Joar Hoff (10 April 1939 – 22 May 2019) was a Norwegian

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player and coach. A midfielder, Hoff played for Bodø/Glimt in 1959, Lillestrøm and Strømmen in 1961, and

Vålerenga 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 it ...

in 1965. Hoff coached Lillestrøm in their first two season in the Norwegian First Division, and led the team to victory in the

1976 Norwegian First Division The 1976 1. divisjon was the 32nd completed season of top division football in Norway. Overview It was contested by 12 teams, and Lillestrøm SK won the championship, their second league title. Teams and locations :''Note: Table lists in alphab ...

. He also coached Lillestrøm in

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, when the team finished third in the First Division. Hoff also coached Vålerenga in 1978. He was the brother of

Ivar Hoff Ivar (Old Norse ''Ívarr'') is a Scandinavian masculine given name. Another variant of the name is Iver, which is more common in Norway. The Old Norse name has several possible etymologies. In North Germanic phonology, several of the elements c ...

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* 1939 births 2019 deaths Men's association football midfielders Norwegian footballers FK Bodø/Glimt players Lillestrøm SK players Strømmen IF players Vålerenga Fotball players Eliteserien players Norwegian football managers Lillestrøm SK managers Vålerenga Fotball managers Strømmen IF managers {{Norway-footy-bio-stub