Ståle Solbakken
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ståle Solbakken[1] | ||
Date of birth | 27 February 1968 | ||
Place of birth | Kongsvinger, Norway | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Norway (head coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
–1989 | Grue | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1994 | Hamarkameratene | 100 | (35) |
1994–1997 | Lillestrøm | 99 | (34) |
1997–1998 | Wimbledon | 6 | (1) |
1998–2000 | AaB | 79 | (13) |
2000–2001 | Copenhagen | 14 | (4) |
Total | 298 | (87) | |
International career | |||
1992 | Norway U21 | 2 | (0) |
1994–2000 | Norway | 58 | (9) |
Managerial career | |||
2002–2005 | Hamarkameratene | ||
2006–2011 | Copenhagen | ||
2011–2012 | 1. FC Köln | ||
2012–2013 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
2013–2020 | Copenhagen | ||
2020– | Norway | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ståle Solbakken (born 27 February 1968) is a Norwegian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of the Norway national team.
During his playing career, Solbakken was named
As a manager, he was named 2004 Norwegian Manager of the Year, and won eight Superliga championships with Copenhagen. Solbakken was also in charge of German club 1. FC Köln during the 2011–12 Bundesliga season and then managed English side Wolverhampton Wanderers in a six-month tenure.
Club career
Early clubs
Solbakken, a midfielder, started his career in Norway, playing for his local lower league team
He was the club's top goalscorer in the 1990 season, where he netted nine times. The following season he scored 14 goals to help the club to
Lillestrøm
In 1994, he transferred to their Premier League rivals
He was appointed club captain by Lillestrøm and helped the side again finish runners-up in 1996 before he serving one final season in 1997 for the Canaries. In total, he made 99 league appearances for the club, scoring 34 times.[citation needed]
Moves abroad
In October 1997, Solbakken joined
He was quickly sold to Danish side Aalborg BK in March 1998. Solbakken became Aalborg BK's captain, and guided the club to the 1998–99 Danish Superliga championship, as well as the final of the 1998–99 Danish Cup tournament. He won Danish football's Player of the Year Award in 2000. In total, he played 79 games and scored 13 goals for AaB in the Danish Superliga.[5]
In August 2000, he departed to Danish league rivals Copenhagen. Solbakken quickly became a regular player in the side and helped push them to the top of the table but he was unable to complete the season after suffering a heart attack in March 2001. The club went on to win the 2001 Superliga championship and give Solbakken a second championship medal as a player.[citation needed]
Health problems
During training on 13 March 2001, Solbakken had a
He survived the episode and now has a
International career
Solbakken made his international debut for the Norway national football team on 9 March 1994, in a 3–1 friendly win in Wales. Although he was not named in the squad for the 1994 World Cup, he became a regular feature in the squad soon after.[citation needed]
He was a member of the Norwegian team that qualified for 1998 World Cup, where he appeared in two of their group games (against Morocco and Scotland) as well as their second round exit to Italy.[citation needed]
His country qualified for the next major tournament, the 2000 European Championship, but Solbakken picked up an injury shortly before the finals. In the end, he was only able to appear in one tournament game: a goalless draw with Slovenia that eliminated them in the group stage. After this exit, he announced his international retirement, aged 32.[citation needed]
In total, he won 58 caps for Norway, scoring nine times.[citation needed]
International goals
- Scores and goals list Norway's goal tally first[citation needed]
No. | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Venue | Competition |
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1. | 2 June 1996 | Azerbaijan | 1–0 | 5–0 | Ullevaal, Oslo | 1998 World Cup qualifier |
2. | 3–0 | |||||
3. | 1 September 1996 | Georgia | 1–0 | 1–0 | Ullevaal, Oslo | Friendly |
4. | 29 March 1997 | United Arab Emirates | 4–1 | 4–1 | Sharjah |
Friendly |
5. | 20 August 1997 | Finland | 1–0 | 4–0 | Olympic Stadium, Helsinki | 1998 World Cup qualifier |
6. | 10 September 1997 | Switzerland | 2–0 | 5–0 | Ullevaal, Oslo | 1998 World Cup qualifier |
7. | 6 September 1998 | Latvia | 1–1 | 1–3 | Ullevaal, Oslo | Euro 2000 qualifier |
8. | 22 January 1999 | Estonia | 1–0 | 3–3 | Municipal Stadium, Umm al-Fahm | Friendly |
9. | 29 March 2000 | Switzerland | 1–0 | 2–2 | Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano | Friendly |
Managerial career
Ham-Kam
In 2002, Solbakken returned to Norway and started his managerial career at his old club HamKam, positioned at the second tier. He had great success at HamKam, as the club won the league and was promoted to the top-flight Tippeligaen. His "resurrection", and the "salvation" (i.e. promotion) of HamKam, earned him the nickname "Ståle Salvatore", often cited in Norwegian press since.[8]
