Jakob Saldern Stein Michelsen (born 30 September 1980) is a

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football manager. He is currently the manager of Norwegian

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club

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. Jakob Michelsen was selected coach of the year in Denmark in 2015. He was the coach behind the sensational silver medals for SønderjyskE in 2016 and the good run in Euro League for the club. In November 2016 the Swedish club Hammarby bought him out of his contract with Sønderjyske. In January 2018 Hammarby and Jakob Michelsen separated ways after different opinion about the strategy in the future. Jakob Michelsen is known for his good tactical skills and his management skills, where he is known for good people skills. His nickname is Mini Mourinho.

Managerial career

Denmark

His career started by coaching TM Tønder's team of 10-year-old boys. He later coached youth teams at

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and IK Skovbakken, and in 2007 he became head coach of the women team of IK Skovbakken playing in the Danish top tier,

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. In January 2009 he became new manager of IK Skovbakken's senior male team i the Denmark Series. He managed the club to a promotion to the

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in 2010. Because of his success at Skovbakken he was hired as new manager of the Danish 1st Division team

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in January 2011. Following one and a half year good years at Hobro he was brought to

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to coach the Tanzania national U17 and U20 team by fellow Dane Kim Poulsen in 2012. In March 2014 he returned to

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to manage

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. In Skive he took the 2 division team up into 1 division and underway the team made a Danish record with 18 consecutive wins. In July 2015 he replaced Lars Søndergaard as manager of

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in the

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. after Sønderjyske bought him out of his contract in Skive. In his first season, he took the SønderjyskE into new successful heights and was the coach behind the club's historical 2nd place in the

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. He was later named "coach of the year" in 2015 by the Danish Football Association. He has been called the "mini Mourinho", as a homage to the Portuguese manager José Mourinho, because of his good tactical skills.

Sweden

On 30 November 2016, he agreed terms with Swedish side Hammarby, signing a three-year deal, and effectively joined his new club on 1 January 2017. Hammarby had a promising first half of the 2017 Allsvenskan season, claiming the 6th place in the table after 12 games. During the spring, Hammarby also won both fixtures against fierce rivals

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(2–1) and

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(3–1). In the second half of the campaign, Hammarby struggled to produce any sort of challenge in the league, and subsequently dropped of in the table. Both manager Jacob Michelsen and several of the players suffered criticism from supporters and pundits as the club eventually finished 9th in Allsvenskan. On 4 January 2018, the board and director of football

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, announced that Hammarby had sacked Michelsen, citing differences regarding the view on transfers and playing style, as well as a disappointing development of the team and its results.

Norway

On 9 January 2022, Michelsen was appointed manager of Norwegian

club

References

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