Kjetil Rekdal
{{Short description|Norwegian footballer and manager (born 1968)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Kjetil Rekdal
| image = Kjetil Rekdal 2006-06-06.jpg
| upright = 0.9
| caption = Rekdal in 2006
| fullname = Kjetil André Rekdal{{NFF|1877756. Retrieved on 20 November 2020.}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|11|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Vestnes, Norway
| height = 1.87 m
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1979–1985
| youthclubs1 = Fiksdal/Rekdal
| years1 = 1985–1988
| clubs1 = Molde
| caps1 = 75
| goals1 = 25
| years2 = 1988–1990
| clubs2 = Borussia Mönchengladbach
| caps2 = 9
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1990–1996
| clubs3 = Lierse
| caps3 = 181
| goals3 = 71
| years4 = 1994
| clubs4 = → Molde (loan)
| caps4 = 8
| goals4 = 4
| years5 = 1996–1997
| clubs5 = Rennes
| caps5 = 31
| goals5 = 2
| years6 = 1997–2000
| clubs6 = Hertha BSC
| caps6 = 64
| goals6 = 4
| years7 = 2000–2004
| clubs7 = Vålerenga
| caps7 = 116
| goals7 = 21
| totalcaps = 484
| totalgoals = 127
| nationalyears1 = 1984
| nationalteam1 = Norway U15
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1985
| nationalteam2 = Norway U16
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 1986
| nationalteam3 = Norway U17
| nationalcaps3 = 5
| nationalgoals3 = 8
| nationalyears4 = 1985
| nationalteam4 = Norway U19
| nationalcaps4 = 7
| nationalgoals4 = 3
| nationalyears5 = 1987–1989
| nationalteam5 = Norway U21
| nationalcaps5 = 11
| nationalgoals5 = 3
| nationalyears6 = 1987–2000
| nationalteam6 = Norway
| nationalcaps6 = 83
| nationalgoals6 = 17
| manageryears1 = 2001–2006
| managerclubs1 = Vålerenga
| manageryears2 = 2006–2007
| managerclubs2 = Lierse
| manageryears3 = 2007–2008
| managerclubs3 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern
| manageryears4 = 2008–2012
| managerclubs4 = Aalesund
| manageryears5 = 2013–2017
| managerclubs5 = Vålerenga
| manageryears6 = 2018–2019
| managerclubs6 = Start
| manageryears7 = 2020–2021
| managerclubs7 = HamKam
| manageryears8 = 2022–2023
| managerclubs8 = Rosenborg
| manageryears9 = 2024
| managerclubs9 = AC Omonia
| manageryears10 = 2024–
| managerclubs10 = Aalesund
}}
Kjetil André Rekdal (born 6 November 1968) is a Norwegian football manager and a former player.{{Cite encyclopedia | publisher = Kunnskapsforlaget | title = Kjetil Rekdal | encyclopedia = Store norske leksikon | access-date = 29 May 2009 | url = http://www.snl.no/Kjetil_Rekdal | language = no | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121023022953/http://snl.no/Kjetil_Rekdal | archive-date = 23 October 2012 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }} He is the manager of Norwegian club Aalesund.
Rekdal began his playing career in Molde FK, playing afterwards for clubs in the Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and Belgian Pro League.{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/rekdaldata.html | title = Kjetil André Rekdal - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 5 February 2020 | website = RSSSF | access-date = 10 February 2020 }} Playing as a midfielder during his time as a player, his 83 caps with the Norway national team makes him the seventh most capped player in the team's history.{{cite web|title=Norway - Record International Players |date=13 December 2012 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/noo-recintlp.html |first=Thomas |last=Søfting |access-date=22 April 2013 |url-status=live |website=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504194906/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/noo-recintlp.html |archive-date= 4 May 2013 }}
Rekdal previously managed Vålerenga from 2000 to 2006, during which he won both the cup and league title. He has also been in charge of 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Lierse and Aalesund. During his time at Aalesund, the club earned two cup titles and saw a period of success previously unmatched in their history, which was attributed to Rekdal.
