Arne Dokken
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arne Dokken | ||
| Date of birth | 27 August 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Drammen, Norway | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Åssiden IF | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1977 | Strømsgodset | 43 | (26) |
| 1978–1981 | Lillestrøm SK | 79 | (35) |
| 1981–1983 | Panathinaikos | 23 | (10) |
| 1983–1984 | Apollon Smyrnis | 24 | (6) |
| 1984–1986 | Rosenborg | 25 | (5) |
| International career | |||
| 1975–1984[1] | Norway | 24 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1985 | Rosenborg | ||
| 1986–1987 | Rosenborg | ||
| 2000–2002 | Strømsgodset | ||
| 2004 | Sandefjord | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Arne Dokken (born 27 August 1955) is a Norwegian former football player and coach. He played as forward for several Norwegian clubs and two Greek clubs and 24 matches for Norway national football team scoring two goals. In eight seasons in the Norwegian top division he played 147 matches scoring 64 goals.[2] He was top scorer in 1. divisjon in 1975 and 1980. His son Kenneth Dokken also became a footballer.
Playing career
[edit]Club career
[edit]Arne Dokken was born in Drammen, started his career in Åssiden IF and went to Strømsgodset IF 19 years old. In the 1975 season he became top scorer in Norwegian top flight. He continued to Lillestrøm SK winning gold medals in the Norwegian Cup 1978 and the league 1981. He then became professional in Panathinaikos in Greece and on loan to Apollon Smyrnis[3][4][5] also in Greece before he returned to Norway where he finished his career as player in Rosenborg BK.
International career
[edit]Dokken was capped once for Norway boys team, four times for the Norway u-19 and 11 times for Norway u-21. He was capped 24 times for the Norway national football team scoring two goals.[6]
Managerial career
[edit]He started his career as coach in Rosenborg 1985 successfully as the team won gold medals. He was thereafter director of sports in Rosenborg BK and in FC Lyn Oslo. He continued to Strømsgodset IF as coach and head of sports[7] and to Sandefjord Fotball where he was head coach in the 2004 season. He then became sports director in Hønefoss BK before he returned to Sandefjord Fotball as sports director.
Honours
[edit]As a player
[edit]Lillestrøm SK
- Norwegian top division: 1981; runner up: 1978
- Norwegian Cup: 1978, 1981; runner up: 1980
Panathinaikos
- Alpha Ethniki; runner up: 1981–1982
- Greek Cup: 1982
As a manager
[edit]Rosenborg
References
[edit]- ^ Player's profile, eu-football.info
- ^ "Statistics for Arne Dokken" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
- ^ "Greece 1981/82". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
- ^ "Greece 1982/83". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 23 December 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
- ^ "Greece 1983/84". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
- ^ "Statistics for Arne Dokken". The Football Association of Norway. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
- ^ "Trenere" (in Norwegian). Strømsgodset IF. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- 1955 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Drammen
- Men's association football forwards
- Norwegian men's footballers
- Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Lillestrøm SK players
- Norway men's international footballers
- Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Norwegian football managers
- Eliteserien players
- Panathinaikos F.C. players
- Rosenborg BK managers
- Sandefjord Fotball managers
- Strømsgodset Toppfotball managers
- Rosenborg BK players
- Strømsgodset Toppfotball players
- Super League Greece players