Dan Eggen
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dan Eggen | ||
Date of birth | 13 January 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Central defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Lyn | |||
Årvoll IL | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1990 | Ready | 40 | (6) |
1990–1993 | BK Frem | 72 | (15) |
1993–1997 | Brøndby IF | 108 | (6) |
1997–1999 | Celta Vigo | 37 | (2) |
1999–2003 | Alavés | 40 | (2) |
2003 | Rangers | 0 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Le Mans | 22 | (1) |
Total | 319 | (32) | |
International career | |||
1993–2001 | Norway | 25 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
2009–2011 | Kolbotn | ||
2012 | KFUM-Kameratene Oslo | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dan Eggen (born 13 January 1970 in Oslo) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. He is currently coaching KFUM-Kameratene Oslo of the Norwegian Second Division. He has previously coached Kolbotn in the Norwegian Premier League for women. He was capped 25 times for Norway, scoring two goals.
Biography
Dan Eggen played as central defender. He started his career in the Norwegian amateur leagues with sides such as Lyn, Årvoll and Ready. Later he went on to play for several teams outside of Norway: Danish teams BK Frem and Brøndby IF, Spanish teams Celta Vigo and Alavés (where he played in the 2001 UEFA Cup Final), French team Le Mans and Scottish club Rangers.[1]
Eggen represented Norway in 25 caps, scoring two goals. He was a part of the 1994 and 1998 World Cup squads, and the 2000 European Football Championship squad. He was not used in any matches in the 1994 World Cup, but was a key player in 1998 and 2000. Eggen scored the equaliser against Morocco to secure a 2-2 draw for the Norwegians at the Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier in 1998.
In 2005, he started a bachelor's degree in economics at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is currently the manager of the rock band El Caco. He has studied football coaching at Wang Idrettsgymnas and has been head coach of Kolbotn in the Norwegian Premier League for women, and for KFUM.
Trivia
Appears in Satyricon's DVD Roadkill Extravaganza, where he is visiting the band backstage, revealing himself as a fan of Norwegian black metal.
During a Pantera concert in Spain, Eggen joined the band on stage for 30 seconds and showed off headbanging and air guitar playing.
References
- ^ "Gers seal Eggen signing" BBC Sport website (31 January 2003)
External links
- Brøndby IF partial statistics Template:Da icon
- Boldklubben Frem profile Template:Da icon
- National team profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 August 2009)
- Eggen on stage with Pantera.
- Dan Eggen at Soccerbase
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Norwegian footballers
- Norwegian football managers
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Norway international footballers
- Boldklubben Frem players
- Brøndby IF players
- Danish Superliga players
- Le Mans FC players
- Rangers F.C. players
- La Liga players
- Deportivo Alavés players
- Celta de Vigo players
- Lyn Fotball players
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 2000 players
- Sportspeople from Oslo
- Norwegian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Denmark
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Association football defenders
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in France