Kjetil Rekdal

Football player infobox
playername = Kjetil Rekdal


fullname = Kjetil André Rekdal
nickname = Reka
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1968|11|6
cityofbirth = Molde
countryofbirth = Norway
height = height|m=1.87
position = Midfielder, Defender (retired)
youthyears = 1979-1985
youthclubs = Fiksdal/Rekdal
years = 1985-1988
1988-1990
1990-1996
1994
1996-1997
1997-2000
2000-2004
clubs = Molde
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Lierse
→Molde (loan)
Rennes
Hertha Berlin
Vålerenga
caps(goals) = 075 (25)
009 0(0)
181 (71)
008 0(4)
031 0(2)
064 0(4)
116 (21)
nationalyears = 1987-2000
nationalteam = Norway
nationalcaps(goals) = 083 (17)

manageryears = 2001-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-
managerclubs = Vålerenga
Lierse
1. FC Kaiserslautern
Aalesunds FK

Kjetil André Rekdal (born November 6, 1968) is a Norwegian football coach and a former player. He is 1.87 meters tall and weighs about 85 kg. He is currently managing Aalesunds FK in Norwegian Tippeligaen. His previous tenure was at Kaiserslautern of the 2. Bundesliga from July 1, 2007 until his contract was terminated on February 9, 2008. [http://www.bundesliga.de/en/liga2/clubs/1-fc-kaiserslautern/index.php]

As a player he had spells in France, Germany and Belgium as well as his homeland. Rekdal has 83 games for the Norwegian national team, after his debut against Italy in 1987, and played in two FIFA World Cups (1994 and 1998). He has scored 17 goals for the national team, among those one legendary goal at Wembley against England, 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. The two World Cup goals makes him the highest scoring Norwegian in World Cup history, with one goal more than Arne Brustad, Dan Eggen, Håvard Flo and Tore André Flo.

He has previously played for the following clubs: Fiksdal/Rekdal, Molde, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Lierse, Rennes, Hertha BSC, and Vålerenga.

Rekdal has proven himself a successful coach, leading Vålerenga from relegation and back into position as one of the dominating clubs in the Norwegian Premier League. 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.

He is divorced and has two children.

Rekdal resigned as coach at Vålerenga on August 21 2006, following a string of poor results. He was appointed manager of his former club Lierse on November 21 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.

In May 2007, Rekdal signed on to manage Kaiserslautern in the German 2. Bundesliga. He was fired in early February of the following year, the club lying in sixteenth place in the standings with only three wins in nineteen games.

He joined forces with local club Aalesunds FK after moving back to Norway.

He supports Leeds United.

Persondata
NAME= Rekdal, Kjetil André
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Rekdal, Kjetil
SHORT DESCRIPTION=
DATE OF BIRTH= 1968-11-6
PLACE OF BIRTH= Molde , Norway
DATE OF DEATH=
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