The next season, Solbakken managed HamKam to a fifth place in the
Copenhagen
In his first years at the club, Solbakken guided Copenhagen to the
In May 2009, Solbakken led Copenhagen to the Double of both the 2009 Danish Cup and the 2009 Superliga championship, the seventh championship in club history. On 3 November 2009, it was announced that he would not renew his contract which ended on 30 June 2011.[9] Instead, he agreed a letter of intent to become Norway national team manager either in January 2012 or after the Euro 2012, should Norway qualify.[10] However, this agreement was ultimately not to come to fruition.[citation needed]
1. FC Köln
On 15 May 2011, it was announced that Solbakken would take over as manager of
He won his first game in charge, a
Solbakken was dismissed by Köln on 12 April 2012[16] following a 0–4 loss at Mainz, with the team sat in 16th place. He was replaced by former coach Frank Schaefer who oversaw the final four games of the season during which the club dropped to 17th place and so were relegated.[17]
Wolverhampton Wanderers
On 11 May 2012, English club
Solbakken failed to stop the club's slump that had brought relegation and despite at one time lifting the club to third place, they had slumped as low as 18th by the turn of the year. He was sacked on 5 January 2013 following an FA Cup elimination by at that time non-league Luton Town, which was his fourth consecutive defeat.[20]
Return to Copenhagen
On 21 August 2013, Solbakken returned as head coach of Copenhagen, two years after his departure.[21]
Solbakken had a seven-year reign at Copenhagen in which he won three championships in 2016, 2017 and 2019. However, due to a bad start to the 2020–21 Danish Superliga, poor domestic results during 2020 and a failure to qualify for the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage, Solbakken was fired as manager on 10 October 2020.[22]
For his two tenures at Copenhagen, Solbakken was awarded the title as the 'Biggest Manager in Superliga History' by a jury of 38 experts on the Danish Superliga including former Danish national coach Morten Olsen and former football player Rasmus Würtz, who is accredited with most Superliga games played to date with 452 caps.[23]
Norway national team
On 3 December 2020, Solbakken became the Norway international manager on a four-year deal, after the resignation of Lars Lagerbäck.[24] In his first match the following 24 March, the side won 3–0 away to Gibraltar in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.[25] Norway failed the qualify, and Solbakken criticised the decision to host the tournament in Qatar due to human rights issues and the manner of the vote; the Norwegian Football Federation sent only one representative, an analyst to monitor the team's next opponents, Spain.[26]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 26 March 2024
Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
HamKam
|
26 November 2002 | 31 December 2005 | 82 | 37 | 21 | 24 | 45.1 | [citation needed] |
Copenhagen | 1 January 2006[27] | 15 May 2011[11] | 252 | 153 | 47 | 52 | 60.7 | [citation needed] |
1. FC Köln | 15 May 2011[11] | 12 April 2012[16] | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 28.1 | [28] |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 July 2012[18] | 5 January 2013[20] | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | [29] |
Copenhagen | 21 August 2013[21] | 10 October 2020[22] | 357 | 203 | 77 | 77 | 56.9 | [citation needed] |
Norway | 7 December 2020 | Present | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 50.0 | [citation needed] |
Total | 787 | 429 | 163 | 195 | 54.51 |
Honours
Player
AaB
Copenhagen
- Danish Superliga: 2000–01[citation needed]
Manager
Copenhagen
- 2005–06[citation needed]
- Danish Superliga: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19[citation needed]
- Danish Cup: 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17[citation needed]
Individual
- 1995 Kniksen award as Norwegian Midfielder of the Year[citation needed]
- 2004 Kniksen award as Norwegian Manager of the Year[citation needed]
- Danish Superliga Manager of the Year: 2007, 2011[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Ståle Solbakken" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ Nixon, Alan (14 October 1997). "Football: Wimbledon sign Norwegian". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (28 December 1997). "Wimbledon hand the Hammers a gift of three points". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
- ^ (in Danish) John Laden Jensen, Solbakken, Ståle Archived 12 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, AaBsport.dk [dead link]
- ^ Ståle Solbakken at DanskFodbold.com
- ^ a b Marcus Christenson, Why football is not a matter of life and death for Solbakken, The Guardian, 1 November 2006.
