Per-Mathias Høgmo (born 1 December 1959) is a football manager from

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and former player. He is the former manager of the

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. He has previously been head coach of

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and the

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sides

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and Rosenborg. While being head coach of Tromsø he was working on a

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in football at the University in Tromsø.

Biography

Høgmo grew up in the small community of

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in southern

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, and began his football career as a midfielder for his local club Gratangen IL. In 1978, he joined

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, the biggest club in his home region, and spent six seasons with the

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side before moving to Tromsø in 1984, where he joined

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, and spent the rest of his top-level playing career with the exception of a short spell with Swedish team

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in 1985-86. He played for Tromsø until 1988 season, and was a member of the TIL team that won the

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in 1986. He also got one cap for

, when he played the last 15 minutes as a substitute for

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, in a match against Switzerland on 8 November 1986. Høgmo started his coaching career in Gratangen IL where he served as playing manager in the 1989-season. Following this spell, he served two years in

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before moving to

for the 1992-season. In 1997, Høgmo moved to coaching the women's national football team. In this role, Høgmo achieved considerable success by leading the team to a 4th place in the World Cup of 1999, and a gold medal in the

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. Between 2000 and 2003, he was hired by national federation to coach the national U21 team. Following this spell, Høgmo returned to Tromsø IL for his second spell at the club. Høgmo spent the 2004 season at Tromsø, taking the team to a 4th place in the league, and qualifying them for

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.. By achieving success with Tromsø, Høgmo attracted interest from other clubs, however, and in August, 2005, he was signed by

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to replace Per Joar Hansen. Rosenborg had suffered a tremendously bad start of the season and were closer to the relegation struggle than to the top of the league. Høgmo turned the team around, however, and took the team to a 7th place in the league. The next season was more difficult for Høgmo. After the team suffered from a slow start of the season, Høgmo took out sick leave and left the club in incertainty. Høgmo's assistant, Knut Tørum, meanwhile did his things well in the club and in October 2006, Høgmo resigned from his position as manager, and said he would withdraw from football to pursue a new career. Høgmo's stint away from football would last only two years. In 2008, he was signed by Tromsø for the third time, replacing Steinar Nilsen. In his first season at the club, Høgmo took the team to the 3rd spot in the league - improving the team's 6th spot finish in the 2007-season. The 2009-season was slightly more difficult for Høgmo and Tromsø, but the team nevertheless finished 6th in the league. In 2010, success continued for Høgmo when he took the team to the top of the league at the start of the season. Despite slowing off a little after the summer break, Tromsø nevertheless confirmed their status as one of the best teams in the

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that season. Høgmo has also served as commentator for NRK's football coverage called "4-4-2". On 27 September 2013 Per Mathias Høgmo replaced

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as coach of

. Olsen agreed to stand down following the World Cup qualifying defeat at home to Switzerland. On 16 November 2016 Høgmo quit after three years in charge.

Career

Manager

* Gratangen IL (playing manager, 1989) *

(1990–91) *

(1992) * Fossum IF (1993–94) * Norway U-19 (1993) * Norway U-15 (1994) * Norway U-16 (1995) *

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(1995–96) ** Promoted to

in 1995 * Norway U-17 (1996) *

(1997–2000) ** 4th place in the World Cup in 1999 ** 1st place in the Olympics in 2000 *

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(2000–03) *

(2004) ** 4th place in

, which meant qualifying for

(2005–06) ** Qualified for

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in 2005 *

(2008-2012) *

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(2013) * Norway national team (2013-2016) *

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(2017-2018) * Norway Youth Academy (2020) *

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(2021-)

Player

* Gratangen IL (1977) *

(1978–83) *

(1984–85) *

(1985–86) *

(1986–89)

Author

* ''Mental trening i fotball'' ( en. ''Mental training in football''), 2004 –

Managerial statistics

References

External links

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