 Rekdal in 2006 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kjetil André Rekdal[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1968-11-06)6 November 1968 (age 57) | ||
| Place of birth | Vestnes, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1985 | Fiksdal/Rekdal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1988 | Molde | 75 | (25) |
| 1988–1990 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 9 | (0) |
| 1990–1996 | Lierse | 181 | (71) |
| 1994 | →Molde (loan) | 8 | (4) |
| 1996–1997 | Rennes | 31 | (2) |
| 1997–2000 | Hertha BSC | 64 | (4) |
| 2000–2004 | Vålerenga | 116 | (21) |
| Total | 484 | (127) | |
| International career | |||
| 1984 | Norway U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 1985 | Norway U16 | 3 | (1) |
| 1986 | Norway U17 | 5 | (8) |
| 1985 | Norway U19 | 7 | (3) |
| 1987–1989 | Norway U21 | 11 | (3) |
| 1987–2000 | Norway | 83 | (17) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2001–2006 | Vålerenga | ||
| 2006–2007 | Lierse | ||
| 2007–2008 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | ||
| 2008–2012 | Aalesund | ||
| 2013–2017 | Vålerenga | ||
| 2018–2019 | Start | ||
| 2020–2021 | HamKam | ||
| 2022–2023 | Rosenborg | ||
| 2024 | AC Omonia | ||
| 2024– | Aalesund | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kjetil André Rekdal (born 6 November 1968) is a Norwegianfootball manager and a former player.[2] He is the manager of Norwegian clubAalesund.
Rekdal began his playing career inMolde FK, playing afterwards for clubs in theBundesliga,Ligue 1 andBelgian Pro League.[3] Playing as amidfielder during his time as a player, his 83 caps with theNorway national team makes him the seventh most capped player in the team's history.[4]
Rekdal previously managed Vålerenga from 2000 to 2006, during which he won both the cup andleague title. He has also been in charge of1. FC Kaiserslautern,Lierse andAalesund.[5] During his time at Aalesund, the club earned two cup titles and saw a period of success previously unmatched in their history, which was attributed to Rekdal.
Born inVestnes Municipality, Rekdal started playing football for the local club Fiksdal/Rekdal in 1979. Later as a 16-year-old he started his professional career with the localtop flight clubMolde FK, becoming the second-youngest player in the league. In 1988, he signed with theBundesliga clubBorussia Mönchengladbach and stayed with them for two years before moving to theBelgian Pro League sideLierse S.K. and remaining there until 1996, with the exception of the 1994 season which he spent onloan helping his former clubMolde FK gaining promotion toTippeligaen and winning the domesticCup.
In 1996, he signed forLigue 1 clubRennes. The highlight of his playing career was a highly successful spell atHertha BSC in Germany between 1997 and 2000. His final years as a player and then player/manager was spent in Norwegian clubVålerenga, where he picked up another cup winner's medal in 2002 before retiring in 2004. In the summer of 2007, Rekdal officially rejoined his youth club Fiksdal/Rekdal.[5]
Rekdal has 83 games for theNorway national team, after his debut againstItaly in 1987, and played in twoFIFA World Cups (1994 and1998).[6] He scored 17 goals for the national team, among those a long-range goal atWembley againstEngland in 1992, the only goal in the game as Norway beatMexico in the1994 World Cup, and a penalty in the1998 World Cup againstBrazil to win the game 2–1, prompting the commentator to say how "the man with the yellow boots has hurt those wearing the yellow shirts...Delight forEgil Olsen".[2] The two World Cup goals make him the highest scoring Norwegian in World Cup history, with one goal more thanArne Brustad,Dan Eggen,Håvard Flo andTore André Flo.[7]
Rekdal has proven himself a successful coach, leading Vålerenga from relegation in 2001, and famously weeping as his team avoided relegation the following year[8] and back into position as one of the dominating clubs in theTippeligaen. In2004, he led the team to second place, losing the first place on goal difference toRosenborg, and in2005, his team finally won the league for the first time in 21 years, ending Rosenborg's 13-year reign as champions of Norway.[9] along the way receiving legend-status in the club, partly due to the fact that he refused an offer of a six-digit coaching salary in order to help the club financially.[10]
Rekdal resigned as coach at Vålerenga on 21 August 2006, following a string of poor results. He was appointed manager of his former club Lierse on 21 November 2006. When he arrived at the club, Lierse lay bottom of the table with only two points in fifteen matches. At the end of the season, they ended up with 26 points and avoided direct relegation. In theplay-offs, Lierse only managed to win three of their six matches and were relegated to the Second Division after all.[11]
In May 2007, Rekdal signed on to manage Kaiserslautern in the German2. Bundesliga. He left the club in early February of the following year, the club lying in sixteenth place.[5][12]
He joined forces with Norwegian top flight outfitAalesund in 2008 after moving back to Norway.[13] Joining the club mid-season, he found Aalesund lying in a relegation spot, but managed to get arelegation play-off spot, where Aalesund beat challengersSogndal 7–2 on aggregate, thereby securing a new season in the Tippeligaen. In 2009, he led Aalesund to the club's first victory in theNorwegian Cup, where they beat arch rivalsMolde 3–2 after a penalty shootout in thefinal.[14] In2010, he led the club to the fourth place in Tippeligaen, the club's best result ever.[15] In 2011, he received wide praise when his club came close to the historic feat of qualifying for the2011–12 UEFA Europa League, losing the last play-off game to the Dutch sideAZ Alkmaar, having won the first leg 2–1.[16] The same year he again led Aalesund to win the Norwegian CupFinal, thereby securing aUEFA Europa League qualification spot for the third consecutive year.[17] His contract with Aalesund was terminated on 26 November 2012.[18]After he won his second Norwegian Cup with Aalesund in three years, he was once again said to take over as national team coach afterDrillo.[19]
On 26 November 2012, the board of directors of Aalesund announced the termination of Rekdal's contract.[18] The board stressed that it was not due to the season results, but rather as a result of a general review.[20] Analysts noted that the sacking was likely a result of a power struggle within the club between Rekdal, the sports director and the chairman of the board.[21]
Rekdal started his second tenure for Vålerenga, when he was appointed as head coach on 8 January 2013.[22]
On 13 July 2016, it was announced he would end his tenure as head coach of Valerenga after the 2016 season and will move into the position as sporting director to make way for Ronny Deila whom will take over as head coach.[23]
Rekdal was appointed as head coach on 1 June 2018 after former head coachMark Dempsey was sacked on 18 May 2018. Rekdal signed a two-year contract withStart.