Club career
Born in Vestnes Municipality, Rekdal started playing football for the local club Fiksdal/Rekdal in 1979. Later as a 16-year-old he started his professional career with the local top flight club Molde FK, becoming the second-youngest player in the league. In 1988, he signed with the Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and stayed with them for two years before moving to the Belgian Pro League side Lierse S.K. and remaining there until 1996, with the exception of the 1994 season which he spent on loan helping his former club Molde FK gaining promotion to Tippeligaen and winning the domestic Cup.
In 1996, he signed for Ligue 1 club Rennes. The highlight of his playing career was a highly successful spell at Hertha BSC in Germany between 1997 and 2000. His final years as a player and then player/manager was spent in Norwegian club Vålerenga, where he picked up another cup winner's medal in 2002 before retiring in 2004. In the summer of 2007, Rekdal officially rejoined his youth club Fiksdal/Rekdal.{{cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/programmer/radio/stjerneklart/1.6966968|title=Kjetil Rekdal – Stjerneklart|language=no|publisher=Nrk.no|date=28 January 2010|access-date=22 April 2013|first=Viggo|last=Valle|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414044411/http://www.nrk.no/programmer/radio/stjerneklart/1.6966968|archive-date=14 April 2010|url-status=live}}
International career
Rekdal has 83 games for the Norway national team, after his debut against Italy in 1987, and played in two FIFA World Cups (1994 and 1998).{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/rekdal-intl.html | title = Kjetil Rekdal - International Matches | first = Thomas | last = Søfting | date = 5 February 2020 | website = RSSSF | access-date = 10 February 2020 }} He scored 17 goals for the national team, among those a long-range goal at Wembley against England in 1992, the only goal in the game as Norway beat Mexico in the 1994 World Cup, and a penalty in the 1998 World Cup against Brazil to win the game 2–1, prompting the commentator to say how "the man with the yellow boots has hurt those wearing the yellow shirts...Delight for Egil Olsen". The two World Cup goals make him the highest scoring Norwegian in World Cup history, with one goal more than Arne Brustad, Dan Eggen, Håvard Flo and Tore André Flo.{{cite web|url=http://www.fotballen.eu/Emner/Norecords.html|title=VM i Fotball – Statistikk – Fakta|language=no|quote="Flest VM-Mål Kjetil Rekdal (2)"|publisher=Fotballen.eu|access-date=5 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007225018/http://fotballen.eu/Emner/Norecords.html|archive-date=7 October 2011|url-status=live}}
Managerial career
=Vålerenga=
Rekdal has proven himself a successful coach, leading Vålerenga from relegation in 2001, and famously weeping as his team avoided relegation the following year{{cite news|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2005/11/21/449996.html|title=Klanen ber VIF-direktør ta pause|language=no|publisher=dagbladet.no|date=21 November 2005|first=Gorm|last=Andresen|access-date=22 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402171250/http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2005/11/21/449996.html|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=live}} and back into position as one of the dominating clubs in the Tippeligaen. In 2004, he led the team to second place, losing the first place on goal difference to Rosenborg, and in 2005, his team finally won the league for the first time in 21 years, ending Rosenborg's 13-year reign as champions of Norway.{{cite news | url = http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2005/10/29/447856.html | title = Vålerenga er seriemestere | language = no | publisher = dagbladet.no | date = 29 October 2005 | first = Gorm | last = Andresen | access-date = 22 April 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402171908/http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2005/10/29/447856.html | archive-date = 2 April 2015 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }} along the way receiving legend-status in the club, partly due to the fact that he refused an offer of a six-digit coaching salary in order to help the club financially.{{cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/artikkel.php?artid=200558|title=Rekdal gir milioner til VIF|language=no| publisher=vg.no|date = 7 November 2003 | first = Morten| last = Stokstad | access-date = 22 April 2013}}
=Lierse=