- ^ marts 2001, Tirsdag d 13; februar 2003, kl 22 45 Del denne artikel Del denne artikel Opdateret onsdag d 26; Kl. 10.28 (13 March 2001). "Solbakken ramt af hjertestop". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 November 2023.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Bestekompis Skogheim forbannet etter sparkingen av Solbakken: - Köln legger ikke trenerkabal, de er trenerkannibaler". 13 April 2012.
- ^ "Ståle Solbakken bliver norsk landstræner i 2012" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
- Football Association of Norway. 3 November 2009. Archived from the originalon 24 May 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
- ^ a b c "Solbakken neuer FC-Coach - Kreuzbandriss bei Petit" (in German). kicker. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Köln confirm Stale Solbakken as new manager for next season". goal.com. 14 May 2011.
- ^ "Solbakken arrives at Wolves – well schooled in dealing with turmoil". The Independent. 12 May 2012. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
- ^ "Ståle Solbakken defends failure at Cologne after taking reins at Wolves". The Times. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ "Morgan defends Solbakken appointment". Irish Examiner. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Köln entlässt Solbakken - Schaefer hilft aus" (in German). kicker. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "1. FC Köln vs FC Bayern München Report". goal.com. 5 May 2012.
- ^ a b "Wolves appoint Norwegian Stale Solbakken as new manager". BBC Sport. 11 May 2012.
- ^ "Wolves 1-1 Aldershot". BBC Sport. 11 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Wolves sack manager Stale Solbakken after six months". BBC Sport. 5 January 2013.
- ^ a b "FCK fyrer Jacobs - ansætter Ståle Solbakken" (in Danish). Ekstrabladetek. 21 August 2013.
- ^ a b "Kæmpe bombe: FCK fyrer Ståle Solbakken" (in Danish). bold.dk. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ "Superligaens største træner er kåret: Ståle Solbakken løber med hæderen" (in Danish). campo.dk. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ Edwards, Joe (3 December 2020). "Former Wolves chief Stale Solbakken lands Norway job". Express & Star. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ Berg Ould-Saada, Arilas; Tinius Folvik, Herman; Baardsen, Joachim; Vesteng, Camilla (25 March 2021). "Ødegaard svarer om skaden etter seier i Solbakkens debut: – litt sårt". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ Manning, Gordon (17 November 2022). "Norway manager critical of World Cup in Qatar and won't be attending event". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "Officielt: Ståle kommer - Holmstrøm stopper". bold.dk. 31 October 2005. Retrieved 31 October 2005.
- ^ "1. FC Köln". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "Stale Solbakken". Soccerbase.com. CENTURYCOMM LIMITED. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
External links
- FC København profile (in Danish)
- FC København player statistics (in Danish)
- AaB profile (in Danish)
- Ham-Kam profile (in Norwegian)