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Åge Hareide retires as national team manager for the Icelandic football men. He is determined that the coaching career will overtake you.
This is written by Iceland’s Football Association (KSI) on their websites.
– Åge Hareide has decided to retire as coach of the men’s A national team and has resigned on his own initiative, says a statement.
Hareide took over the job after Arnar Vidarsson in April 2023 and led Iceland in a total of 20 matches.
– KSI thanks Åge for his work and wishes him all the best, writes the union.
Have lifted the players
The association’s chairman Thorvaldur Örlygsson has also posted a farewell message to Hareide.
– I want to start by thanking Åge for his good efforts and wishing him luck in the future. During his time with the team, many players have made great strides, players who have a future with the national team. We will work hard in the coming weeks and months when we look for a new coach, he says.
Iceland has struggled in the national league this autumn and will face Kosovo in a battle to retain the status of B-nation. The games will be played on March 20 and 23.
They don’t join Hareide. He gives in with immediate effect.
– I have made up my mind. That’s enough for me to stop now. I have a bad knee. I must be top notch if I’m going to keep up with this, says Hareide in an unpublished episode of the NRK podcast Bakrommet.
In January, Hareide signed a new contract as national team manager in Iceland. That agreement lasted until 2025.
Could be terminated
At the time, it was also stated that the contracts contained both termination clauses and extension clauses. It could end at the end of the national league games this autumn.
Hareide took over the Icelandic national team in April last year. He has a long coaching career behind him. It dates all the way back to 1985 when he took over Molde.
The veteran has also coached clubs such as Helsingborg (two periods), Brøndby, Rosenborg (two periods), Norway, Örgryte, Viking and Denmark. He took the latter to the round of 16 in the World Cup in 2018.
He also has the job as an NRK expert.
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