Atle Roar Håland (born 26 July 1977) is a retired Norwegian football centreback. Around 1997, he played for

Vålerenga IF Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for i ...

. Before joining

IK Start Idrettsklubben Start (or simply IK Start) is a Norwegian Association football, football club from the city of Kristiansand that currently plays in the Norwegian First Division, the second tier of the Norwegian football league system. The club was ...

in 2004, he had been crucial to

FK Mandalskameratene FK Mandalskameratene is a Norwegian football club, from the town of Mandal in Agder, currently playing in the 4. divisjon. The club was founded on 1 July 1912, under the name of 'Alladin'. In 1918 the club changed its name to 'Mandalskameratene ...

's success in the

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the previous year. Håland later played more than 5 years in the

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for OB Odense and

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before he retired in 2013 due to an injury. Håland made his debut for

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in a March 2006 friendly match against

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. He has not played any international matches since. After retiring, Håland was hired by

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's district association in Agder. In 2018 season he became head of player development in IK Start. In 2019 he changed job title to "executive director of sports", working closely with the director of sports Tor-Kristian Karlsen. In the spring of 2019 Håland acted as interim assistant coach of the men's team. When Tor-Kristian Karlsen left in 2020, Håland became director of sports. He resigned as such in 2021, following the sacking of manager

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Official Danish Superliga player statistics
at danskfodbold.com * 1977 births Living people People from Kvinesdal Norwegian men's footballers Vålerenga Fotball players FK Mandalskameratene players IK Start players Odense Boldklub players Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Danish Superliga players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Men's association football defenders Norway men's international footballers IK Start non-playing staff Footballers from Agder {{Norway-footy-defender-stub