Per-Mathias Høgmo

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Per-Mathias Høgmo

Per-Mathias Høgmo in 2009
Personal information
Full namePer-Mathias Høgmo
Date of birth (1959-12-01) 1 December 1959
Place of birthTromsø, Norway
Club information
Current clubNorway (manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1977Gratangen IL
1978–1983FK Mjølner
1984–1985Tromsø IL
1985–1986IFK Norrköping
1986–1989Tromsø IL
National team
1986Norway1(0)
Teams managed
1989Gratangen IL (playing manager)
1990–1991Tromsdalen UIL
1992Tromsø IL
1993–1994Fossum IF
1993Norway U-19
1994Norway U-15
1995Norway U-16
1995–1996Moss FK[1]
1996Norway U-17
1997–2000Norway (women)
2000–2003Norway U-21
2004Tromsø IL
2005–2006Rosenborg BK
2008-2012Tromsø IL
2013Djurgårdens IF
2013–Norway
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Per-Mathias Høgmo (born 1 December 1959) is a football manager from Norway and former player, he is the current manager of the Norway national football team.[2][3] He has previously been head coach of Norway women's national football team and the Tippeligaen sides Tromsø, Moss and Rosenborg.[4] While being head coach of Tromsø he was working on a PhD in football at the University in Tromsø.[5]

Biography

Høgmo grew up in the small community of Gratangen in southern Troms, and began his football career as a midfielder for his local club Gratangen IL. In 1978, he joined FK Mjølner, the biggest club in his home region, and spent six seasons with the Narvik side before moving to Tromsø in 1984, where he joined Tromsø IL, and spent the rest of his top-level playing career with the exception of a short spell with Swedish team IFK Norrköping in 1985-86. He played for Tromsø until 1988 season, and was a member of the TIL team that won the Norwegian Cup in 1986. He also got one cap for Norway, when he played the last 15 minutes as a substitute for Vegard Skogheim, in a match against Switzerland on 8 November 1986.

Høgmo started his coaching career in Gratangen IL where he served as playing manager in the 1989-season. Following this spell, he served two years in Tromsdalen UIL before moving to Tromsø IL for the 1992-season.[2]

In 1997, Høgmo moved to coaching the women's national football team. In this role, Høgmo achieved considerable success by leading the team to a 4th place in the World Cup of 1999, and a gold medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.[2] Between 2000 and 2003, he was hired by national federation to coach the national U21 team.[2] Following this spell, Høgmo returned to Tromsø IL for his second spell at the club. Høgmo spent the 2004 season at Tromsø, taking the team to a 4th place in the league, and qualifying them for Royal League.[citation needed]. By achieving success with Tromsø, Høgmo attracted interest from other clubs, however, and in August, 2005, he was signed by Rosenborg BK to replace Per Joar Hansen. Rosenborg had suffered a tremendeously bad start of the season and were closer to the relegation struggle than to the top of the league. Høgmo turned the team around, however, and took the team to a 7th place in the league.

The next season was more difficult for Høgmo. After the team suffered from a slow start of the season, Høgmo took out sick leave and left the club in incertainty. Høgmo's assistant, Knut Tørum, meanwhile did his things well in the club and in October 2006, Høgmo resigned from his position as manager, and said he would withdraw from football to pursue a new career.[citation needed]

Høgmo's stint away from football would last only two years. In 2008, he was signed by Tromsø for the third time, replacing Steinar Nilsen. In his first season at the club, Høgmo took the team to the 3rd spot in the league - improving the team's 6th spot finish in the 2007-season. The 2009-season was slightly more difficult for Høgmo and Tromsø, but the team nevertheless finished 6th in the league. In 2010, success continued for Høgmo when he took the team to the top of the league at the start of the season. Despite slowing off a little after the summer break, Tromsø nevertheless confirmed their status as one of the best teams in the Norwegian Premier League that season.

Høgmo has also served as commentator for NRK's football coverage called "4-4-2".[citation needed]

On 27 September Djurgarden IF, Per Mathias Høgmo replaced Egil Olsen as coach of Norway, Olsen agreed to stand down following the World Cup qualifying defeat at home to Switzerland. [6]

Career

Manager

Player

Author

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.mossfk.no/kat/000039.asp
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Per-Mathias Høgmo". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 June 2009. 
  3. ↑ "Per Mathias Høgmo, 1.12.1959". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 11 June 2009. 
  4. ↑ http://www.nifs.no/personprofil.php?person_id=17280
  5. ↑ http://www2.uit.no/ikbViewer/page/ansatte/organisasjon/nyhetsartikkel?p_document_id=221218&p_dimension_id=&p_menu=
  6. ↑ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=2182145/index.html

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