Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kjetil André Rekdal | ||
Date of birth | 6 November 1968 | ||
Place of birth | Fiksdal, Norway | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1979–1985 | Fiksdal/Rekdal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1985–1988 | Molde | 75 | (25) |
1988–1990 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 9 | (0) |
1990–1996 | Lierse | 181 | (71) |
1994 | → Molde (loan) | 8 | (4) |
1996–1997 | Rennes | 31 | (2) |
1997–2000 | Hertha BSC | 64 | (4) |
2000–2004 | Vålerenga | 116 | (21) |
Total | 484 | (127) | |
National team | |||
1987–2000 | Norway | 83 | (17) |
Teams managed | |||
2001–2006 | Vålerenga | ||
2006–2007 | Lierse | ||
2007–2008 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | ||
2008–2012 | Aalesund | ||
2013–2016 | Vålerenga | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Kjetil André Rekdal (born 6 November 1968 in Vestnes) is a Norwegian football manager and a former footballer who was head coach of Norwegian club Vålerenga from 2013 to 2016.
Rekdal began his playing career in Molde FK, playing afterwards for clubs in the German Bundesliga, French Ligue 1 and Belgian Belgian Pro League. Playing as a midfielder during his time as a player, his 83 caps with the Norwegian national football team makes him the seventh most capped player in the team's history.
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 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.
Rekdal started playing football for the local club Fiksdal/Rekdal in 1979, later as a 16-year-old he would start his professional career with the local Tippeliga 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.