Manchester City 1981–82 First Division 16 0
1982–83 First Division 8 0
Total 24 0
Norwich City 1982–83 First Division 12 0
1983–84 First Division 28 2
Total 40 2
Molde 1984 First Division 17 3
1985 First Division 22 3
1986 First Division 18 3
1987 First Division 15 1
Total 72 10
Career total

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 October 1980 Bern, Switzerland   Switzerland 1–0 2–1 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 15 June 1982 Oslo, Norway  Denmark 1–0 2–1 1981–85 Nordic Football Championship
3. 13 October 1982  Yugoslavia 3–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
4. 7 September 1983  Bulgaria 1–0 1–2

Managerial statistics

As of match played 19 November 2024
Team From To Record
G1 W D L Win %
Molde FK2 1986
1993 		1991
1997 		239 107 58 74 044.77
Helsingborgs IF 1 January 1998 31 December 1999 76 43 17 16 056.58
Brøndby IF2 1 January 2000 15 April 2002 93 48 23 22 051.61
Rosenborg BK 1 January 2003 27 November 2003 43 32 6 5 074.42
Norway 1 January 2004 8 December 2008 58 24 18 16 041.38
Örgryte IS 10 June 2009 1 December 2009 18 6 5 7 033.33
Viking FK 1 December 2009 9 June 2012 81 31 23 27 038.27
Helsingborgs IF 14 June 2012 6 December 2012 31 14 7 10 045.16
Malmö FF 9 January 2014 9 December 2015 95 49 20 26 051.58
Denmark 1 March 2016 31 July 2020 42 21 18 3 050.00
Rosenborg BK 1 September 2020 31 December 2021 55 28 12 15 050.91
Malmö FF 6 September 2022 31 December 2022 15 3 3 9 020.00
Iceland[29] 14 April 2023 25 November 2024 20 8 2 10 040.00
Total 866 414 212 240 047.81

1 Only competitive matches are counted.
2 For these earlier statistics, only league matches are collected.

Honours

Manager

Molde FK

Helsingborgs IF

Brøndby IF

Rosenborg BK

Malmö FF

Individual

References

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  2. ^ "Hareide hættir sem þjálfari A landsliðs karla" [Hareide resigns as coach of the men's national team]. Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic). 25 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
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