Jan Halvor Halvorsen
{{short description|Norwegian footballer and manager (born 1963)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jan Halvor Halvorsen
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1963|3|8}}
| birth_place = Bamble, Norway
| height = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| position = Defender
| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1982 | clubs1 = Pors | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 1983–1985 | clubs2 = Eik-Tønsberg | caps2 = 47 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 1986 | clubs3 = Jerv | caps3 = | goals3 =
| years4 = 1987–1988 | clubs4 = Brann | caps4 = 42 | goals4 = 1
| years5 = 1989 | clubs5 = Start | caps5 = 8 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1989–1992 | clubs6 = Hertha BSC | caps6 = 74 | goals6 = 5
| years7 = 1992–1994 | clubs7 = AGF Aarhus | caps7 = 67 | goals7 = 1
| years8 = 1994 | clubs8 = Sogndal | caps8 = 11 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 1995–1996 | clubs9 = Rosenborg | caps9 = 0 | goals9 = 0
| years10= 1996 | clubs10= Byåsen | caps10 = | goals10=
| nationalyears1 = 1982–1983
| nationalteam1 =Norway U21|nationalcaps1 = 7 |nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 1989 |nationalteam2 =Norway B|nationalcaps2 = 1 |nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1989–1990 |nationalteam3 = Norway |nationalcaps3 = 5 |nationalgoals3 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1996–1998 | managerclubs1 = Byåsen
| manageryears2 = 1999–2002 | managerclubs2 = Start
| manageryears3 = 2003–2004 | managerclubs3 = Sogndal
| manageryears4 = 2005 | managerclubs4 = GIF Sundsvall
| manageryears5 = 2006–2009 | managerclubs5 = Notodden
| manageryears6 = 2011–2012 | managerclubs6 = New York Red Bulls (assistant)
| manageryears7 = 2013–2015 | managerclubs7 = Bodø/Glimt
| manageryears8 = 2016 | managerclubs8 = Fredrikstad
| manageryears9 = 2018–2021 | managerclubs9 = Bryne
| manageryears10 = 2022– | managerclubs10 = Lyn
}}
Jan Halvor Halvorsen (born 8 March 1963) is a former Norwegian football player and the current manager of Lyn.
Club career
Halvorsen started his youth career in Pors, debuting at the age of fifteen and a half. He has also played for clubs like Brann, Rosenborg and Hertha Berlin. In 1992, he became Danish cup winner playing for AGF Aarhus.
National team
Halvorsen has five caps for the Norwegian national team.{{cite web|url=http://www.fotball.no/histstat.ASP?WCI=wiPerson&personid=136037 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040716223403/http://www.fotball.no/histstat.ASP?WCI=wiPerson&personid=136037 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 July 2004 |title=Statistics for Jan Halvor Halvorsen |accessdate=20 March 2003 |publisher=NFF }}
Managerial career
Since 1996 Halvorsen has worked as football manager, managing top teams from Norway and Sweden. In 1999, he took over as manager for Start and led the club to promotion to the Norwegian Premier League. In 2000, he led the recently promoted side to the semi-finals of the Norwegian Football Cup. After being relegated to Adeccoligaen, he once again led the club to promotion back to the Norwegian Premier League in 2001.
In 2003, he joined Sogndal and helped the club to an 8th-place finish in his first season in charge of the Norwegian Premier League side. In November 2005, he signed a contract with Notodden, bringing them up from the Norwegian Second Division up to Adeccoligaen, the second highest level in Norway. He remained with Notodden thru 2009.
During October 2010 it was reported that Halvorsen would be joining New York Red Bulls during the 2011 season to serve as the club's assistant manager under Hans Backe.{{cite web|url= http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/artikkel.php?artid=10033990 |title = Jan Halvor Halvorsen to join Red Bull| date=16 October 2010 |accessdate =16 October 2010|publisher = vg.no |language = Norwegian}} This move reunited Halvorsen with former Start boss Erik Solér who was in charge of New York at the time. His sons, Torben and Jonas also played on the Red Bulls youth teams. On 17 January 2011 it was officially announced that Halvorsen would join New York Red Bulls as an assistant coach.{{cite web | url = http://www.newyorkredbulls.com/news/2011/01/red-bulls-name-jan-halvor-halvorsen-assistant-coach | title = Red Bulls name Jan Halvor Halvorsen assistant coach | publisher = New York Red Bulls | date = 17 January 2011 | accessdate = 8 July 2012 | archive-date = 5 October 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111005173416/http://www.newyorkredbulls.com/news/2011/01/red-bulls-name-jan-halvor-halvorsen-assistant-coach | url-status = dead }}
Halvorsen signed a three-year contract with the Norwegian First Division side Bodø/Glimt ahead of the 2013 season, and replaced Cato Hansen as head coach and stated that the goal was to win promotion to Tippeligaen.{{cite news |url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/troms_og_finnmark/1.10847572 |language=Norwegian |title=Jan Halvor Halvorsen trener Bodø/Glimt de neste tre årene |publisher=NRK |first=Simen Follesø |last=Røiseland |date=19 December 2012 |accessdate=15 January 2013}} And on his first attempt, he managed just that.
=Managerial statistics=
{{Updated|19 May 2021.}}
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| rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="5"|Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{Tooltip|G|Games managed}} | {{Tooltip|W|Games won}} | {{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}} | {{Tooltip|L|Games lost}} | {{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}} |
| Start
|1 January 1999 |31 July 2002 {{WDL|95|37|26|32}} | ||||
| Sogndal
|1 January 2003 |26 November 2004 {{WDL|52|14|15|23}} | ||||
| GIF Sundsvall
|28 November 2004 |14 August 2005 {{WDL|18|3|5|10}} | ||||
| Notodden FK
|1 January 2006 |14 August 2009 {{WDL|104|45|24|35}} | ||||
| Bodø/Glimt
|19 December 2012 |16 November 2015 {{WDL|90|43|13|34}} | ||||
| Fredrikstad
|23 November 2015 |9 August 2016 {{WDL|19|4|5|10}} | ||||
| Bryne
|30 Oktober 2018 |– {{WDL|46|22|12|12}} | ||||
| Lyn
|1 Januar 2022 |– {{WDL|59|46|6|7}} |– !colspan="3"|Total {{WDLtot|483|214|106|163}} |
Honours
References
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External links
- {{Fussballdaten|halvorsenjanhalvor|Jan Halvor Halvorsen}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110520091045/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/index.jsp?service=default&stats=true&type=person&personId=669&seasonId=144 Norwegian League stats] {{in lang|no}}
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