Harald Aabrekk

Quick Facts

Full Name	Harald Aabrekk
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 22, 1956(1956-02-22)
Age	68
Birthplace	Nordfjordeid
Country	Norway
Birth City	Sogn og Fjordane
Horoscope	Aquarius

Harald Aabrekk Biography

Harald Aabrekk is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on February 22, 1956 in Nordfjordeid, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Harald Olav Aabrekk, born 22 February 1956, is a Norwegian football coach. He was also a former player. He was a former player for Sogndal, Brann and the Tippeligaen (Norway’s highest professional football league). He was the head coach of Sogndal and Tromso as well as Brann, Haugesund and Valerenga.

Aabrekk attempted to delay the match against Bodo/Glimt in 1995 by pretending that he had been injured by Truls Karlsen, Bodo/Glimt physiotherapist. He was uninjured but was transported by ambulance to the hospital. Verdens Gang interviewed him and he said that he felt he was lying too long on the ground. He didn’t dare get up, so remained on the ground. I was lying there thinking, “What’s the deal?” It wasn’t planned and definitely not very intelligent. It would have been better to call it a blackout. According to Dagbladet Norwegian Newspaper, this episode was the third most serious act of football acting.

In 2008 Aabrekk was hired by Brann as a scout. Halfway through the season, the club wanted Aabrekk and the assistant coach, Espen Steffensen, to switch jobs. Steffensen did not accept this and was fired, and Aabrekk became the new assistant coach of Brann, against the wishes of head coach Mons Ivar Mjelde. Following Brann’s bad performances and local press criticism of the lack of cooperation between Mjelde and Aabrekk, Mjelde announced on 7 October 2008 that he would resign as head coach at the end of the season. At the same time, the club announced that Aabrekk would return immediately to his job as scout, a position he kept until the contract expired.

Aabrekk was then hired as head coach of his old club, Sogndal from 1 January 2010, succeeding Karl Oskar Emberland. In his first season there, the team won promotion to the Tippeligaen, and in the next they avoided relegation. Following the 2011 season, Aabrekk retired. In his last match, he was named “Best Sogndal coach ever”.

Aabrekk worked later for the Football Association of Norway, where he was a coordinator for youth development for Western Norway. Aabrekk was also Nils Johan Semb’s assistant coach for Norway’s under-21 football team. In 1998, when Egil Olsen became the head coach of Norway’s national football team, Aabrekk was appointed assistant coach to the senior team. He was also Kjell Tennfjord’s assistant in Brann. In 1998, he became the team’s head coach. He led Brann to the 1999 Norwegian Cup finals, losing 2-0 to Rosenborg. After that, he was granted a one year leave of absence to continue working full-time as the assistant coach for the national team in preparations for the UEFA Euro 2000 soccer championship. Brann had already appointed Teitur Thordarson their head coach. Aabrekk was offered a position in the youth department. Brann denied that it was possible to combine the assistant coach position with this position.

Harald Aabrekk Net Worth

Harald Aabrekk is one of the richest Association Football Player from Norway. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Harald Aabrekk 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Aabrekk was a Sogndal player who made his debut in 1974 in the Norwegian Second Division, which is the third tier of Norwegian football. Aabrekk played in all of his Sogndal matches, except for a brief stint at SK Brann in 1978 where he was a part of the Tippeligaen. This was the top division in Norwegian football. He also played in the Norwegian First Division promotion in 1981. In 1982, he scored Sogndal’s first goal against Molde. From 1973 to 1982, he played in 133 league matches, with 22 matches in the First Division.

Aabrekk began his coaching career in Sogn og Fjordane. He was a coach at the lower-league clubs Eid and Sandane before becoming the head coach at Sogndal. Sogndal was promoted from the Tippeligaen to the Tippeligaen after his first season. However, he lost against Bryne by 5-0 in their first home match. From 1993 to 1995, he was the head coach for Tromso in Tippeligaen.

In 2002 Aabrekk joined Sogndal as Torbjørn Glomnes’s assistant coach and saved the team from relegation. On 17 September 2002 Haugesund announced that Aabrekk would join them as head coach on 1 December. In a match against Start on 19 October 2003, Aabrekk told referee Bjørn Hansen that he was “bought and paid for” twice after Aabrekk was dismissed from the bench. He was at Haugesund until the end of the 2005 season, when he joined Vålerenga’s coaching staff along with Egil Olsen and Petter Myhre. On 27 July 2007 Myhre resigned as head coach of Vålerenga and Aabrekk was appointed head coach as caretaker. Following two wins and a draw in the next three matches, Vålerenga gave him the job until the end of the season.

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Harald Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Norway. Harald Aabrekk celebrates birthday on February 22 of every year.

Top Facts about Harald Aabrekk

1. Harald Aabrekk is a former Norwegian footballer and current manager.
2. He was born on February 12, 1956 in Bergen, Norway.
3. Aabrekk played as a midfielder for several Norwegian clubs.
4. He began his managerial career in 1990 with Sogndal Fotball.
5. Aabrekk has managed multiple teams in the Norwegian leagues.
6. In 2007, he led SK Brann to their first league title in 44 years.
7. Aabrekk has also coached the Norwegian U-21 national team.
8. He is known for his tactical knowledge and attention to detail.
9. Aabrekk has been praised for developing young players throughout his career.
10. As of 2021, he is currently managing FK Haugesund in the Eliteserien league.