Olli Harder
Oliver Harder (born 31 January 1986) is a New Zealand association football coach and former player who is the current manager of Norwegian team SK Brann Kvinner. He has previously coached in the United States, China and Norway, was head coach of Norwegian women's club Klepp IL from 2017 until 2019, and head coach of West Ham United F.C. Women, West Ham United Women from 2020 until 2022. Playing career Harder played association football for two clubs in the New Zealand Football Championship as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Managerial career Harder has coached in the United States, China, Norway and England. In the United States, he coached Wilton Blue Under-11s in the Connecticut Junior Soccer Association league system. He was a volunteer assistant coach in the American College soccer, collegiate soccer system for the NJIT Highlanders men's soccer, NJIT Highlanders and the Yale Bulldogs men's soccer, Yale Bulldogs. He worked for Club Football China. In 2017, Ha ...
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Goalkeeper (association Football)
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting opposing shots on goal. Such positions exist in bandy, rink bandy, camogie, association football, Gaelic football, international rules football, floorball, handball, hurling, field hockey, ice hockey, roller hockey, lacrosse, ringette, rinkball, water polo, and shinty as well as in other sports. In most sports which involve scoring in a net, special rules apply to the goalkeeper that do not apply to other players. These rules are often instituted to protect the goalkeeper (being a target for dangerous or even violent actions). This is most apparent in sports such as ice hockey, field hockey, and lacrosse, where goalkeepers are required to wear special equipment like heavy pads and a face mask to protect their bodies from the impact ...
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