Terje Kojedal
Personal information
Full name Terje Kojedal[1]
Date of birth (1957-08-16) 16 August 1957 (age 66)
Place of birth Røros, Norway
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1985 HamKam 124 (12)
1985–1988 FC Mulhouse 93 (7)
1988–1989 US Valenciennes-Anzin 28 (2)
1989–1992 HamKam 3 (0)
International career
1981–1989 Norway 66 (1)
Managerial career
1998 HamKam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Terje Kojedal (born 16 August 1957) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a defender for HamKam in Norway and FC Mulhouse and US Valenciennes-Anzin in France. He was capped 66 times for Norway and participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Kojedal also played ice hockey for Storhamar.

Football career

Club career

Kojedal played for HamKam in Norway, until he was brought to FC Mulhouse in France by Raymond Domenech in 1985. During Kojedal's three seasons at the club, Mulhouse were playing in the French Division 2, and qualified for promotion-playoff, but the team didn't won promotion.[2] He also spent one seasons in US Valenciennes, before he returned to Norway and HamKam in 1989.[2]

International career

Kojedal made his international debut on 19 October 1974, when Norway U16 met Denmark U16. He then played one match for Norway U19, before he got 23 matches for Norway U21.[3]

Kojedal made his debut for the senior team in a friendly match against Nigeria on 12 August 1981. Three years later, he was a member of the Norwegian Olympic team which participated at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Kojedal scored his first and only international goal in the friendly match against Austria on 31 May 1989 which Norway won 4–1. When he played his last match for Norway on 15 November 1989, he had been capped 66 times[4] including 11 matches for the Olympic team.[5]

Coaching career

Kojedal coached HamKam along with Viggo Sundmoen in 1998 when the team was relegated from the First Division.[6]

Ice hockey career

He also played ice hockey for Storhamar[7] before quitting hockey in 1980 to focus on football. He played more than a hundred games and scored five goals in one game against Oppsal.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Terje Kojedal" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b Solbakken, Espen (22 June 2010). "- Husker Domenech som en real fyr". vg.no (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Terje Kojedal's profil". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  4. ^ Søfting, Thomas. "Terje Kojedal". RSSSF Norway. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  5. ^ Søfting, Thomas. "Unofficial matches". RSSSF Norway. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  6. ^ "Smertefull lidenskap". 30 October 2009.
  7. ^ Storhamar Dragons - alumni - Kojedal, Terje Archived 5 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Storhamar Dragons - Kamper - 79-80 Archived 4 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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