In just over a month’s time, Martin Ho will be giving his final team talk before his SK Brann Kvinner side host reigning champions Barcelona in the quarter final of the UEFA Women’s Champions League.
To be managing in the knockout stages of the biggest club competition in Europe would have been beyond Ho’s wildest expectations but after such a strong start to life in management, facing the world’s best will be a welcome challenge for the English coach.
In June 2023, Ho left his position as assistant manager at Manchester United women to become the head coach of the Norwegian topflight side, with interest from clubs across Europe. He had previously worked at Everton and Liverpool before his stint at United as assistant to Casey Stoney and Marc Skinner.
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Under the Liverpudlian’s leadership, SK Brann became Norway’s first-ever group-stage representative in the UEFA Women's Champions League and it is the first group stage appearance from any Norwegian club since Rosenborg’s men’s side way back in 2007.
After playing a part in the growth of the women’s game during his time in the WSL, Ho is hoping to have a positive impact on women’s football in Norway. He said: “My jobs to try and develop Norwegian football and give it a bigger platform than when I got there. If I can help the league and Norwegian football grow even 1% while I'm here, then I can come away from that job at any point, feeling, happy to have supported the country to try and better women's sports.
“In England, women's football now is a totally different beast, I don't think anywhere in world football competes with them being brutally honest. In Norway they are still
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