Per Morten Haugen
Norwegian association football player
Per Morten Haugen (born 21 November 1968) is a Norwegian footballer who played as a midfielder. He played in the highest Norwegian league for Moss FK, winning the 1987 Norwegian First Division, and Strindheim IL. He later managed Moss as well.
Career
Hailing from Røros Municipality, Haugen started his career in Røros IL. As he represented Norway as a youth international, he was given the Røros Award in 1985 for his football endeavours. He joined Nils Arne Eggen's Moss FK in the winter of 1986 and made his debut in a friendly match against Hamkam.
Moss won promotion from the 1986 Norwegian Second Division and instantly won the 1987 Norwegian First Division.
Verdens Gang had tipped Moss in 10th place in 1987, with Haugen being "a talent worth noticing". Already in his first match of the season, Verdens Gang named Haugen as man of the match, and concluded that such debuts were few and far between. Haugen, still aged 18, "burst into full bloom", "overshadowed established First Division players" and seemed to have a "star-class debut" and a "comet career".
In 1988 he was partially used as a full back, but had good matches in midfield. He played in the latter role against Real Madrid in the first round of the 1988–89 European Cup.
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