Rekdal took over the team, after 12 games of the season had been played; during his spell, only six teams gathered more points, yet the team was relegated [at the end of that season].[24]
That job ended; In an interview in 2020, he said that frequent visits to [places for betting/gambling or] one or morecasinos, was not well-received by [his previous employer] Start.[25]
Born 6 November 1968 inRekdal inVestnes Municipality, into a family of six, including three younger siblings, his younger brotherSindre played also professional withMolde FK helping them win thedomestic cup in 1994.[26] Among his interests and hobbies isfreshwater fishing and card-games such asPoker, having competed in amateur tournaments internationally.[5][27][28]
Rekdal moved toOttestad neighborhood inHamar in 2013, with his wife and four children.[29]
During his time atLierse, Rekdal had a clause in his contract which allowed him to keep up to date withLeeds United results at half-time intervals, via BBC Radio. He is a fanatic supporter of the Yorkshire club.[28]
Rekdal is highly superstitious. To avoid bad luck, he never appears on matchday without his locally produced trademarkPear-flavoured soft drink.[30]
While coachingAalesunds FK, he appeared in the home matches of tier five club Fiksdal/Rekdal as a player, stating that he wished to contribute to the club with which he started his career.[5][31]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 September 1992 | Ullevaal Stadion,Oslo, Norway |  San Marino | 1–0 | 10–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 10–0 | |||||
| 3 | 23 September 1992 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Netherlands | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 14 October 1992 | Wembley Stadium,London, England |  England | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 28 April 1993 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Turkey | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 19 June 1994 | RFK Stadium,Washington, D.C., United States |  Mexico | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup |
| 7 | 12 October 1994 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | Netherlands | 1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualification |
| 8 | 16 November 1994 | Dinamo Stadium,Minsk, Belarus |  Belarus | 4–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualification |
| 9 | 26 April 1995 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Luxembourg | 5–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualification |
| 10 | 25 May 1995 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Ghana | 1–0 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 11 | 9 October 1996 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Hungary | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 12 | 2–0 | |||||
| 13 | 3–0 | |||||
| 14 | 27 May 1998 | Molde Stadion,Molde, Norway |  Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
| 15 | 23 June 1998 | Stade Vélodrome,Marseille, France |  Brazil | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup |
| 16 | 10 October 1998 | Bežigrad Stadium,Ljubljana, Slovenia |  Slovenia | 2–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualification |
| 17 | 14 October 1998 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Albania | 2–2 | 2–2 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualification |
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
| Vålerenga |  | 1 January 2001 | 20 August 2006 | 209 | 97 | 60 | 52 | 046.41 | [33] |
| Lierse |  | 22 November 2006 | 25 June 2007 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 032.14 | [34] |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern |  | 1 July 2007 | 9 February 2008 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 020.00 | [35] |
| Aalesund | | 5 September 2008 | 26 November 2012 | 163 | 73 | 35 | 55 | 044.79 | [36] |
| Vålerenga | | 8 January 2013 | 31 December 2016 | 137 | 58 | 30 | 49 | 042.34 | [37] |
| Start | | 1 June 2018 | 28 March 2019 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 038.10 | [38] |
| HamKam | | 15 August 2020 | 31 December 2021 | 54 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 061.11 | [39] |
| Rosenborg | | 1 January 2022 | 16 June 2023 | 47 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 051.06 | [40] |
| AC Omonia |  | 10 January 2024 | 21 February 2024 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 055.56 | [41] |
| Aalesund | | 1 July 2024 | present | 58 | 33 | 12 | 13 | 056.90 | [42] |
| Total | 746 | 344 | 178 | 224 | 046.1 | — | |||
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Flest VM-Mål Kjetil Rekdal (2)
Gutta som tok Moldes første kongepokal: Morten Bakke, Trond Strande, Flaco, Sindre Rekdal et. al.[dead link]
Aalesund-trener Kjetil Rekdal skal sammen med spiss Tor Hogne Aarøy til Malta for å delta i en pokerturnering.
Vi møttes alltid klokka fire til mat, og kampene i Belgia går klokka åtte. Jeg satt med radio under middagen. Det fikk jeg lov til, smiler den 42 år gamle Leeds-fanatikeren
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