Per-Mathias Høgmo

Per-Mathias Høgmo (born 1 December 1959) is a Norwegian football manager and former player.

He has previously been head coach of Norway women's national football team and the Tippeligaen sides Tromsø, Moss and Rosenborg. While being head coach of Tromsø he was working on a PhD in football at the university in Tromsø.

Club career Høgmo grew up in Gratangen Municipality, a small community in southern Troms county, and began his football career as a midfielder for his local club Gratangen. In 1978, he joined Mjølner, the biggest club in his home region, and spent six seasons with the Narvik side where he made around 210 appearances before moving to Tromsø in 1984, where he joined Tromsø, and spent the rest of his top-level playing career with the exception of a short spell with Swedish team Norrköping in 1985–86. He played for Tromsø until 1988 season, and was a member of the TIL team that won the Norwegian Cup in 1986.

International career He played one match for Norway U21, which was the last 15 minutes as a substitute for Vegard Skogheim, in a match against Switzerland U23 on 8 November 1986.

He also represented Sápmi internationally, and he debuted on 6 July 1991 during the 2–1 victory against Estonia.

Managerial career Høgmo started his coaching career in Gratangen where he served as playing manager in the 1989-season. Following this spell, he served two years in Tromsdalen before moving to Tromsø for the 1992-season.

In 1997, Høgmo moved to coaching the women's national football team. In this role, Høgmo achieved considerable success by leading the team to a fourth place in the World Cup of 1999, and a gold medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. On 16 November 2016, Høgmo quit after three years in charge.

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