Per Inge Jacobsen

Per Inge Jacobsen (born 25 August 1981) is a Norwegian football manager.

Per Inge Jacobsen

Personal information
Date of birth	(1981-08-25) 25 August 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Haugesund, Norway
Team information
Current team	Norway U23 women (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Stegaberg
Managerial career
2002–2005	Randaberg (youth)
2005–2012	Vålerenga (developer)
2013–2016	Nordstrand
2017	Avaldsnes women
2018–2019	India (assistant)
2019–2022	Stabæk women
2023–	Norway U23 women
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jacobsen spent his short playing career in Stegaberg, until it was cut short by injury. He instead started as a youth coach, and when moving to Stavanger for his higher education, he coached in Randaberg IL. He moved east in 2005 to become player developer in one of Norway's biggest clubs, Vålerenga IF. Following several years there, and working with the likes of Joshua King, Håvard Nielsen and Ghayas Zahid, Jacobsen wanted a head coach role and did so at fourth-tier club Nordstrand IF. He took them up from Norwegian 4. division to 3. division in 2014 an manage to get the team to a 6. place in the league (of 14). Jacobsen took over the women's team of Avaldsnes IL after the 2016 season.^[1]

With Jacobsen at the helm, Avaldsnes reached the Champions League, won the 2017 Norwegian Women's Cup and finished runners-up in the 2017 Toppserien.^[2][3] Still, there were disagreements with the club leadership, and Jacobsen left Avaldsnes shortly after star player Ingrid Ryland.^[4] Through a contact, he was able to get an in with Stephen Constantine, and was hired as assistant manager of India's national team.^[1]

In 2019, he was hired as manager of Stabæk Fotball Kvinner. Vanja Stefanovic had been sacked due to the club's poor standing in the 2019 Toppserien, and Jacobsen could not avoid relegation.^[5] However, he led the club to instant re-promotion and eventually finished runner-up in the 2022 Norwegian Women's Cup and fourth in the 2022 Toppserien. He resigned after the 2022 season^[6][7] only to be hired by the Football Association of Norway as head coach of the Norway U23 women's national team.^[8]

References

1. Haugland, Mats (13 January 2019). "For drøyt to år siden rykket han ned til nivå fem i Norge. Nå er Per Inge (37) trener for et av verdens største land". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 September 2023.
2. Hjellen, Bjørnar (28 August 2017). "Avaldsnes klar for sluttspill i mesterligaen" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
3. "Avaldsnes' gulltrener: – Vi trenger kontinuitet for å utfordre LSK" (in Norwegian). NRK. Norwegian News Agency. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
4. Schibevaag, Torkel Anstensrud; Jørgensen, Gisle (4 January 2018). "Tidligere Avaldsnes-profil med skarp kritikk mot gamleklubben: – Glad jeg er ferdig i klubben" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
5. Holmlund, Tor Bjørnar (30 November 2019). "Rykket ned med Stabæk – blir med videre". Budstikka (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 September 2023.
6. Hagen, Mathias (5 November 2022). "Frå krise til topplag – meiner ein ting har vore nøkkelen for snuoperasjonen" (in Norwegian Nynorsk). NRK. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
7. "Per Inge Jacobsen gir seg som Stabæk-trener" (in Norwegian). NRK. Norwegian News Agency. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
8. "Nye trenere på aldersbestemte landslag". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.