- Per Joar Hansen
Per Joar Hansen (born
August 17 ,1965 inNamsos ,Norway ) is a Norwegian football coach, who grew up in the small community ofTrofors inNordland . He played for and coachedRosenborg B.K. ("RBK").He was the coach of Swedish teamGIF Sundsvall until 2 October when he got fired.Career
As player
Going under the nick-name "Perry", he began his career in the lower flight clubs of
Mosjøen andSteinkjer FK , before he enjoying a brief, but unsuccessful carrier atRosenborg B.K. ("RBK") 1987–89, sometimes putting his excellent ball control ahead of his team play. Nevertheless, he contributed to Rosenborg winningThe Double in 1988.He then went on to play for lower division clubs
Umeå FC (Sweden ),Stjørdals-Blink ,Strindheim I.L. ,Byåsen I.L. ,Fram , actually serving as player manager from 1995 in Strindheim, Byåsen andVarden .As coach
From the late 1990s "Perry" first joined the coaching staff of RBK, but went on to Swedish top flight club
GIF Sundsvall in the autumn 2001 where he enjoyed great success in his first season.After just avoiding relegation in 2003 he resigned from the club and returned to RBK, turning down the job as manager of Swedish champions Djurgården of
Stockholm . Assistant toOla By Rise during the not too impressive 2004 season, he was promoted to head coach going into the historic start of theRoyal League , theUEFA Champions League of Scandinavian football.Considered by the press as only the third best man for the position, he led
Rosenborg B.K. into a difficult reconstruction process, seeing the stem of the team closing in on retirement from professional football. Half-way into the 2005 season, he chose to give up his position as manager, after a string of bad results, and was immediately replaced byPer-Mathias Høgmo .Hansen signed a 2 year long contract with the
Adeccoligaen clubAalesunds F.K. December 6th 2005. Aalesunds FK got promoted toTippeligaen 2006.He left Aalesund and moved back to his former team GIF Sundsvall in december 2007 on a one year contract.
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