Oliver Harder was born on 31 January 1986 and is a New Zealand Football Association, UEFA pro licensed coach who is currently coaching in the Norwegian club Viking FK.
18 Facts About Olli Harder
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At club level Olli Harder was most recently the manager of Norwegian team SK Brann Kvinner where he won both the Norwegian Cup and League title during the 2022 Toppserien season.
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At international level Olli Harder has previously taken up assistant coaching positions with the Norwegian Football Federation with both the U23 Women and U21 Men's teams respectively.
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Olli Harder has previously managed West Ham United Women in the WSL and Klepp IL in the Norwegian Toppserien as well as several clubs across the United States, China and New Zealand.
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Olli Harder played association football for two clubs in the New Zealand Football Championship as a goalkeeper.
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Olli Harder has coached in the United States, China, Norway and England.
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Olli Harder was an assistant coach in the American collegiate soccer system for the NJIT Highlanders and the Yale Bulldogs.
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In 2017, Olli Harder became head coach of Klepp IL women's football team.
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Olli Harder was nominated for the Norwegian Coach of the Year award in 2017 and 2018.
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In December 2019, Olli Harder became assistant manager of the Sandnes Ulf men's team.
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Olli Harder had been an assistant manager of the Norwegian Women's under-23 National team.
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In December 2020, Olli Harder was appointed head coach of West Ham United Women, on a two-and-a-half-year contract.
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Olli Harder's first scheduled match in charge of West Ham against Manchester City was postponed due to COVID-19 positive tests in the Manchester City squad.
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Olli Harder returned to Norway in June 2022, being named as the new director of sports of SK Brann Kvinner.
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When Brann manager Alexander Straus left for Bayern Munich women, Olli Harder took over as manager in July 2022.
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In June 2023, Olli Harder then joined the Norway men's under-21 team as an assistant manager for their matches against Scotland.
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Olli Harder worked as a coach for Norway women's under-23s team.
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Olli Harder has a degree in sports science from Unitec Institute of Technology and studied for one semester at Virginia Tech.