Pål Henning Albertsen

Pål Henning Albertsen (born 4 December 1975) is a retired Norwegian football goalkeeper and later goalkeeping coach.

Pål Henning Albertsen
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-12-04) 4 December 1975 (age 48)
Position(s) goalkeeper
Youth career
Vidar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 Vidar
1996Strømsgodset (loan) 3 (0)
1997 Strømsgodset 1 (0)
1998 Ullern
1999 Strømsgodset 1 (0)
2000 Oslo Øst
2000–2001 Kjelsås 30 (0)
2002–2004 Larvik
2005 Fram Larvik
2006 Tønsberg
2007 Svarstad
2011–2012 Stabæk 0 (0)
2013 Nanset
2014 Fram Larvik 1 (0)
International career
1996 Norway U17 3 (0)
1997 Norway U21 2 (0)
Managerial career
2007–2012 Stabæk (goalkeeper coach)
2013–2015 Fram Larvik (director of sports)
2016 Henan Jianye (goalkeeper coach)
2017–2018 Strømsgodset (goalkeeper coach)
2019– Larvik HK (managing director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He grew up in FK Vidar and became a youth international.[1][2] In 1996 he was loaned out to Eliteserien club Strømsgodset.[3] This season Strømsgodset encountered a number of goalkeeper problems, heavily stricken by injuries, the team used both Pål Henning Albertsen, Glenn Arne Hansen, Roar Gulliksen, Per Øyvind Dahl, Tom Nilsen and Jon Knudsen.[4] In Albertsen's three matches, Strømsgodset conceded 14 goals.[2] Albertsen nonetheless made a permanent move to Strømsgodset.[5] In 1998 he wanted regular first-team play and went on to Ullern IF,[6] only to return to Strømsgodset post-season.[7] This did not last long either as he moved back to Oslo and FK Oslo Øst in 2000. After a few months he moved on to Kjelsås.[8][9]

In 2002 Albertsen began a new chapter as player in Larvik clubs, first for Larvik Fotball, then after that became defunct, IF Fram Larvik.[2] In September 2006 he made his debut for FK Tønsberg.[10] Ahead of the 2007 season his contract was not renewed, so he took a job as goalkeeping coach of Stabæk.[11] In Stabæk he coached Jon Knudsen, one of the many Strømsgodset goalkeepers in 1996, who now reached the national team, praising Pål Henning Albertsen's input in the process.[12] At the same time Albertsen played on the fourth tier for Svarstad IL in Lardal outside of Larvik, but here he was sacked in May 2007 for erratic on-pitch behaviour.[13] He retired, but in 2011 and 2012 he was effectively Stabæk's third-choice goalkeeper,[12] appearing in a pre-season friendly[14] as well as for their B team.[2] Job-wise, in 2013 he moved back to Larvik as director of sports in Fram Larvik.[15] In 2013 he appeared as a player for seventh-tier team Nanset IF, and in 2014 he made one emergency appearance for Fram Larvik.[2] He was behind the signing of former Stabæk player and manager Petter Belsvik as new Fram Larvik manager in 2014.[16] In late 2015 he signed as goalkeeper coach of Henan Jianye in China,[17] He lasted until April 2016, returning to a civic job in Norway.[18] In 2017 and 2018 he was the goalkeeper coach of Strømsgodset.[19][20] In 2019 he became the new managing director of the handball club Larvik HK, taking over for Petter Belsvik.[21]

References

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  1. ^ "Fotball: juniorlandslag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 3 May 1993.
  2. ^ a b c d e Pål Henning Albertsen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ "Strømsgodset leier Vidar-keeper" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 27 August 1996.
  4. ^ Valderhaug, Bertil (3 April 1997). "Har SIF løst keeper-problemet?". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 67.
  5. ^ "Hansen fortsetter i Godset" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 29 October 1996.
  6. ^ "Fotball: Eliteserielagenes spillerstaller" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 30 March 1998.
  7. ^ "Fire slåss om én plass" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 2 October 1998.
  8. ^ "Kjelsås og Oslo Øst i byttehandel". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 15 May 2000. p. 20.
  9. ^ "Albertsen klar for Kjelsås". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 29 May 2000. p. 22.
  10. ^ "Tre ut med skade". Tønsbergs Blad (in Norwegian). 13 September 2006. p. 14.
  11. ^ "Albertsen til Stabæk" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 20 December 2006.
  12. ^ a b "Vil slippe å spille". Budstikka (in Norwegian). 14 March 2011. p. 14.
  13. ^ "Svarstad ga keeper sparken". Tønsbergs Blad (in Norwegian). 31 May 2007. p. 18.
  14. ^ "Usikkerhet om ny keeper". Budstikka (in Norwegian). 11 February 2012. p. 14.
  15. ^ "Flere kandidater på venstreback". Østlandsposten (in Norwegian). 19 January 2013. p. 18.
  16. ^ "På vei inn Fram-porten". Østlandsposten (in Norwegian). 18 October 2013. pp. 14–15.
  17. ^ "Stavangers ukjente fotballeksport". Rogalands Avis (in Norwegian). 5 January 2016. p. 29.
  18. ^ "Kina-eventyret over". Byavisa Drammen (in Norwegian). 13 April 2016. p. 9.
  19. ^ "Her starter en ny kultur". Drammens Tidende (in Norwegian). 13 January 2017. p. 36.
  20. ^ "Tre spillere og to trenere forlater SIF". Drammens Tidende (in Norwegian). 7 December 2018. pp. 34–35.
  21. ^ "Her er LHKs nye daglige leder". Østlandsposten (in Norwegian). 25 January 2019. p. 11.