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Place of Birth: Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
About Svein Maalen
- Svein Maalen (born 25 February 1978) is a Norwegian football coach who is currently the head coach of 1.
- divisjon club Ranheim. Maalen has previously worked at Rosenborg as a junior coach and worked with analytics.
- In the 2011 and 2012 season, Maalen was head coach of Kattem IL's women's team.
- They finished in ninth and eleventh place in the seasons Maalen was in charge of the team.
- He became assistant coach in Ranheim in 2013, a side then playing in 1.
- divisjon, the second tier of the Norwegian football league system.
- Ranheim's head coach Trond Nordsteien was sacked in May 2015, and Maalen took over as an interim head coach for a short period before the position was given to Ola By Rise for the rest of the 2015 season.
- Svein Maalen was appointed as Ranheim's head coach on a permanent basis in October 2015.
- He led Ranheim to promotion to Eliteserien by winning the 2017 Eliteserien play-offs.
- Despite coaching the club with the lowest budget in the league, Maalen and Ranheim managed to stay up in their first season back in the top division.
- They finished the 2018 Eliteserien in seventh place, and Maalen received the Eliteserien Coach of the Year award for this accomplishment.
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