Hans Erik Ødegaard (born 20 January 1974) is a Norwegian football

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and former

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who is the head coach of

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. Having played for both

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and

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in his career, he later worked as an assistant for

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, before becoming the head coach of

together with

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Career

In his senior career, he played for

from 1993 to 2003 (making 241 league and cup appearances, scoring 52 goals), and

from 2004 to 2006 (making 75 league and cup appearances, scoring 22 goals). He played for both clubs in the

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and in the

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Coaching career

Mjøndalen

After retiring, Ødegaard became the assistant manager for

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in 2009, under manager Vegard Hansen. Mjøndalen qualified for the promotion play-off tournament three times, finally winning promotion in 2014.

Real Madrid

He became a Real Madrid youth coach on 22 January 2015, signing a three-and-a-half-yea
contract
as a youth coach when his son,

Martin Ødegaard Martin Ødegaard (born 17 December 1998) is a Norwegian professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for and Captain (association football), captains both Premier League club Arsenal F.C., Arsenal and the Norway nati ...

signed a contract with the club. Hans Erik Ødegaard received an annual salary of 100,000 euros from Real Madrid for work with the children. In addition, the club secured him a premium of three million euros, according to the contract payable 30 days after signing. Converted to the contract equivalent to 957,143 euros per season. By comparison, Zinedine Zidane, who was head coach of Real Madrid's U23 at the time, cashed 600,000 euros a year for this job.

Sandefjord

In December 2021

announced the signing of Ødegaard and

as co-head coaches for the club after the previous coach

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had left the club. Originally on a two year conctract with an option for another year, the duo extended their contracts in 2022, after a run of eight winless games, running through the 2025 season.

Lillestrøm

After four seasons at Sandefjord, Ødegaard moved to newly relegated

to become their new head coach.

Personal life

Ødegaard is the father of professional footballer

, who plays as a

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for and

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both

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club

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and the Norway national team.

Career statistics

Managerial statistics

References

External links

Hans Erik Ødegaard
at the

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1974 births Living people Footballers from Drammen Men's association football midfielders Norwegian men's footballers Strømsgodset Toppfotball players Sandefjord Fotball players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Norwegian football managers Mjøndalen IF Fotball non-playing staff Real Madrid CF non-playing staff Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Sandefjord Fotball managers Lillestrøm SK managers Eliteserien managers {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub