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Pål Arne Johansen (born 16 February 1977) is a Norwegian professional
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and later manager. He is the head coach of
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club
Odd Odd means unpaired, occasional, strange or unusual, or a person who is viewed as eccentric. Odd may also refer to: Acronym * ODD (Text Encoding Initiative) ("One Document Does it all"), an abstracted literate-programming format for describing X ...
.


Career

Johansen hails from
Brønnøy Brønnøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland region. The administrative centre and commercial centre of the municipality is the town of Brønnøysund. A secondary centre is the village of Hommelstø. Ot ...
where he played youth football for Sport-71 and
Brønnøysund Brønnøysund () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and the administrative centre of Brønnøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is also a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality within Nordland county. ...
, and made his senior debut for Brønnøy in 1993. Ahead of the 1994 season he moved south to attend the Norwegian School of Elite Sport and play youth football for
Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ...
. His first senior team in Southeast Norway was Fossum, joining
1. divisjon The Norwegian First Division, also called 1. divisjon and OBOS-ligaen (named sponsor is property developer OBOS), is the second-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Each year, the top finishing teams in the 1. divisjon are p ...
team
Lyn Ubisoft Montpellier is a French video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Castelnau-le-Lez. Founded in 1994 as Ubi Pictures, it is best known for developing the ''Rayman'' and ''Beyond Good & Evil'' series. At 350 employees as of Se ...
in 1998. After barely featuring in their promotion season of 2000, he went on to
Ullensaker/Kisa IL Ullensaker/Kisa IL, commonly referred to as Ull/Kisa, is a Norwegian sports club from Jessheim in Ullensaker. Founded in 1894, it has sections for association football, team handball and athletics. General history The club was founded on 15 De ...
. In 2002 he joined
Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ...
, but after one season he pursued a coaching career, starting as player-manager of
Groruddalen BK Groruddalen Ballklubb was a Norwegian association football club from Groruddalen, Oslo. The club came into existence through the merger of a number of local clubs in 2002, but went defunct again in 2008, after some of those clubs withdrew their ...
. He also immersed himself in theoretical football studies at the
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences ( no, Norges idrettshøgskole, NIH) is a public university located at Sognsvann in Oslo, Norway. It has the national responsibility for education and research related within sport sciences. It provides educa ...
, co-writing the book ''Ferdighetsutvikling i fotball'' in 2002. Johansen was a player developer in Lyn, and in late 2005, when Lyn contested the
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, Johansen was acting assistant manager under
Henning Berg Henning Stille Berg (; born 1 September 1969) is a Norwegian football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Cypriot First Division club Pafos FC. His career lasted from 1988 to 2004, most notably in the Premier League where h ...
. Johansen however resigned because of the values espoused by Lyn's directors. Following his club exploits, Johansen was hired by the
Football Association of Norway The Norwegian Football Federation ( nb, Norges Fotballforbund, nn, Noregs Fotballforbund; NFF) is the governing body of football in Norway. It was formed in 1902 and organises the men's and women's national teams, as well as the league systems f ...
in 2006, first as assistant coach of the
Norway women's national football team The Norway women's national football team is controlled by the Football Association of Norway. The team is former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams. The team has had less success since the ...
. Already after his first season he was named Young Manager of the Year by the football managers' association. He left the Norwegian women's national team after the
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. He was the assistant manager of
Hønefoss BK Hønefoss Ballklubb is a Norwegian football club from Hønefoss, founded in 1895. The club was a part of the multi-sports club L/F Hønefoss, which folded in 2008. After 11 years in 1. divisjon, the second tier of Norwegian football, Hønefoss ...
in the 2011 and 2012 seasons, and assistant manager of
Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning record 15 Ekstraklasa champions titles, a ...
(again under Henning Berg) from July 2014 to October 2015. Ahead of the 2017 season he succeeded
Eirik Horneland Eirik Horneland (born 14 March 1975) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. Horneland played as a defender. Following a lengthy career in SK Vard Haugesund and a short loan at FK Haugesund where he saw some Tippeligaen action, he finish ...
as head coach of Norway U18 and U19. He led Norway to the
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(for the first time since 2005) and the
2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 22nd edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 1977 ...
(for the first time since 1993). On 24 January 2022, he was appointed head coach of
Eliteserien Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion ...
club
Odd Odd means unpaired, occasional, strange or unusual, or a person who is viewed as eccentric. Odd may also refer to: Acronym * ODD (Text Encoding Initiative) ("One Document Does it all"), an abstracted literate-programming format for describing X ...
.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Johansen, Paal Arne 1977 births Living people People from Brønnøy Sportspeople from Nordland Norwegian School of Sport Sciences alumni Norwegian footballers Association football midfielders Norwegian First Division players Fossum IF players Lyn Fotball players Ullensaker/Kisa IL players Bærum SK players Norwegian football managers Odds BK managers Norwegian expatriate football managers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Poland