Kåre Hedley Ingebrigtsen (born 11 November 1965) is a Norwegian football manager, executive and former player, who played as a midfielder.
Ingebrigtsen was nicknamed "Bruttern" ("the brother") during his career at Rosenborg, which was coined by friend and former teammate Jahn Ivar Jakobsen.
Club career Ingebrigtsen played for Rosenborg, Lillestrøm, Manchester City, Strømsgodset, Byåsen and Malvik.
He made 15 appearances for Manchester City, scoring three goals, all of them in an FA Cup match against Leicester City on 8 January 1994.
International career Ingebrigtsen earned 23 caps for Norway. He netted on his debut on 7 November 1990 in a 3–1 friendly away victory over Tunisia.
Managerial career In December 2004, Ingebrigtsen took charge of Rosenborg youth side. He became the manager of 2. divisjon side Ranheim in September 2006, before returning to Rosenborg in October 2007, where he acted as an assistant.
Bodø/Glimt At the end of the year, Ingebrigtsen was appointed as manager of Bodø/Glimt. He remained at the club until July 2011 when he left his post as manager due to poor results.
In April 2012, Ingebrigtsen took a short break from management to work as a car salesman. He later worked as an assistant for Viking from July 2012 until July 2014.
Rosenborg In the summer of 2014, Rosenborg were on the look out for an interim manager after sacking Per Joar Hansen, and they turned to Ingebrigtsen.
After a poor start with three losses and only one win in his first four league matches, their form improved and they finished the season with nine wins out of ten matches in second place, thus qualifying for an UEFA Europa League qualifying spot. As a result, Ingebrigtsen was offered the managerial job on a permanent basis.
During his time at Rosenborg, Ingebrigtsen guided them to three straight league titles, two Norwegian Football Cup titles and two Norwegian Super Cup titles as well as qualifying for the group stages of the UEFA Europa League twice in three seasons.
Oostende On 6 May 2019, Ingebrigtsen signed a two-year contract with Belgian First Division A side Oostende.
APOEL Kåre Ingebritsen signed for APOEL 27 December 2019. He was sacked 11 February 2020.
Return to Norway On 8 August 2020, Ingrebrigtsen was appointed manager of Brann. On 19 July 2021, he was dismissed.
On 29 October 2021, he was hired as sporting director for Åsane.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamFromToRecordRanheim13 November 200624 October 2007Bodø/Glimt1 January 200826 May 2011Rosenborg21 July 201419 July 2018Oostende6 May 201927 December 2019APOEL28 December 201911 February 2020Brann8 August 202019 July 2021Ranheim11 January 202331 December 2024Total—
Honours
Player Rosenborg 1. divisjon/Tippeligaen: 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993 Norwegian Football Cup: 1988, 1990, 1992
Manager Rosenborg Tippeligaen/Eliteserien: 2015, 2016, 2017 Norwegian Football Cup: 2015, 2016 Mesterfinalen: 2017, 2018
Individual Eliteserien Coach of the Year: 2017
References
External links
Kåre Ingebrigtsen at Altomfotball.no