Dag Vidar Kristoffersen (born 20 April 1957, in

Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such ...

) is a Norwegian football coach, best known for his time in

Strømsgodset Strømsgodset is a former municipality in Vestfold county (from 1964 Buskerud county) in Norway which is today a part of the city of Drammen. History Strømsgodset was originally a small rural annex to the city parish of Bragernes (Drammen). ...

where he led the team to two silver medals in the

Norwegian Football Cup The Norwegian Football Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament ...

and bronze medals in the

Tippeligaen Eliteserien () is a professional association football league in Norway and the highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Norwegian First Division ...

. Kristoffersen is a former football and

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The playin ...

player, having represented

Drafn Ski- og Ballklubben Drafn is a Norwegian multi-sports club from Drammen, founded in 1910. The club, which takes its name from the Norse name of Drammen, was founded as a merger of the clubs Ulf (founded 1905) and Njord (founded 1906). In 1916 it ...

in both sports. He collected silver and bronze medals in bandy World Cups in 1976 and 1977, in the one instance scoring the decisive goal. He currently coaches

Drammen Bandy Drammen Bandy is a bandy club from Drammen, Norway, formed on 16 June 1997 as a cooperation between several teams in the city. History The clubs which handed over their bandy activities to Drammen Bandy when it was founded, were * SK Drafn, * ...

. Kristoffersen suffered a

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in 2002, leaving him temporarily unable to speak. After a year he was back coaching football with

Larvik Larvik () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Larvik (town) ...

and had made a 100% recovery.

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1957 births Living people Kniksen Award winners Norwegian football managers Strømsgodset Toppfotball managers Norwegian bandy players Sportspeople from Drammen Eliteserien managers {{Norway-bandy-bio-stub