Svein Maalen (born 25 February 1978) is a Norwegian

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coach. Maalen has previously worked at Rosenborg as a junior coach and worked with analytics. In the 2011 and 2012 season, Maalen was head coach of

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's women's team. They finished in ninth and eleventh place in the seasons Maalen was in charge of the team. He became assistant coach in Ranheim in 2013, a side then playing in

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, the second tier of the

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. Ranheim's head coach

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was sacked in May 2015, and Maalen took over as an interim head coach for a short period before the position was given to

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for the rest of the 2015 season. Svein Maalen was appointed as Ranheim's head coach on a permanent basis in October 2015. He led Ranheim to promotion to Eliteserien by winning the 2017 Eliteserien play-offs. Despite coaching the club with the lowest budget in the league, Maalen and Ranheim managed to stay up in their first season back in the top division. They finished the

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in seventh place, and Maalen received the Eliteserien Coach of the Year award for this accomplishment.

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Manager of the Year:

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