Pål Håpnes (born 28 June 1970) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder and later manager.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 June 1970 | ||
| Position(s) | midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lunner | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Lunner | |||
| –1992 | Gran | ||
| 1993–1999 | Kongsvinger | 106 | (7) |
| 1998 | → Moss (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Bryne | ||
| 2002–2003 | Kongsvinger | 20 | (6) |
| 2004 | Vinger | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| –2014 | Kongsvinger (junior) | ||
| 2008 | Kongsvinger (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2018 | Kongsvinger (women) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He went from Lunner to Gran[1] before playing over 100 first-tier league games for Kongsvinger.[2] In 1998 he was loaned to Moss.[3] After two and a half seasons in Bryne from 2000 to 2002 he returned to Kongsvinger in the summer of 2002, now residing on the third tier. In 2004 he played briefly for lowly Vinger FK before retiring,[2][4] and was hired at the Norwegian School of Elite Sport in Kongsvinger and Kongsvinger's junior team.[5] In the autumn of 2008 he doubled as the senior team's assistant coach.[6] From 2015 through 2018 he coached Kongsvinger's women's team.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Gran IL sitter i glasshus". Hadeland Blad (in Norwegian). 5 October 2007.
- ^ a b "Pål Håpnes". Fozzum.com (in Norwegian). Geir Fossum. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "Håper på Håpnes". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 6 May 1998.
- ^ Pål Håpnes at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ "Eventyret fortsetter". Glåmdalen (in Norwegian). 16 June 2008.
- ^ "Hardkjør i høst". Glåmdalen (in Norwegian). 3 September 2008.
- ^ "Takker for seg i KIL". Glåmdalen (in Norwegian). 29 November 2018.