Jan Halvor Halvorsen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 March 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Bamble, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1982 | Pors | ||
| 1983–1985 | Eik-Tønsberg | 47 | (1) |
| 1986 | Jerv | ||
| 1987–1988 | Brann | 42 | (1) |
| 1989 | Start | 8 | (0) |
| 1989–1992 | Hertha BSC | 74 | (5) |
| 1992–1994 | AGF Aarhus | 67 | (1) |
| 1994 | Sogndal | 11 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Rosenborg | 0 | (0) |
| 1996 | Byåsen | ||
| National team | |||
| 1982–1983 | Norway U21 | 7 | (1) |
| 1989 | Norway B | 1 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | Norway | 5 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1996–1998 | Byåsen | ||
| 1999–2002 | Start | ||
| 2003–2004 | Sogndal | ||
| 2005 | GIF Sundsvall | ||
| 2006–2009 | Notodden | ||
| 2011–2012 | New York Red Bulls (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2015 | Bodø/Glimt | ||
| 2016 | Fredrikstad | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Jan Halvor Halvorsen (born 8 March 1963, in Bamble) is a former Norwegian football player who currently unemployed.
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.
Halvorsen has five caps for the Norwegian national team.
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.
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