Ståle Solbakken
Solbakken playing for Lillestrøm in 1996
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ståle Solbakken | ||
| Date of birth | 27 February 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Kongsvinger, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Copenhagen (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1989 | Grue | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1994 | HamKam | 100 | (35) |
| 1994–1997 | Lillestrøm | 99 | (34) |
| 1997–1998 | Wimbledon | 6 | (1) |
| 1998–2000 | AaB | 79 | (13) |
| 2000–2001 | Copenhagen | 14 | (4) |
| Total | 298 | (87) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992 | Norway U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 1994–2000 | Norway | 58 | (9) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2002–2005 | HamKam | ||
| 2006–2011 | Copenhagen | ||
| 2011–2012 | 1. FC Köln | ||
| 2012–2013 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| 2013– | Copenhagen | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ståle Solbakken (born 27 February 1968) is a Norwegian former international football player and the current head coach of Danish Superliga side Copenhagen.
During his playing career, Solbakken was named 1995 Norwegian midfielder of the year, and he won the Danish Superliga championship with both Aalborg BK and Copenhagen (in 1999 and 2001 respectively). He played 58 matches and scored nine goals for the Norwegian national team during the end of the 1990s, and represented Norway at the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship tournaments. He ended his active career in March 2001 following a heart attack.
As a manager, he was named 2004 Norwegian Manager of the Year, and has won six Danish Superliga championships with Copenhagen. Solbakken was also in charge of German club 1. FC Köln during the 2011–12 season and then managed English side Wolverhampton Wanderers in a six-month tenure.
Solbakken, a midfielder, started his career in Norway, playing for his local lower league team Grue. After five seasons with Grue he moved to HamKam, a then-second tier club, in 1989.
He was the club's top goalscorer in the 1990 season, where he netted nine times. The following season he scored 14 goals to help the club to promotion to the top-flight Norwegian Premier League. After narrowly avoiding relegation in his first season at the top level, Solbakken was part of the HamKam side that finished 5th in 1993 - a position they have not bettered since.
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