Hans Erik Ødegaard


Hans Erik Ødegaard is a former Norwegian footballer who played as a central midfielder, and was assistant manager at Mjøndalen IF from 2009 to 2015. He is currently a youth coach at Real Madrid.

Playing career

In his senior career, he played for Strømsgodset from 1993 to 2003, and Sandefjord from 2004 to 2006. He played for both clubs in the Tippeligaen and in the Norwegian First Division.

Career statistics

Coaching and management

After retiring, Ødegaard became the assistant manager for Mjøndalen IF in 2009, under manager Vegard Hansen.
They qualified for the promotion play-off tournament three times, finally winning promotion in 2014.
He became a Real Madrid youth coach on 22 January 2015, signing a three and a half year as a youth coach when his son, Martin Ødegaard signed a contract with the club.
Hans Erik Ødegaard received an annual salary of 100,000 euros from Real Madrid for work with the children. In addition, the club secured him a premium of three million euros, according to the contract payable 30 days after signing. Converted to the contract equivalent to 957,143 euros per season. By comparison, Zinedine Zidane, who was head coach of Real Madrid's U23 at the time, cashed 600,000 euros a year for this job.