Roger Nilsen

Football manager infobox
playername = Roger Nilsen


fullname =
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1969|8|8
cityofbirth = Tromsø
countryofbirth = Norway
position = Defense
youthyears =
youthclubs = Kvaløysletta IL
years = 1987-1988
1989-1993
1993
1993-1999
1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2002-2004
clubs = Tromsø
Viking
→ Köln (loan)
Sheffield United
Tottenham Hotspur
Grazer AK
Molde
Bryne
caps(goals) = 3 (0)
90 (11)
10 (0)
166 (0)
3 (0)
13 (0)
20 (2)
24 (0)
manageryears = 2006
2007-present
managerclubs = Stavanger
Viking (assistant)
nationalyears = 1989–92 1990–00
nationalteam = Norway U21 Norway
nationalcaps(goals) = 019 0(2) 032 0(3)

Roger Nilsen (born August 8, 1969 in Tromsø) is a Norwegian football coach and former defender. He played 33 matches and scored 3 goals for Norway, and was a part of the 1994 FIFA World Cup squad.

His career began in Tromsø, and he moved on to Viking where he became league champion in 1991. He was loaned to FC Köln, and soon got a permanent move to Sheffield United in England. Nilsen is best remembered for his period there. Later he had unsuccessful spells with Tottenham Hotspur and Grazer AK before he returned home to play for Molde and Bryne. He left Bryne in 2003, but continued his career in the Norwegian third division with Stavanger IF.

In 2006, he retired and took over as manager for Stavanger IF, guiding the ambitious club to promotion to the second division. His team lost only two of the 22 league games, drawing a further two and winning 18 games, thus finishing the season with a goal difference of 71-14. In the promotion play-offs, they beat rivals FK Vidar 6-1 on aggregate. At the end of the season, Nilsen left the club to take up the assistant manager position at Viking in the Norwegian Premier League.

Roger Nilsen is the brother of Steinar Nilsen. His first name is correctly pronounced "ro-ger", not the English "roj-er", and he specifically hated it when English people got this wrong.Fact|date=April 2007

External links

* [http://www.til.no/www/adel/profil/268 Nilsen profile] at www.til.no no icon
* [http://www.fotball.no/histstat.ASP?WCI=wiPerson&personid=139571 Nilsen profile] at Norwegian FA no icon