Rekdal resigned as coach at Vålerenga on 21 August 2006, following a string of poor results. He was appointed manager of his former club Lierse on 21 November 2006. When he arrived at the club, Lierse lay bottom of the table with only two points in fifteen matches. At the end of the season, they ended up with 26 points and avoided direct relegation. In the play-offs, Lierse only managed to win three of their six matches and were relegated to the Second Division after all.{{cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/artikkel.php?artid=199600|title=Håpet ute for Rekdal|language=no|publisher=Vg.no|date=10 June 2007|access-date=22 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203114956/http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/artikkel.php?artid=199600|archive-date=3 February 2014|url-status=live}}
=1. FC Kaiserslautern=
In May 2007, Rekdal signed on to manage Kaiserslautern in the German 2. Bundesliga. He left the club in early February of the following year, the club lying in sixteenth place.{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/fuchs_entscheidung-bis-dienstag-374990/artikel | title = Fuchs: Entscheidung bis Dienstag | language = de | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 22 April 2013 | date = 10 February 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160109162147/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/startseite/374990/artikel_fuchs_entscheidung-bis-dienstag.html | archive-date = 9 January 2016 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }}
=Aalesund=
He joined forces with Norwegian top flight outfit Aalesund in 2008 after moving back to Norway.{{cite news | url = http://www.tv2.no/sport/fotball/tippeligaen/rekdal-overtar-aalesund-2189837.html | title = Rekdal overtar Aalesund | language = no | date = 4 September 2008 | access-date = 22 April 2013 | first1 = Pål | last1 = Bakke | first2 = Sturla | last2 = Johannessen | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121010214827/http://www.tv2.no/sport/fotball/tippeligaen/rekdal-overtar-aalesund-2189837.html | archive-date = 10 October 2012 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }} Joining the club mid-season, he found Aalesund lying in a relegation spot, but managed to get a relegation play-off spot, where Aalesund beat challengers Sogndal 7–2 on aggregate, thereby securing a new season in the Tippeligaen. In 2009, he led Aalesund to the club's first victory in the Norwegian Cup, where they beat arch rivals Molde 3–2 after a penalty shootout in the final.{{cite news | url = http://www.tv2.no/sport/fotball/tippeligaen/rekdal-coaching-i-verdensklasse-2997762.html | title = Rekdal: Coaching i Verdensklasse | language = no | date = 8 November 2009 | access-date = 22 April 2013 | first = Andreeas | last = Borge | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121010214858/http://www.tv2.no/sport/fotball/tippeligaen/rekdal-coaching-i-verdensklasse-2997762.html | archive-date = 10 October 2012 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }} In 2010, he led the club to the fourth place in Tippeligaen, the club's best result ever.{{cite news | url = http://fotball.aftenposten.no/uefa/article200500.ece | title = Aafk får kvalikkplass | language = no | date = 13 May 2011 | access-date = 22 April 2013 | first = Kristian | last = Stenerud | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120322004156/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/uefa/article200500.ece | archive-date = 22 March 2012 | df = dmy-all}} In 2011, he received wide praise when his club came close to the historic feat of qualifying for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, losing the last play-off game to the Dutch side AZ Alkmaar, having won the first leg 2–1.{{cite news|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01f4-0e794420282f-9034ab324342-1000--rekdal-chasing-historic-aalesund-achievement/|title=Rekdal chasing historic Aalesund achievement|publisher=UEFA|date=22 August 2011|access-date=22 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719023029/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=1664879.html|archive-date=19 July 2012|url-status=live}} The same year he again led Aalesund to win the Norwegian Cup Final, thereby securing a UEFA Europa League qualification spot for the third consecutive year.