Per-Mathias Høgmo

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Per-Mathias Høgmo
Per-Mathias Høgmo in 2026 with Ludogorets Razgrad
Personal information
Full name Per-Mathias Høgmo
Date of birth (1959-12-01) 1 December 1959
Place of birth Tromsø, Norway
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977 Gratangen
1978–1983 Mjølner
1984–1985 Tromsø 42 (15)
1985–1986 Norrköping 2 (0)
1986–1989 Tromsø 40 (7)
1989 Gratangen
1991 Tromsø 1 (0)
International career
1986 Norway U21 1 (0)
1991 Sápmi 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[1]
1996 Norway U-17
1997–2000 Norway (women)
2000–2003 Norway U-21
2004 Tromsø
2005–2006 Rosenborg
2008–2012 Tromsø
2013 Djurgården
2013–2016 Norway
2017–2018 Fredrikstad
2021–2023 Häcken
2024 Urawa Red Diamonds
2025 Molde
2025–2026 Ludogorets Razgrad
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.[2] While being head coach of Tromsø he was working on a PhD in football at the university in Tromsø.[3]

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,[4] 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.[5]

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.[5] Between 2000 and 2003, he was hired by national federation to coach the national U21 team.[5] 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.. 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.

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.

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.[6] On 16 November 2016, Høgmo quit after three years in charge.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[4]
National team Year Apps Goals
Sápmi 1991 1 0
Total 1 0

Managerial statistics (all official matches)

As of match played 25 May 2026
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Tromsø Norway 1 January 2009 31 December 2012 120533334044.17
Djurgården Sweden 15 May 2013 31 December 2013 221174050.00
Norway Norway 27 September 2013 16 November 2016 3510718028.57
Fredrikstad Norway 1 December 2017 17 December 2018 261574057.69
Häcken Sweden 12 June 2021 8 December 2023 109602227055.05
Urawa Red Diamonds Japan 8 December 2023 27 August 2024 2810810035.71
Molde Norway 9 January 2025 14 September 2025 2912413041.38
Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 21 November 2025 25 May 2026 331968057.58
Total 40219094118047.26

References

  1. "Moss Fotballklubb - Tidligere trenere". Archived from the original on 29 September 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  2. "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk".
  3. "Høgmo får verdens beste trenerutdannelse - Universitetet i Tromsø". Retrieved 26 May 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. "Per-Mathias Høgmo". National Football Teams.
  5. "Per-Mathias Høgmo". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  6. "FIFA". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.