Pål Arne Johansen

Pål Arne Johansen (born 16 February 1977) is a Norwegian professional footballer midfielder and later manager. He is the head coach of Eliteserien club Odd.

Pål Arne Johansen
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-02-16) 16 February 1977
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Sport-71
–1993 Brønnøysund
1994 Bærum
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993 Brønnøysund
1995–1997 Fossum
1998−2000 Lyn 27 (2)
2001 Ull/Kisa
2002 Bærum
2003–2006 Groruddalen
Managerial career
2003 Groruddalen (player-manager)
2004–2005 Lyn (developer)
2005 Lyn (acting assistant)
2006–2009 Norway women (assistant)
2011–2012 Hønefoss (assistant)
2014–2015 Legia Warsaw (assistant)
2017–2021 Norway U18 + U19 + U20
2022– Odd
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Johansen hails from Brønnøy where he played youth football for Sport-71 and Brønnøysund, and made his senior debut for Brønnøy in 1993. Ahead of the 1994 season he moved south to attend the Norwegian School of Elite Sport and play youth football for Bærum.[1] His first senior team in Southeast Norway was Fossum, joining 1. divisjon team Lyn in 1998. After barely featuring in their promotion season of 2000, he went on to Ullensaker/Kisa IL.[2] In 2002 he joined Bærum,[3] but after one season he pursued a coaching career, starting as player-manager of Groruddalen BK. He also immersed himself in theoretical football studies at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, co-writing the book Ferdighetsutvikling i fotball in 2002.[4] Johansen was a player developer in Lyn, and in late 2005, when Lyn contested the 2005–06 Royal League, Johansen was acting assistant manager under Henning Berg. Johansen however resigned because of the values espoused by Lyn's directors.[5]

Following his club exploits, Johansen was hired by the Football Association of Norway in 2006, first as assistant coach of the Norway women's national football team.[6] Already after his first season he was named Young Manager of the Year by the football managers' association.[7] He left the Norwegian women's national team after the 2009 UEFA Women's European Championship.[8] He was the assistant manager of Hønefoss BK in the 2011 and 2012 seasons, and assistant manager of Legia Warsaw (again under Henning Berg) from July 2014 to October 2015.[9] Ahead of the 2017 season he succeeded Eirik Horneland as head coach of Norway U18 and U19.[10] He led Norway to the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (for the first time since 2005) and the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup (for the first time since 1993). On 24 January 2022, he was appointed head coach of Eliteserien club Odd.[11]

References
  1. Walstad, Rolf Magne (11 June 1994). "Fotball på 'heltid' i Bærum". Brønnøysunds Avis (in Norwegian). pp. 12–13.
  2. "Pål Arne Johansen som Lynspiller" (in Norwegian). Lynhistorie.com. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. Olsson, Svein (7 March 2002). "Nye fjes i Bærum". Asker og Bærums Budstikke (in Norwegian). p. 20.
  4. Knoph, Arne (13 November 2002). "25 år og "bibelforfatter"". Asker og Bærums Budstikke (in Norwegian). pp. 22–23.
  5. "Berg-assistent bryter med Lyn". VG Sportsbilag (in Norwegian). 20 December 2005. p. 5.
  6. Sande, Egil (22 May 2019). "Spår stor trenerkarriere for "Paco": - Jeg har hatt mange gode trenere, men han skilte seg veldig ut". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  7. Horn, Jøran (15 November 2006). "Kåret til Årets unge trener". Brønnøysunds Avis (in Norwegian).
  8. Horn, Jøran (10 September 2009). "Avsluttet med EM-medalje". Brønnøysunds Avis (in Norwegian). p. 16.
  9. Pål Arne Johansen at WorldFootball.net
  10. Madsen, Christer (13 December 2016). "Pål Arne Johansen ny landslagstrener for G18 og G19" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  11. Myklebust, Martin (24 January 2022). "Pål Arne Johansen blir ny Odd-trener". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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