{{cite news|title=Mange var preget av stundens alvor|url=http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/norsk/artikkel.php?artid=10031395|newspaper=Verdens Gang|date=6 November 2011|author=Wegard Bakkehaug|author2=Einar Orten|author3=Jamel Rake|author4=Øyvind Brenne|author5=Knut Arne Hansen|language=no|access-date=22 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104035237/http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/norsk/artikkel.php?artid=10031395|archive-date=4 January 2014|url-status=live}} His contract with Aalesund was terminated on 26 November 2012.{{cite news | last2 = Priesner | first2 = Jakob | first1 = Christian Skare | last1 = Stendal | title = Kjetil Rekdal fikk sparken i Aalesund | url = http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/article259060.ece | access-date = 22 April 2013 | newspaper = Aftenposten | date = 26 November 2012 | language = no | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121230152133/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/article259060.ece | archive-date = 30 December 2012 | df = dmy-all}}
After he won his second Norwegian Cup with Aalesund in three years, he was once again said to take over as national team coach after Drillo.{{cite news |last=Opsahl |first=Per |title=Mener Rekdal er perfekt for landslaget |url=http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/norsk/landslaget/artikkel.php?artid=10031485 |access-date=23 December 2011 |newspaper=Verdens Gang |date=7 November 2011 |language=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210013319/http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/norsk/landslaget/artikkel.php?artid=10031485 |archive-date=10 December 2011 |url-status=live}}
On 26 November 2012, the board of directors of Aalesund announced the termination of Rekdal's contract. The board stressed that it was not due to the season results, but rather as a result of a general review.{{cite news|last=Evensen|first=Marius|title=Styreleder i Aafk: – En trist slutt, men det var nødvendig|url=http://www.tv2.no/sport/fotball/tippeligaen/styreleder-i-aafk-en-trist-slutt-men-det-var-noedvendig-3933940.html|access-date=27 November 2012|newspaper=tv2.no|date=27 November 2012|language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129223921/http://www.tv2.no/sport/fotball/tippeligaen/styreleder-i-aafk-en-trist-slutt-men-det-var-noedvendig-3933940.html|archive-date=29 November 2012|url-status=live}} Analysts noted that the sacking was likely a result of a power struggle within the club between Rekdal, the sports director and the chairman of the board.{{cite news|last=Skuseth|first=Helge|title=Det måtte ende slik|url=http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/article259102.ece|access-date=27 November 2012|newspaper=Sunnmørsposten|date=27 November 2012|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222212222/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/article259102.ece|archive-date=22 February 2013}}
=Return to Vålerenga=
Rekdal started his second tenure for Vålerenga, when he was appointed as head coach on 8 January 2013.{{cite news | url = http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/norsk/artikkel.php?artid=10072274 | title = Rekdal ansatt som Vålerenga-trener: - Veldig glad | language = no | publisher = vg.no | date = 8 January 2013 | access-date = 22 April 2013 | author = Marius Vik | author2 = Per Opsahl | author3 = Lillian Holden | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130315042907/http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/norsk/artikkel.php?artid=10072274 | archive-date = 15 March 2013 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }}
On 13 July 2016, it was announced he would end his tenure as head coach of Valerenga after the 2016 season and will move into the position as sporting director to make way for Ronny Deila whom will take over as head coach.
=Start=
Rekdal was appointed as head coach on 1 June 2018 after former head coach Mark Dempsey was sacked on 18 May 2018. Rekdal signed a two-year contract with Start.
Rekdal took over the team, after 12 games of the season had been played; during his spell, only six teams gathered more points, yet the team was relegated [at the end of that season].{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/i/weR66M/kjetil-rekdals-store-oppgjoer-med-seg-selv-jeg-ble-gjort-spedalsk|title = Kjetil Rekdals store oppgjør med seg selv: – Jeg ble gjort spedalsk}}
That job ended; In an interview in 2020, he said that frequent visits to [places for betting/gambling or] one or more casinos, was not well-received by [his previous employer] Start.https://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/i/weR66M/kjetil-rekdals-store-oppgjoer-med-seg-selv-jeg-ble-gjort-spedalsk "Hyppige casinobesøk skal ha vært noe av det som ble reagert på av sørlandsklubben.
