Ståle Solbakken Sports manager

Ståle Solbakken (born 27 February 1968) is a Norwegian former international football player and the current head coach of Danish Superliga side Copenhagen.As a manager, he was named 2004 Norwegian Manager of the Year, and has won five Danish Superliga championships with Copenhagen. Solbakken was also in charge of German club 1. FC Köln during the 2011–12 season and, most recently, served as manager of English side Wolverhampton Wanderers in a six-month tenure.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.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Solbakken Ståle
Birth date	February 27, 1968
Birth place	Norway , Kongsvinger
Height (meters)	1.9

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club	1. FC Köln HamKam Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. F.C. Copenhagen
position	Midfielder
teams	Grue IL HamKam Wimbledon F.C. Lillestrøm SK Norway national under-21 football team Norway national football team F.C. Copenhagen AaB Fodbold