Glen Riddersholm

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Glen Riddersholm
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-04-24) 24 April 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Esbjerg, Denmark
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Team information
Current team
 Norwich City (assistant head coach)
Managerial career
YearsTeam
1995–1999 Ikast fS (youth)
1999–2006 FC Midtjylland (youth)
2006–2008 Denmark U17
2008–2011 FC Midtjylland (assistant)
2011–2015 FC Midtjylland
2015–2017 AGF
2019–2021 SønderjyskE
2021–2022 Genk (assistant)
2022–2023 IFK Norrköping
2024– Norwich City (assistant)

Glen Riddersholm (born 24 April 1972) is a Danish football manager, who is the current assistant head coach of EFL Championship side Norwich City.

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Coaching career

Riddersholm started as youth coach at Ikast fS and continued in this job, when the club merged with Herning Fremad to form FC Midtjylland. [1]

In 2006, he replaced Hans Brun Larsen as the manager of the Danish national under-17 football team. [2] After two years in this job he returned to Midtjylland to become assistant manager. [3]

When Allan Kuhn resigned on 15 April 2011, Riddersholm was promoted to the position as head coach. [4] Riddersholm led the club to its first Danish championship in the 2014–15 Danish Superliga, but shortly after he resigned as manager of the club. [5]

On 6 December 2015, he was named successor of Morten Wieghorst as manager of AGF. [6] He was sacked in September 2017.

In October 2018 he was named new director of sports of Vendsyssel FF. [7]

On 19 December 2018, it was announced that Riddersholm would become new manager of SønderjyskE in the Danish Superliga starting on 1 February 2019. [8]

On 26 May 2021, it was announced that he would not be the manager of SønderjyskE going forward as the club's owners had decided to make changes in the club's management.

In November 2021 Riddersholm was made new assistant manager of John van den Brom and later Bernd Storck at Belgian Pro League club Genk. [9] This cooperation was ended in June 2022.

On 8 August 2022, he was hired as new manager of Swedish Allsvenskan club IFK Norrköping succeeding the sacked Rikard Norling. [10] Riddersholm left by mutual consent on 13 November 2023. [11]

On 30 May 2024, he was announced as the new assistant head coach for English EFL Championship club Norwich City. He was brought in alongside new head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup. [12]

Coaching record

As of 30 May 2024
TeamFromToRecord
MWDLWin %Ref.
Denmark U17 2006200824879033.33 [13]
FC Midtjylland 11 April 201125 June 2015160803446050.00 [14]
AGF 6 December 201530 September 201772251928034.72 [15]
SønderjyskE 1 January 201926 May 202189351836039.33
IFK Norrköping 8 August 202213 November 202348181218037.50
Total39316690137042.24—

Honours

Managerial

FC Midtjylland

SønderjyskE

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References

  1. ↑ "Glen Riddersholm ITU-træner i FC Midtjylland". Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  2. ↑ Midtjylland-træner i spidsen for U17-landsholdet
  3. ↑ Erik Rasmussen stopper - afløses af helt ny trænerstruktur
  4. ↑ Riddersholm permanent løsning i FCM
  5. ↑ "FCM og Glen går hver til sit". Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  6. ↑ Officielt: Riddersholm ny AGF-træner
  7. ↑ Glen Riddersholm bliver sportsdirektør i Vendsyssel
  8. ↑ "Officielt: Glen R. er ny SønderjyskE-træner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  9. ↑ "Riddersholm er ny assistenttræner i Genk" (in Danish). bold.dk. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  10. ↑ "Glen Riddersholm ny tränare för IFK Norrköping" (in Swahili). bold.dk. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "Glen Riddersholm lämnar IFK Norrköping" [Glen Riddersholm leaves IFK Norrköping]. ifknorrkoping.se (in Swedish). IFK Norrköping. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Johannes Hoff Thorup appointed new Norwich City head coach". Norwich City. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  13. ↑ "Glen Riddersholm". Dansk Boldspil-Union . Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  14. ↑ "Managers: Glen Riddersholm". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  15. ↑ "Glen Riddersholm". Soccerpunter. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
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