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Personal life
Born 6 November 1968 in Rekdal in Vestnes Municipality, into a family of six, including three younger siblings, his younger brother Sindre played also professional with Molde FK helping them win the domestic cup in 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.moldefk.no/index.php?page_id=12405|title=Om gledescener of første cupgull|language=no| publisher=Moldefk.no|quote="Gutta som tok Moldes første kongepokal: Morten Bakke, Trond Strande, Flaco, Sindre Rekdal et. al." |access-date= 5 October 2011}}{{Dead link|date=April 2013}} Among his interests and hobbies is freshwater fishing and card-games such as Poker, having competed in amateur tournaments internationally.{{cite news|url=http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article186722.ece|title=Rekdal og Aarøy får pokerkritikk|quote="Aalesund-trener Kjetil Rekdal skal sammen med spiss Tor Hogne Aarøy til Malta for å delta i en pokerturnering."|language=no|publisher=fotball.bt.no|date=25 November 2010|access-date=22 April 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716112318/http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article186722.ece|archive-date=16 July 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/fotball/tippeligaen/article3239893.ece|title=KJETIL REKDAL – Jeg er en av få i verden|language=no|publisher=Nettavisen.no|quote=Vi møttes alltid klokka fire til mat, og kampene i Belgia går klokka åtte. Jeg satt med radio under middagen. Det fikk jeg lov til, smiler den 42 år gamle Leeds-fanatikeren|date=1 October 2011|access-date=22 April 2013|first=Roy|last=Kvatningen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613193942/http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/fotball/tippeligaen/article3239893.ece|archive-date=13 June 2013|url-status=dead}}
Rekdal moved to Ottestad neighborhood in Hamar in 2013, with his wife and four children.{{cite news | title = Rekdal flytter til Hamar | url = http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/article267647.ece | newspaper = aftenposten.no | date = 10 February 2013 | access-date = 22 April 2013 | first = Kjetil | last = Flygind | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130212101401/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/article267647.ece | archive-date = 12 February 2013 | df = dmy-all}}
During his time at Lierse, Rekdal had a clause in his contract which allowed him to keep up to date with Leeds United results at half-time intervals, via BBC Radio. He is a fanatic supporter of the Yorkshire club.
Rekdal is highly superstitious. To avoid bad luck, he never appears on matchday without his locally produced trademark Pear-flavoured soft drink.{{cite news | url = http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/article200692.ece | title = Smaken av Rekdal-seier | newspaper = Aftenposten.no | language = no | date = 16 May 2011 | access-date = 22 April 2013 | first = Stig | last = Vågnes | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120322004208/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/article200692.ece | archive-date = 22 March 2012 | df = dmy-all}}
While coaching Aalesunds FK, he appeared in the home matches of tier five club Fiksdal/Rekdal as a player, stating that he wished to contribute to the club with which he started his career.{{cite news | url = http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/article170062.ece | title = Bare seier er godt nok | language = no | newspaper = Aftenposten.no | date = 20 May 2010 | access-date = 22 April 2013 | first = Eirik | last = Nesset Hjelvik | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120322004216/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/article170062.ece | archive-date = 22 March 2012 | df = dmy-all}}
Career statistics
:Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rekdal goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Kjetil Rekdal{{cite web|url=http://www.soccer-db.info/index.php?option=com_joomsport&task=player&sid=0&id=12610&Itemid=0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405064608/http://www.soccer-db.info/index.php?option=com_joomsport&task=player&sid=0&id=12610&Itemid=0|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 April 2022|title=Kjetil Rekdal|publisher=Soccer-DB|access-date=25 May 2017}} | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1 | rowspan="2" | 9 September 1992 | rowspan="2" | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | rowspan="2" | {{fb|SMR|1862}} | align="center"|1–0 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 10–0 | rowspan="2" | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|2 | align="center"|10–0 | |||||
