Roger Nilsen

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Roger Nilsen
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Roger Nilsen as coach of Viking Stavanger (2008)
Personnel
birthday August 8, 1969
place of birth TromsoNorway
size 180 cm
position Central defender
Juniors
Years station
Kvaløysletta
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1987-1988 Tromso IL 4 0(0)
1989-1993 Viking Stavanger 90 (11)
1993 →  1. FC Köln  (loan) 10 0(0)
1993-1998 Sheffield United 166 0(0)
1999 Tottenham Hotspur 3 0(0)
1999-2000 Graz AK 13 0(0)
2000-2001 Molde FK 20 0(2)
2002-2003 Bryne FK 24 0(0)
2003–? Stavanger IF
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1986-1987 Norway U16 8 (0)
1987-1989 Norway U19 7 (0)
1988 Norway U18 4 (0)
1989 Norway U20 4 (0)
1989-1992 Norway U21 19 (2)
1990-2000 Norway 32 (3)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2006 Stavanger IF
2007-2010 Viking Stavanger (Assistant Trainer)
2014-2016 IF Fløya (women)
1 Only league games are given.

Roger Nilsen (born August 8, 1969 in Tromsø ) is a former Norwegian football player and today's coach.

Career

society

Nilsen started in Kvaløysletta's youth before getting his first professional contract with his hometown club Tromsø IL in 1987 . After only four appearances in his first season, he moved to Viking Stavanger in 1989 . During the winter break of the 1992/93 season he was loaned to Germany to 1. FC Köln , which was threatened with relegation and for which he played ten games by the end of the season. Back in Stavanger, he moved to England for Sheffield United , for which he played 166 league games over the next five years. In 1999 he moved to Tottenham Hotspur , where he was only used three times. For the 1999/2000 season, Nilsen moved to Austria for the Grazer AK , but went back to Norway after only 13 league appearances in 2000 and played for Molde FK from 2000 to 2001 and for Bryne FK from 2002 to 2003 . He then played away from professional football at Stavanger IF .

National team

Nilsen was appointed to the squad of the Norwegian U-16 national team for the first time in 1986 and played eight games for the team. 1987 to 1989 he played seven times for the Norwegian U19 , at the same time he had four appearances in 1988 in the U18. At the junior soccer world championship in 1989 he played three preliminary round matches for the U-20 national team . From 1989 to 1992 he played a total of 19 international matches for the U-21 national team , in which he scored two goals. On October 31, 1990 he made his debut for the senior national team , for which he completed a total of 32 games in ten years.

Trainer

After completing his training as a football coach in 2006, Nilsen took over the coaching position at his last club, Stavanger IF . From 2007 to 2010 he was assistant coach for the first team at Viking Stavanger . In 2014 he took over the women's team at IF Fløya in the highest Norwegian women's league after taking a coaching job at the Norwegian College of Elite Sports in Tromsø . In August 2016 he was relieved of his post as a coach.

Private

Roger Nilsen is the brother of the equally successful soccer player and coach Steinar Nilsen , who played for AC Milan and SSC Napoli . He has four sons, two of them from his first marriage in England, two with his current partner Torni Myrbakk.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Tottenham Laner Nilsen. In: vg.no. March 25, 1999. Retrieved August 22, 2017 (Norwegian).
  2. Kjell-Ivar Grøndal: Nilsen holder ambisjonene for seg selv. In: Aftenposten . April 18, 2008, accessed August 22, 2017 .
  3. Lars Fisketjøn: Ber Viking-ledelsen kutte millioner . In: Rogalands Avis . October 7, 2010, p. 18-19 (Norwegian).
  4. ^ Anders Mo Hanssen: Vil rykke opp i løpet av to år . In: Nordlys . June 4, 2014, p. 27 (Norwegian).
  5. Nå søker Fløya etter Roger Nilsen's reporter. In: itromso.no. June 10, 2016, accessed on August 22, 2017 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  6. Fotball foran søskenkjærlighet. In: dagbladet.no. June 17, 2007, Retrieved August 22, 2017 (Norwegian).
  7. ^ Rune Robertsen: Gammel kjærlighet lokket Roger hjem. In: itromso.no. December 23, 2013, accessed on August 22, 2017 (Bokmål in Norwegian).