Petter Myhre (born 21 February 1972) is a retired Norwegian footballer and current assistant coach for

Lillestrøm Lillestrøm is a municipality in Viken county. It is located in the traditional district of Romerike. With a population of 85,757 inhabitants, it is the fourth most populated municipality in Viken. It was founded on 1 January 2020 as a merger be ...

. During his active career he played for

Strømmen IF Strømmen Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Strømmen. It has sections for football, athletics and gymnastics, and formerly had sections for bandy, orienteering, skiing, speed skating, swimming among other sports. History The club w ...

Ullern IF Ullern Idrettsforening is a Norwegian multi-sports club from Ullern, Oslo. It has sections for association football, team handball, basketball, bandy and cheerleading. The club colors are white and red. General history The club was founded in 19 ...

and

Skjetten SK Skjetten is a town in Lillestrøm municipality, Viken county, Norway. It is located approximately 20 kilometres northeast of Oslo's city centre with a population of 10 000. Skjetten has five kindergartens, two primary schools and a secondary schoo ...

. He also took education 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 ...

. From 2002 he coached the junior team and reserves team of

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 ...

, and also played sporadic matches. He was promoted to assistant coach of the first team in 2006, and mid-season he was promoted to head coach. He lasted until July 2007. Ahead of the 2009 season he was named as co-coach of Strømmen IF together with Thomas Berntsen. On 24 January 2020 Myhre became assistant coach for

. He also commentates football on the Norwegian TV channel TV 2.

References

1967 births Living people Norwegian footballers Ullern IF players Strømmen IF players Skjetten SK players Norwegian First Division players Norwegian football managers Vålerenga Fotball managers Norwegian School of Sport Sciences alumni Norwegian association football commentators Association football midfielders Strømmen IF managers {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub