Petter Skogsletten

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Petter Skogsletten
Personal information
Date of birth 10 March 1993
Place of birth Stovner, Norway
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Team information
Current team
FC Roskilde
Managerial career
Years Team
2019 - 2021 FK Bodø/Glimt (Physical Performance Coach)
2021 - 2022 FC Nordsjælland (Physical Performance Coach)
2022 - 2023 Havnar Bóltfelag (Assistant Coach)
2023 FC Roskilde (Assistant Coach)

Petter Skogsletten (born 10 March 1993) is a Norwegian professional football coach. He now appears as the assistant coach of FC Roskilde, with the previously SC Heerenveen professional Jesper Håkansson as manager.

Personal life

Skogsletten grew up in Stovner, a suburb of Oslo. He started his coaching career in the wake of a heart disease, which forced him out of playing.[1] He early found a passion of coaching, and started his coaching career with the old top league club Lyn Fotball at the age of 16.

Skogsletten has later completed the famous "High Performance Football Coaching" studies in University of Lisbon. The studies were, among others, led by the well known José Mourinho.[2]

Club career

Petter Skogsletten has previously appeared in different professional clubs regarding Norway, Denmark and the Faroe Islands. He began as a physical performance coach for FK Bodø/Glimt[3] during their famous period in between 2019 and 2021. The club had their best spell during these years, where they created the foundation of winning the Norwegian top league Eliteserien in 2021 and 2022, after being a runners up in 2019.

Skogsletten later went on to Denmark and FC Nordsjælland, working one and a half season as their physical performance coach.[4]

During the summer of 2022, Petter Skogsletten decided to sign for the top league club Havnar Bóltfelag as their next assistant coach. The club, led by Dalibor Savic during their spell, ended up third in the Faroe Islands Premier League of 2022, and winning the national VFF Cup.[5]

In the summer of 2023, Petter Skogsletten signed for the Danish club FC Roskilde, where he became the assistant manager of Jesper Håkansson.[6]

References

  1. ^ "(+) Petter hadde drømmen klar. Så stoppet hjertet: – Hele verden sluknet for meg". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). 2021-06-12. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  2. ^ "Norsk 24-åring blir lært opp av Mourinho". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). 2017-03-30. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  3. ^ "Nye ansikter i akademiet". Bodø/Glimt (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  4. ^ "FCN forstærker sig: Henter fra Bodø og Heerenveen". Tipsbladet.dk. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  5. ^ "HB fingið nýggjan kropsligan venjara". roysni.fo (in Faroese). Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  6. ^ "Ny trænerduo på plads i FC Roskilde". FC Roskilde (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-20.