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Gunnar Halle

Gunnar Halle
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Personal information
Full name Gunnar Halle
Date of birth (1965-08-11) 11 August 1965 (age 51)
Place of birth Larvik, Norway
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Right-back
Club information
Current team
Strømmen (assistant manager)
Youth career
Nesjar
Larvik Turn
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1990 Lillestrøm 128 (12)
1991–1996 Oldham Athletic 212 (21)
1994 Lillestrøm (loan) 3 (1)
1996–1999 Leeds United 83 (4)
1999–2002 Bradford City 70 (4)
2002 Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 (0)
2002–2003 Lillestrøm 32 (1)
Total 535 (43)
National team
1987–1999 Norway 64 (5)
Teams managed
2004 Aurskog/Finstadbru (player/coach)
2005–2006 Lillestrøm (assistant)
2006–2008 Viking (assistant)
2009 Lyn (assistant)
2009–2010 Lyn
2010 Molde (assistant)
2012 Norway women (assistant)
2013– Strømmen (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Gunnar Halle (born 11 August 1965) is a Norwegian football manager and former player. He is the assistant coach of Strømmen. As a player, Halle played as a right back, he played for many years professionally in England and for the Norwegian national team.

In total he was capped 64 times and scored five international goals, including a memorable hat-trick against San Marino, and was included in the squads for the 1994 FIFA World Cup and 1998 FIFA World Cup.

He is best known for his playing spells at Oldham Athletic and Leeds United, followed by his brief managerial spell at Lyn Oslo.

Born in Larvik, Halle started his youth career in local club Nesjar.

Halle started his Norwegian Premier League career in Lillestrøm in 1985 when he joined from Larvik Turn. He quickly became a team regular, and helped win the league titles in 1986 and 1989.

In the spring of 1991 he was sold to Oldham Athletic for £280,000, where he played over 200 matches and is regarded as one of the club's finest players during their Premiership days. He remains Oldham's most capped player, playing 25 times for Norway in his time there.


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