Hjalte Nørregaard

Hjalte Nørregaard

Nørregaard with Copenhagen in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Hjalte Bo Nørregaard
Date of birth	(1981-04-08) 8 April 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1999	KB
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2005	Copenhagen	89	(12)
2005–2006	Heerenveen	17	(2)
2006–2010	Copenhagen	130	(10)
2011–2014	AGF	66	(2)
2014–2015	Vendsyssel	15	(2)
Total		317	(28)
International career
1997	Denmark U17	8	(0)
1999–2000	Denmark U19	10	(3)
2002	Denmark U20	1	(0)
2003	Denmark U21	2	(0)
2007	Danish League XI	3	(0)
2008–2009	Denmark	4	(0)
Managerial career
2018–2020	Copenhagen (U19)
2020	Copenhagen (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hjalte Bo Nørregaard (born 8 April 1981) is a Danish professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the caretaker manager of Danish Superliga club FC Copenhagen. As a player, he played as a midfielder and spent most of his career with FC Copenhagen.

Nørregaard is son of former Danish footballer Klaus Nørregaard. In November 2018, he was appointed manager for the under-19 team of FC Copenhagen. In October 2020, he was appointed caretaker manager of the club.

Biography

Nørregaard started his career in Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB) and was in 1999 promoted to the first team, F.C. Copenhagen (FCK). He played for FCK until 2005 most famous for his 91st-minute goal against the archrivals Brøndby IF at Brøndby Stadium in the so-called "championship final" in 2003. Since then, fans of F.C. Copenhagen have dubbed Brøndby Stadium, "Hjalte Park." The same year he was awarded as "cup fighter" after the win in the Danish Cup. He got a total of 120 matches, 17 goals and three Danish championships in 2001, 2003 and 2004, before moving to Dutch club SC Heerenveen.

The stay at Heerenveen was no success, as coach Gertjan Verbeek thought he was a supporting striker. After only one year in Heerenveen, he moved back to FCK for competing in their 2006–07 UEFA Champions League campaign.

Nørregaard was called up for the January 2007 league national team, which played three unofficial national team games in the United States, El Salvador and Honduras in January 2007, by national team manager Morten Olsen. He played in all three games of the tour, including a 3–1 loss to the United States national team and a 1–0 loss to El Salvador.

In September 2008, after some strong league performances he was called up for the Denmark national team, for the second time, for the matches against Hungary and Portugal to help Denmark in their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. However, in the match against Hungary, he wasn't even picked for substitution.

On 4 January 2011, Nørregaard signed a deal with the Danish football club AGF. The contract is for three and a half years.

In August 2014, Nørregaard moved to Vendsyssel FF on a free transfer.^[1]

On 10 October 2020, Nørregaard was appointed interim manager of FC Copenhagen after Ståle Solbakken was sacked.^[2]

Honours

FC Copenhagen

• Danish Superliga: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10; runner-up: 2004–05
• Danish Cup: 2003–04, 2008–09; runner up: 2006–07
• Danish Super Cup: 2004^[3]
• Royal League: 2004–05; runner-up: 2006–07

Individual

• FC København player of the year: 2005, 2009
• FC København Hall of fame: 2006
• Danish Cup Fighter: 2004

References

1. "Hjalte Bo Nørregaard til Vendsyssel FF". Tipsbladet (in Danish). 15 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
2. "Kæmpe bombe: FCK fyrer Ståle Solbakken" (in Danish). bold.dk. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
3. "Tirsdag 20/07 2004 kl. 18:30". fck.dk. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

External links

• Hjalte Nørregaard national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
• Hjalte Nørregaard official Danish Superliga statistics at danskfodbold.com (in Danish)
• Hjalte Nørregaard at DR (in Danish) (archived)