User:Vanished User 2575853/Erik Brakstad

Erik Brakstad (born 19 April 1959)) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. He played for Molde during his active career, and has later managed Molde, Bryne and Moss in Tippeligaen. Brakstad was head coach of Molde when they qualified for the UEFA Champions League in 1999. Today he is head coach of the Norwegian Second Division side Træff and working as a teacher on a secondary school in Molde.

Playing career
Brakstad was born in Molde and like his brother, Torkild he played for the local club Molde FK, and was a part of the team that won promotion to the Norwegian First Division in 1973 and finished second in the 1974 Norwegian First Division. He played for Molde between 1968 and 1979, and had spells as head coach of the lower league team Træff in 1977, 1979, 1981 and 1982.

Coaching career
Brakstad was the head coach of IL Hødd when the team won promotion to the 1995 Tippeligaen and reached the semifinal of the 1995 Norwegian Football Cup. He was Åge Hareide's assistant coach at Molde in 1997, before he became head coach ahead of the 1998 season where Molde was unbeaten for the 21 first league-matches. Molde finished second in the league behind Rosenborg, and reached the semifinal of the 1999 Norwegian Football Cup, where they were eliminated by SK Brann.

Molde also qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League, after eliminating CSKA Moscow and Real Mallorca in the qualification. Molde was drawn against Real Madrid, Porto and Olympiacos in the group stage, and lost all the matches except the home match against Olympiacos.

He was in charge of Molde in the 1999-season, which the readers of the local newspaper Romsdals Budstikke voted as the best year in the 100 year history of the club, in 2011.

Han spilte, som broren Torkild Brakstad, i forsvaret for i hjembyens Molde FK (1968-1976, 1978-79) og Træff (spillende trener 1977; 1980-?). Siden trente han Hødd til tippeligaen 1995 og semifinale norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer 1995. Deretter var han assistent i Molde FK under Åge Hareide (1997) og hovedtrener (1998-2000), samt hadde korte opphold i Bryne FK (2001), Moss FK (halve 2002), Kristiansund Ballklubb (2004-05), Hødd (sommeren 2006) og Træff (2009).

Hans kanskje beste meritter var Moldes 21 runder uten tap (1998), seriesølvet i Tippeligaen 1999, semifinalist i norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer 1999, og deltakelsen Champions League der laget kom til gruppespillet etter eliminasjonen av Mallorca og CSKA Moskva (1999). Han har ellers jobbet mye som lærer. Han jobber nå som lærer på Bekkevoll ungdomsskole i hjembyen Molde.

Molde announced on 31 October 2000, Brakstad had left the club by mutual consent.

Brakstad was hired as head coach of Bryne FK on 11 November 2000, and quit the job half a year later. He then trained Tornado in the Second Division for a week.

Brakstad was replaced by Rune Tangen as head coach of Moss on 28 August 2002, making it the third club Brakstad left before the contract had expired in only three years. Brakstad was back in Hødd in 2006,, when he stepped in as head coach for a short period for a sick Stig Monsen. Hødd had three points when Brakstad took over in Juli, and started slowly to collect points. After ten points in six matches, there was a small hope that Hødd could avoid relegation, but Hødd eventually finished last with 19 points and was relegated to the Second Division

After a short spell in Kristiansund he was again hired as head coach of Træff ahead of the 2009-season, who now was playing at the fourth tier. In Brakstad's third season at Træff, they secured the promotion to the third tier with a 0-0 draw against promotion contenders Skarbøvik in the decisive match on 22 October 2011.

Polo Opprykk Brakstad Rekord Molde 1999 Molde 1998 Tilbake i Molde 2003 Trenerkarrier Træff Tidenes MFK-lag

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