Vegard Skogheim
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Vegard Skogheim is a Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 coach and former midfielder.

During his active career he played for Hamarkameratene, Werder Bremen and Viking FK. He has a total of 197 matches and 36 goals in the Norwegian Premier League
Norwegian Premier League
Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

. Skogheim played 13 matches for the Norwegian national football team and scored one goal.

As a coach he has been in charge of FF Lillehammer and Brumunddal Fotball
Brumunddal Fotball
Brumunddal Fotball is the football section of the Norwegian alliance sports club Brumunddal IL, located in Brumunddal, Hedmark.The organizational independency of the football section dates from 2003, although its parent club was founded in 1895....

, and has been managing Kongsvinger IL
Kongsvinger IL
Kongsvinger Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from the city of Kongsvinger in Hedmark, founded in 1892. It is known chiefly for its football team for men, but also does or have done well in other sports.-Athletics:...

 with success, securing promotion in 2003, and almost repeating the feat in 2004. During winter 2006, Kongsvinger informed him, they would not sign him up for another contract, and thus he made his exit, joining former Lillestrøm coach Arne Erlandsen
Arne Erlandsen
Arne Erlandsen is a Norwegian football manager. During his own playing career he had relative success as a midfielder, having played for Lillestrøm SK and Swedish team Djurgårdens IF as well as 20 matches for Norway...

in his old club Hamarkameratene. Here, he acts as a player developer and assisting coach.
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