| align="center"|3 | 23 September 1992 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | {{fb|NED}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|2–1 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|4 | 14 October 1992 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | {{fb|ENG}} | align="center"|1–1 | align="center"|1–1 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|5 | 28 April 1993 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | {{fb|TUR}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|3–1 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|6 | 19 June 1994 | RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States | {{fb|MEX}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|1–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup |
| align="center"|7 | 12 October 1994 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | {{fb|NED}} | align="center"|1–1 | align="center"|1–1 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualification |
| align="center"|8 | 16 November 1994 | Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus | {{fb|BLR|1991}} | align="center"|4–0 | align="center"|4–0 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualification |
| align="center"|9 | 26 April 1995 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | {{fb|LUX}} | align="center"|5–0 | align="center"|5–0 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualification |
| align="center"|10 | 25 May 1995 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | {{fb|GHA}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|3–2 | Friendly |
| align="center"|11 | rowspan="3" | 9 October 1996 | rowspan="3" | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | rowspan="3" | {{fb|HUN}} | align="center"|1–0 | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"| 3–0 | rowspan="3" | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|12 | align="center"|2–0 | |||||
| align="center"|13 | align="center"|3–0 | |||||
| align="center"|14 | 27 May 1998 | Molde Stadion, Molde, Norway | {{fb|KSA}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|6–0 | Friendly |
| align="center"|15 | 23 June 1998 | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France | {{fb|BRA}} | align="center"|2–1 | align="center"|2–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup |
| align="center"|16 | 10 October 1998 | Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia | {{fb|SVN}} | align="center"|2–1 | align="center"|2–1 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualification |
| align="center"|17 | 14 October 1998 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | {{fb|ALB|1992}} | align="center"|2–2 | align="center"|2–2 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualification |
Managerial statistics (all official matches)
{{updated|match played 12 April 2025}}
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| rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Nat !rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="5"|Record !rowspan="2"|{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} | ||||
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| {{abbr|P|Matches played}} | {{abbr|W|Matches won}} | {{abbr|D|Matches drawn}} | {{abbr|L|Matches lost}} | {{abbr|Win %|Win percentage}} |
| align=left|Vålerenga
|{{flagicon|Norway}} |align=left|1 January 2001 |align=left|20 August 2006 {{WDL|209|97|60|52}} | ||||
| align=left|Lierse
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} |align=left|22 November 2006 |align=left|25 June 2007 {{WDL|28|9|6|13}} | ||||
| align=left|1. FC Kaiserslautern
|{{flagicon|Germany}} |align=left|1 July 2007 |align=left|9 February 2008 {{WDL|20|4|6|10}} | ||||
| align=left|Aalesund
|{{flagicon|Norway}} |align=left|5 September 2008 |align=left|26 November 2012 {{WDL|163|73|35|55}} | ||||
| align=left|Vålerenga
|{{flagicon|Norway}} |align=left|8 January 2013 |align=left|31 December 2016 {{WDL|137|58|30|49}} | ||||
| align=left|Start
|{{flagicon|Norway}} |align=left|1 June 2018 |align=left|28 March 2019 {{WDL|21|8|4|9}} | ||||
| align=left|HamKam
|{{flagicon|Norway}} |align=left|15 August 2020 |align=left|31 December 2021 {{WDL|54|33|12|9}} | ||||
| align=left|Rosenborg
|{{flagicon|Norway}} |align=left|1 January 2022 |align=left|16 June 2023 {{WDL|47|24|11|12}} | ||||
| align=left|AC Omonia
|{{flagicon|Cyprus}} |align=left|10 January 2024 |align=left|21 February 2024 {{WDL|9|5|2|2}} | ||||
| align=left|Aalesund
|{{flagicon|Norway}} |align=left|1 July 2024 |align=left|present {{WDL|19|12|2|5}} | ||||
| colspan="4"|Total
{{WDLtot|707|323|168|216|decimals=1}} !— |
Honours
=As player=
=As Coach=
Vålerenga
- Eliteserien: 2005
- Norwegian Football Cup: 2002
- Norwegian First Division: 2001
Aalesund
HamKam
- Norwegian First Division: 2021
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Worldfootball.net|kjetil-rekdal}}
- {{Fussballdaten|kjetil-andre-rekdal}}
- {{NFT player|pid=14057}}
- [https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120509142000/http://www.fotball.no/Community/Profil/?fiksId=1877756 Official Profile and Statistics] at fotball.no {{in lang|no}}
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