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Jørn Andersen

Jørn Andersen

Norwegian-German football player and manager

Jørn Andersen (born 3 February 1963), sometimes written as Jörn, is a Norwegian football manager and former player. He is the head coach of the Hong Kong national team.

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Club career

Norway

Born in Fredrikstad, Andersen's career started at local team Østsiden where he remained until 1982. Subsequently, he moved to Fredrikstad and netted seven goals in 43 Norwegian Premier League appearances. The striker was transferred to Vålerenga ahead of the 1985 season. Andersen was able to score 23 goals in just 22 matches for the Oslo side.

Germany

In 1985, 1. FC Nürnberg signed the Norwegian. In 78 matches Andersen scored 28 goals before he moved to Eintracht Frankfurt. In 1990 Andersen became the first foreign player to be top goalscorer in a season with 18 goals in the Bundesliga.[1] In 1990–91 Andersen played for Fortuna Düsseldorf and returned to the Frankfurt side. After that spell he joined Hamburger SV (1994–95) and Dynamo Dresden to play in the Bundesliga.[2]

Switzerland

From Dresden, Andersen headed to Switzerland and FC Zürich in 1995, but was not successful as he scored only twice in 33 appearances. After the 1997–98 season he left FC Lugano to join FC Locarno.

International career

Andersen made his debut for the Norway national team in 1985 and earned 27 caps, scoring five goals.[3] His last international match was a European Championship qualifying match against Hungary in October 1990, coming on as a substitute for Jahn Ivar Jakobsen.

Managerial career

Andersen became youth manager of FC Luzern and returned to Germany again to manage the then-second-tier team Rot-Weiß Oberhausen from 2003 until 2004. After that spell he assisted Horst Köppel at Borussia Mönchengladbach.

In May 2007, he signed to Greek top-flight team Skoda Xanthi to manage them from 2007 to 2008 on, but in June 2007 the contract was dissolved for private reasons.

Andersen as Karlsruher SC manager during a press conference in December 2011

In late 2007, he signed for 2. Bundesliga strugglers Kickers Offenbach, but was unable to save them from relegation.

On 20 May 2008, he signed a two-year deal with 2. Bundesliga outfit Mainz 05, and under his reign the team achieved promotion to the Bundesliga. Despite the team's success, Andersen was fired on 3 August 2009.

In December 2010, he was named manager of the Greek Super League team AEL.[4] After on 24 days in office, where the team lost three league matches and was knocked out of the cup competition, without scoring a single goal, he was let go.[5]

Six months later, Andersen returned to Germany take charge of second division side Karlsruher SC.[6]

Andersen became manager of Austria Salzburg on 2 January 2015.[7]

After leaving Austria Salzburg in December 2015, Andersen was appointed as manager of North Korea in May 2016.[8] It marked the first time North Korea had appointed a foreign manager since 1993. In 2018, he departed from North Korea after two years working with the team.[9]

In March 2018, he was reportedly linked to Hong Kong.[10]

In June 2018, he was announced as the new manager of South Korean side Incheon United in the K-League.[11] He was sacked on 15 April 2019 with Incheon at the bottom of the table after collecting just four points from seven matches.[12]

In December 2021, Andersen was appointed as the head coach of Hong Kong, succeeding Mixu Paatelainen.[13] In June 2022, he successfully led the Hong Kong Team in qualifying for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, which was the first time since 1968.[14] He also led the Hong Kong under-23 team during the 2022 Asian Games, where they achieved a significant milestone by defeating four-time champion Iran. This victory propelled them into the semi-finals for the first time in the tournament.[15]

On 1 January 2024, Andersen led Hong Kong to a historic victory, defeating China 2–1 in an international friendly. This win marked the first triumph in 39 years for Hong Kong over China.[16]

Personal life

He is the son of handball player Bjørg Andersen.[17]

Andersen became a German citizen in 1993. His son, Niklas, is also a former Bundesliga player. Andersen is married and lives in Bad Reichenhall in Bavaria, Germany.[18]

Managerial statistics

As of 26 March 2024[19][20]
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Honours

Individual

References

  1. [1]
    Ballesteros, Frank; Arnhold, Matthias (21 April 2011). "(West) Germany – Top Scorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  2. [2]
    Arnhold, Matthias (21 April 2011). "Jørn Andersen – Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  3. [3]
    "Norway – Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  4. [4]
    "Jørn Andersen fikk trenerjobb i Hellas" (in Norwegian). aftenposten.no. 21 December 2010. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
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    "Jörn Andersen nach 24 Tagen entlassen" (in German). spiegel.de. 9 January 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
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    "Andersen übernimmt den KSC" [Andersen takes over KSC] (in German). DFL. 6 November 2011. Archived from the original on 8 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  7. [7]
    "Däne Andersen übernimmt Austria Salzburg" (in German). Österreich. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
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    "NRK: Jørn Andersen ny landslagstrener for Nord-Korea". vg.no (in Norwegian). VG. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  9. [9]
    "As economic sanctions bite, North Korea football coach Jorn Andersen departs". 31 March 2018.
  10. [10]
    "Jørn Andersen nær ny trenerjobb". TV2.no. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
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    "인천유나이티드". 12 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  12. [12]
    "Incheon United terminate contract of Norwegian coach Andersen". Yonhap News Agency. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  13. [13]
    "HKFA appoints Mr. Jörn Andersen as Head Coach". HKFA. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  14. [14]
    "Hong Kong can dare to dream after reaching Asian Cup for first time since 1968". 14 June 2022.
  15. [15]
    "Hong Kong men's football team rewarded HK$850,000 for best-ever finish at Asiad". The Standard. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  16. [16]
    "Andersen hails Hong Kong's 'aggression' in historic win over China". South China Morning Post. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  17. [17]
    Henriksen, Petter (ed.). "Jørn Andersen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  18. [18]
    OVB24 GmbH (publisher) (15 July 2014). "Fußball-Camp mit Jörn Andersen". rosenheim24.de (in German). Retrieved 21 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  19. [19]
    "Jörn Andersen" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  20. [20]
    "Korea DPR – National teams". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 4 September 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
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