Nils Arne Eggen

Nils Arne Eggen in 2010

Nils Arne Eggen ( born September 17, 1941 in Orkdal ) is a former Norwegian football player who now works as a coach. With Rosenborg BK, he won two as a player and as a coach three times the Norwegian title.

Career

Eggen began playing football at a local sports club Orkdal IL. After debuting at the age of 15 years in the men's team, Rosenborg BK noticed his talent and committed to young players. With the club he joined in 1960 to the excellence and established himself as a regular in the defense. Following a work-related move to Oslo in 1963, he joined the club and joined the capital club Vålerenga IF. With his new club, he became the national team and was one of the pillars of the 1965 team to Per Knudsen and Einar Bruno Larsen, who won the national championship.

In 1966, Eggen back to Rosenborg BK, which had risen after a short time in the second division again. On the side of Harald Sunde and Odd Iversen he was part of a young team that established the League rookie league in the front area. With three points ahead of Skeid Oslo the club as a climber won the league title for the first time. Despite a second place the following year he received the still unofficial award of Player of the Year. In 1969, he led the club to win the championship again, but after he ended his active career.

Before the start of the season 1971 Eggen inherited the Englishman George Curtis, under whose direction he had been standing on the field in 1969, as manager of Rosenborg BK and managed jointly with gate Røste Fossen the training of the club from Trondheim. At first attempt, the success set in, already in his first year he won the double of Bundesliga and National Cup. Subsequently, the national football federation began recruiting him. As an assistant coach of the Norwegian national team at Curtis, he was mainly responsible for the U- 21 team in Norway. In 1974 he inherited Curtis as coach.

1978 Eggen returned back as a coach to Rosenborg BK and was succeeded by Tor Røste Fossen as national coach. The now relegated to the second division club he led her back to the first division. There he established the team, without being able to build on old successes. Therefore, he finished in 1982 his commitment and was replaced by Tommy Cavanagh. Subsequently he worked as a coach at his youth club Orkdal IL until 1986 he took over second division side Moss FK. The club he led to the rise and subsequently as a newcomer to the Norwegian league title. However, he left the club to again take over Rosenborg BK.

Eggen established Rosenborg BK as belonged to Norway. Directly in his first season he won the double again with the team. He repeated this success after the runner behind Lillestrøm SK for the seasons 1990 and 1992. The third title in series in the season 1994, the club closed at its ninth championship on the previous record champions Fredrikstad FK. In the following years, joined the club as the league leaders from and had significant double-digit point projections on the competition. After the fifth championship in a row, he finished his commitment in 1997, but returned after a season break, had resulted in the Trond Sollied the club to the league title, back and won in the four years to 2002, in each case the championship. He then moved into management of the club, but left the club in 2005.

In May 2010, Eggen returned again as a coach for Rosenborg BK, as Erik Hamrén had been obliged by the Swedish Association as national coach. In 2011 he left the club again in the direction Orkla FK; in the following year died also be active as a football coach Knut Torbjørn Eggen son in his apartment.

In 1997, he won the election to Norway's Sportsman of the Year.