Kjetil Rekdal
Kjetil Rekdal (2006)
Kjetil André Rekdal ( born November 6, 1968 in Molde) is a Norwegian football player and coach.
Life
His professional career began at the age of 16 years at Molde FK, where he scored 25 goals in 75 games between 1985 and 1988.
Through his good vision and accurate passes, he served as a player mostly on the central midfield position. The third place in the Bundesliga in 1999 with Hertha BSC is considered his greatest success as a player. As a member of the Norwegian national team, he played 83 A- international matches; remembered he stays through his winning goal by controversial penalty against Brazil in the group stage of the 1998 World Cup in France, with whom he the Norwegian National Team participation brought in the 90th minute at the first knockout round.
His active career he finished as player-coach at Vålerenga Oslo, where he stood until August 2006 as a coach on the sidelines after he had resigned. He is in Oslo as one of the most successful coaches in the club and was adopted in honor. In 2002, he brought with Vålerenga Oslo the Norwegian Cup, in 2005 even the Norwegian championship, what is considered his greatest success as a coach. Nevertheless, he has performed during the following season back from his office. In November 2006, he returned as manager for Belgian club Lierse SK.
In an interview with the newspaper Aftenposten he now expressed himself in April 2007 as follows: "My goal is to become a coach of Hertha BSC and to confirm the reputation that I had there as a player. If the club wants me, me an answer will be easy. "
From 28 June 2007 to February 9, 2008 Rekdal trained 1.FC Kaiserslautern. After a 1-2 home defeat against TSV 1860 Munich, he was dismissed and replaced by Milan Šašić there.
Early August 2008, entered Rekdal the post of junior chef at the Norwegian first division club Molde FK, but he on September 5, 2008 - abandoned in favor of the head coach position at the Norwegian first division side FK Aalesunds again - after only 29 days. 2009 and 2011 he was with the club each Norwegian Cup winners. At the end of the 2012 season Rekdal end of November 2012 was released after more than four years. On 8 January 2013, took over again Vålerenga Oslo and signed by 31 December 2014.