Kjetil Zachariassen

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Kjetil Zachariassen
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-11-30) 30 November 1968 (age 54)
Place of birth Norway
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2009 Stella Club d'Adjamé
2019 Ashanti Gold S.C.
2019 Asante Kotoko S.C.

Kjetil Zachariassen (born 30 November 1968 in Norway) is a Norwegian association football coach. [1] [2]

He was previously the coach of Asante Kotoko S.C. and Ashanti Gold S.C. where he replaced Svetislav Tanasijevic in the second round of the Normalisation Committee Special Competition. [3]

Career

Zachariassen started his professional coaching career in 2000. In November 2007 he moved to Ivory Coast where he with two others started a football academy. He initially traveled to Ivory Coast to find talent which at that time he was working for Portsmouth F.C. under Harry Redknapp and Neil Masters. In 2009, he was appointed the head coach of Stella Club d'Adjamé which at that time played tier 1 in the country's league. [4] On 25 April 2019, he was appointed the coach of Ashanti Gold S.C. [5] [6]

On 6 July 2019 he resigned from Ashanti Gold S.C. after he was offered a position as head coach of Asante Kotoko S.C., replacing C.K. Akonnor. [7] [8] He was removed from the position on 13 November 2019.

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References

  1. ↑ "(+) Kjetil fra Råde jakter på en ny Franck Kessié". www.moss-avis.no (in Norwegian). 12 November 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "CAF Champions League: Kotoko coach Kjetil Zachariassen names SIX new signings in starting lineup for Kano Pillars clash". GhanaSoccernet. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Kotoko appoint Kjetil Zachariassen as new head coach". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Hellstrøm, Sten Boie (5 November 2018). "Kjetil Zachariassen - Norsk Elitetrener på Elfenbenskysten". Fotballnerd.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Ashanti Gold appoint Norwegian trainer Kjetil Zachariassen as new head coach". kickgh.com. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Kjetil Zachariassen is new Ashgold coach, Tanasijevic demoted". Citi Sports Online. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "PHOTO: Kjetil Zachariassen is new Kotoko coach for three years". Footy-GHANA.com. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Kotoko sign Zachariassen,outline targets". www.asantekotokosc.com. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
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