Vegard Skogheim

Vegard Skogheim (born 28 April 1966) is a Norwegian football coach and former player who played as a midfielder.

During his active career, he played for HamKam, Werder Bremen and Viking.<ref>Template:WorldFootball.net</ref> He had a total of 197 matches and 36 goals in the Norwegian Premier League. Skogheim played 13 matches for the Norway national football team and scored a goal.

As a coach, he has been in charge of Lillehammer and Brumunddal, and has been managing Kongsvinger with success, securing promotion from Second Division in 2003, and almost repeating the feat in First Division in 2004. During winter 2006, Kongsvinger informed him, they would not sign him up for another contract, and thus he made his exit, joining former Lillestrøm coach Arne Erlandsen in his old club HamKam on 13 November 2006. Here, he acted as a player developer and assistant coach. On 11 June 2009, Skogheim was appointed new head coach of HamKam.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He resigned after three games of the 2014 Norwegian First Division.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

After Asker was relegated from the 2022 2. divisjon, Skogheim was sacked as head coach. He returned to Hamkam as a scout.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>Skogheim's HamKam stats (in Norwegian). HamKam. Retrieved 22 April 2013.</ref><ref>Skogheim's Norwegian stats Template:Webarchive (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 22 April 2013.</ref><ref>Skogheim's German stats (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 22 April 2013.</ref><ref>Skogheim's Viking stats Template:Webarchive (in Norwegian). Viking FK. Retrieved 22 April 2013.</ref>

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
HamKam	1983	First Division	14	0	2	0	—		—		16	0
	1984	Second Division	22	4	4	2	—		2	1	28	7
	1985		22	5	5	4	—		—		27	9
	1986	First Division	22	4	4	4	—		—		26	8
	1987		21	4	6	1	2Template:Efn	0	—		29	5
	1988	Second Division	11	2	2	2	—		—		13	4
	Total		112	19	23	13	2	0	2	1	139	33
Werder Bremen	1988–89	Bundesliga	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
HamKam	1990	Second Division	21	5	3	1	—		—		24	6
	1991	First Division	21	3	4	1	—		—		25	4
	1992	Tippeligaen	21	4	2	1	—		2	0	25	5
	1993		17	7	5	1	—		—		22	8
	1994		19	3	3	0	—		—		22	3
	1995		23	2	3	2	—		—		26	4
	Total		122	24	20	6	0	0	2	0	144	30
Viking	1996	Tippeligaen	16	1	4	1	—		—		20	2
	1997		25	6	6	6	4	2	—		35	14
	1998		19	5	2	0	—		—		21	5
	Total		60	12	12	7	4	2	0	0	76	21
HamKam	1999	2. divisjon	12	7	0	0	—		1	1	13	8
	2000	First Division	17	4	3	0	—		—		20	4
	Total		29	11	3	0	0	0	1	1	33	12
Career total			326	66	59	26	7	2	5	2	397	96

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="eu-football"/>

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Norway	1984	1	0
	1985	0	0
	1986	4	1
	1987	7	0
	1992	1	0
Total		13	1

Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Skogheim goal.<ref name="eu-football">Vegard Skogheim. EU-Football.info. Retrieved 22 April 2013.</ref>

List of international goals scored by Vegard Skogheim

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 February 1986	Grenada National Stadium, Saint-George's, Grenada	Template:Fb	2–1	2–1	Friendly