Pål Henning Albertsen (born 4 December 1975) is a retired Norwegian football goalkeeper and later goalkeeping coach.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 December 1975 | ||
| Position(s) | goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vidar | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1996 | Vidar | ||
| 1996 | → Strømsgodset (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1997 | Strømsgodset | 1 | (0) |
| 1998 | Ullern | ||
| 1999 | Strømsgodset | 1 | (0) |
| 2000 | Oslo Øst | ||
| 2000–2001 | Kjelsås | 30 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Larvik | ||
| 2005 | Fram Larvik | ||
| 2006 | Tønsberg | ||
| 2007 | Svarstad | ||
| 2011–2012 | Stabæk | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | Nanset | ||
| 2014 | Fram Larvik | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1996 | Norway U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 1997 | Norway U21 | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007–2012 | Stabæk (goalkeeper coach) | ||
| 2013–2015 | Fram Larvik (director of sports) | ||
| 2016 | Henan Jianye (goalkeeper coach) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Strømsgodset (goalkeeper coach) | ||
| 2019– | Larvik HK (managing director) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He grew up in FK Vidar and became a youth international.[1][2] In 1996 he was loaned out to Eliteserien club Strømsgodset.[3] This season Strømsgodset encountered a number of goalkeeper problems, heavily stricken by injuries, the team used both Pål Henning Albertsen, Glenn Arne Hansen, Roar Gulliksen, Per Øyvind Dahl, Tom Nilsen and Jon Knudsen.[4] In Albertsen's three matches, Strømsgodset conceded 14 goals.[2] Albertsen nonetheless made a permanent move to Strømsgodset.[5] In 1998 he wanted regular first-team play and went on to Ullern IF,[6] only to return to Strømsgodset post-season.[7] This did not last long either as he moved back to Oslo and FK Oslo Øst in 2000. After a few months he moved on to Kjelsås.[8][9]
In 2002 Albertsen began a new chapter as player in Larvik clubs, first for Larvik Fotball, then after that became defunct, IF Fram Larvik.[2] In September 2006 he made his debut for FK Tønsberg.[10] Ahead of the 2007 season his contract was not renewed, so he took a job as goalkeeping coach of Stabæk.[11] In Stabæk he coached Jon Knudsen, one of the many Strømsgodset goalkeepers in 1996, who now reached the national team, praising Pål Henning Albertsen's input in the process.[12] At the same time Albertsen played on the fourth tier for Svarstad IL in Lardal outside of Larvik, but here he was sacked in May 2007 for erratic on-pitch behaviour.[13] He retired, but in 2011 and 2012 he was effectively Stabæk's third-choice goalkeeper,[12] appearing in a pre-season friendly[14] as well as for their B team.[2] Job-wise, in 2013 he moved back to Larvik as director of sports in Fram Larvik.[15] In 2013 he appeared as a player for seventh-tier team Nanset IF, and in 2014 he made one emergency appearance for Fram Larvik.[2] He was behind the signing of former Stabæk player and manager Petter Belsvik as new Fram Larvik manager in 2014.[16] In late 2015 he signed as goalkeeper coach of Henan Jianye in China,[17] He lasted until April 2016, returning to a civic job in Norway.[18] In 2017 and 2018 he was the goalkeeper coach of Strømsgodset.[19][20] In 2019 he became the new managing director of the handball club Larvik HK, taking over for Petter Belsvik.[21]
References
edit- ^ "Fotball: juniorlandslag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 3 May 1993.
- ^ a b c d e Pål Henning Albertsen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ "Strømsgodset leier Vidar-keeper" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 27 August 1996.
- ^ Valderhaug, Bertil (3 April 1997). "Har SIF løst keeper-problemet?". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 67.
- ^ "Hansen fortsetter i Godset" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 29 October 1996.
- ^ "Fotball: Eliteserielagenes spillerstaller" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 30 March 1998.
- ^ "Fire slåss om én plass" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 2 October 1998.
- ^ "Kjelsås og Oslo Øst i byttehandel". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 15 May 2000. p. 20.
- ^ "Albertsen klar for Kjelsås". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 29 May 2000. p. 22.
- ^ "Tre ut med skade". Tønsbergs Blad (in Norwegian). 13 September 2006. p. 14.
- ^ "Albertsen til Stabæk" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 20 December 2006.
- ^ a b "Vil slippe å spille". Budstikka (in Norwegian). 14 March 2011. p. 14.
- ^ "Svarstad ga keeper sparken". Tønsbergs Blad (in Norwegian). 31 May 2007. p. 18.
- ^ "Usikkerhet om ny keeper". Budstikka (in Norwegian). 11 February 2012. p. 14.
- ^ "Flere kandidater på venstreback". Østlandsposten (in Norwegian). 19 January 2013. p. 18.
- ^ "På vei inn Fram-porten". Østlandsposten (in Norwegian). 18 October 2013. pp. 14–15.
- ^ "Stavangers ukjente fotballeksport". Rogalands Avis (in Norwegian). 5 January 2016. p. 29.
- ^ "Kina-eventyret over". Byavisa Drammen (in Norwegian). 13 April 2016. p. 9.
- ^ "Her starter en ny kultur". Drammens Tidende (in Norwegian). 13 January 2017. p. 36.
- ^ "Tre spillere og to trenere forlater SIF". Drammens Tidende (in Norwegian). 7 December 2018. pp. 34–35.
- ^ "Her er LHKs nye daglige leder". Østlandsposten (in Norwegian). 25 January 2019. p. 11.