Ståle Solbakken
Ståle Solbakken (1996 )
Ståle Solbakken ( born February 27, 1968 in Kongsvinger ) is a Norwegian football coach and former football player. In 1995 he was elected to the Norwegian midfielder of the year.
Career as a player
Solbakken began playing football at Grue IL. In 1989 he moved to Ham -Kam, where he played until the end of 1993. From the beginning of 1994 to October 1997, he played for Lillestrøm SK. After that he went to England for 4 months for FC Wimbledon. In 1998 he moved to Denmark, where he spent his most successful period as a player. In 1999 he won with Aalborg BK of the Danish Championship, in 2000 he managed this with FC Copenhagen.
For the Norwegian national team, he played 58 games and scored nine goals. With the Norwegian selection, he participated in the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.
Solbakken had to end his career on March 13, 2001, when he suffered a cardiac arrest due to an undetected congenital heart defect in training and had to be resuscitated. Since then, he has to rely on a pacemaker.
Career as a coach
Norway U-18 selection
As a coach, he began his career at the Norwegian U-18 selection and as an assistant coach of the senior national team.
From 2003 to 2005 he coached his former club Ham -Kam.
FC Copenhagen
He then became a coach at FC Copenhagen. With the club he won five Danish championship ( in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011 ) and 2009 Danish Cup. He was elected in 2004, inter alia, to Norway's coach of the year.
1 FC Köln
From January 2012 Solbakken should Egil Olsen replace and Norway coach, but then undertook the first FC Cologne the Norwegians on July 1, 2011 as the new head coach after the Norges Fotballforbund had given him the release.
After a sporting descent of FC Solbakken was born on 12 February 2012, two days after a 0-4 defeat at Mainz, on leave.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
For the 2012/13 season he was coach of English club Wolverhampton Wanderers, but was already dismissed in January 2013 after a defeat in the FA Cup against the fifth division side Luton Town again. Was also dismissed his assistant Patrick Weiser.
Return to FC Copenhagen
On August 21, 2013, he returned to FC Copenhagen, in which he replaced the recently sacked Belgian Ariël Jacobs.
Game system
More so than any other coach Solbakken sets out to cover the room with a zone defense. The four chains remain at an altitude close together and not move to the side where the ball is located. This is to prevent a small outdoor central defender has to play against a strong attacker header. To achieve this, one renounces the doubles on the outside of exterior and interior defender. The support of the full-back is performed by one of the two sixes. Solbakken leaves the back four rows move up far. The striker should cover the opponent's six and prevent the outer midfielder that the opponent bridged via the winger the midfield. Your opponent's game is so directed in the vicinity of your own door to the outside or, if to the center., But then further away from its own goal Solbakken studied in July 2011 at a training camp at the Walchsea ( Austria ) with the crew of the 1.FC Köln different signals Pressing one.
If the distance from the striker is very large to back, no ability to press is played, but the player should try to keep the tape compact. Once Solbakkens player but remember that a poorly played ball is on the way, which could cause problems when receiving a pass, the opponents are immediately attacked and played their ability to press. Another Pressing signal when an opposing defender is the gate to the back. The striker then set to the center back. Pressing The signal then comes from the ball near striker. This means that the entire defense has to be addressed after the striker. If then it is the striker who will follow up on all the other team members.
At the 1st FC Cologne, this system proved not so good. The respective opponents flankten very often in the Cologne area. Coupled with individual errors and, as it was called Solbakken, "mental weakness ", which led to more than 60 goals conceded in 30 games.
Awards and achievements
- Norwegian midfielder of 1995
- Danish Champion: 1999 and 2001
- Norwegian coach of the year 2004
- Royal League: 2006
- Danish champion: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011
- Denmark coach of the Year 2007
- Danish Cup Winner 2009