Per-Mathias Høgmo

He is the manager of J1 League club Urawa Red Diamonds. 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.

Per-Mathias Høgmo

Per-Mathias Høgmo in 2023 with Häcken
Personal information
Full name	Per-Mathias Høgmo
Date of birth	(1959-12-01) 1 December 1959 (age 64)
Place of birth	Tromsø, Norway
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Urawa Red Diamonds
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977	Gratangen
1978–1983	Mjølner
1984–1985	Tromsø
1985–1986	Norrköping
1986–1989	Tromsø
International career
1986	Norway	1	(0)
Managerial career
1989	Gratangen (playing manager)
1990–1991	Tromsdalen
1992	Tromsø
1993–1994	Fossum
1993	Norway U-19
1994	Norway U-15
1995	Norway U-16
1995–1996	Moss FK
1996	Norway U-17
1997–2000	Norway (women)
2000–2003	Norway U-21
2004	Tromsø
2005–2006	Rosenborg
2008–2012	Tromsø
2013	Djurgårdens
2013–2016	Norway
2017–2018	Fredrikstad
2021–2023	Häcken
2024–	Urawa Red Diamonds
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

 

Høgmo grew up in the small community of Gratangen in southern Troms, 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 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. He also got one cap for Norway, when he played the last 15 minutes as a substitute for Vegard Skogheim, in a match against Switzerland on 8 November 1986.

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. Between 2000 and 2003, he was hired by national federation to coach the national U21 team. Following this spell, Høgmo returned to Tromsø for his second spell at the club. Høgmo spent the 2004 season at Tromsø, taking the team to a fourth place in the league, and qualifying them for Royal League.^{[citation needed]}. By achieving success with Tromsø, Høgmo attracted interest from other clubs, however, and in August, 2005, he was signed by Rosenborg to replace Per Joar Hansen. Rosenborg had suffered a tremendously bad start of the season and were closer to the relegation struggle than to the top of the league. Høgmo turned the team around, however, and took the team to a seventh place in the league.

The next season was more difficult for Høgmo. After the team suffered from a slow start of the season, Høgmo took out sick leave and left the club in incertainty. Høgmo's assistant, Knut Tørum, meanwhile did his things well in the club and in October 2006, Høgmo resigned from his position as manager, and said he would withdraw from football to pursue a new career.^{[citation needed]}

Høgmo's stint away from football would last only two years. In 2008, he was signed by Tromsø for the third time, replacing Steinar Nilsen. In his first season at the club, Høgmo took the team to the third spot in the league - improving the team's sixth spot finish in the 2007-season. The 2009-season was slightly more difficult for Høgmo and Tromsø, but the team nevertheless finished sixth in the league. In 2010, success continued for Høgmo when he took the team to the top of the league at the start of the season. Despite slowing off a little after the summer break, Tromsø nevertheless confirmed their status as one of the best teams in the Norwegian Premier League that season.

Høgmo has also served as commentator for NRK's football coverage called "4-4-2".^{[citation needed]}

On 27 September 2013, Per Mathias Høgmo replaced Egil Olsen as coach of Norway. Olsen agreed to stand down following the World Cup qualifying defeat at home to Switzerland. On 16 November 2016, Høgmo quit after three years in charge.

Manager

• Gratangen (playing manager, 1989)
• Tromsdalen (1990–91)
• Tromsø (1992)
• Fossum (1993–94)
• Norway U-19 (1993)
• Norway U-15 (1994)
• Norway U-16 (1995)
• Moss (1995–96)
  • Promoted to Tippeligaen in 1995
• Norway U-17 (1996)
• Norway women's national football team (1997–2000)
  • Fourth place in the World Cup in 1999
  • First place in the Olympics in 2000
• Norway U-21 (2000–03)
• Tromsø (2004)
  • Fourth place in Tippeligaen, which meant qualifying for Royal League
• Rosenborg (2005–06)
  • Qualified for UEFA Champions League in 2005
• Tromsø (2008-2012)
• Djurgårdens (2013)
• Norway national team (2013-2016)
• Fredrikstad (2017-2018)
• Norway Youth Academy (2020)
• Häcken (2021-)

Player

• Gratangen (1977)
• Mjølner (1978–83)
• Tromsø (1984–85)
• Norrköping (1985–86)
• Tromsø (1986–89)

Author

• Mental trening i fotball (en. Mental training in football), 2004 – ISBN 82-7286-148-8

As of match played 28 April 2024

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Tromsø		1 January 2009	31 December 2012	120	53	33	34	044.17
Djurgårdens		15 May 2013	31 December 2013	22	11	7	4	050.00
Norway		27 September 2013	16 November 2016	35	10	7	18	028.57
Fredrikstad		1 December 2017	17 December 2018	26	15	7	4	057.69
Häcken		12 June 2021	8 December 2023	109	60	22	27	055.05
Urawa Red Diamonds		8 December 2023	Present	11	5	2	4	045.45
Total				323	154	78	91	047.68