OSLO, Dec 1 (Reuters) Rosenborg Trondheim trainer Age Hareide was hired as Norway's national coach on Monday with the task of rebuilding the team after their failure to qualify for Euro 2004. Hareide, 50, will take charge from January 1 after Nils Johan Semb, who quit last month when Spain beat Norway in their playoff to reach the European Championship finals in Portugal. 'We've agreed to take on Age Hareide as national coach for four years,' Karen Espelund, head of the Norwegian Football Association, told reporters after an evening meeting with Rosenborg leaders. She agreed to pay Rosenborg an undisclosed sum to get the club to free Hareide from his contract, which had two years to run. Hareide joined Rosenborg a year ago and steered them to a 12th consecutive league title in 2003. Rosenborg also won the Cup. Rosenborg beat Red Star Belgrade last week to reach the third round of the UEFA Cup. They had failed to make it into the Champions League this season, however, ending a record run of eight consecutive appearances. Hareide has also coached at Denmark's Brondby, Helsingborg of Sweden and Norway's Molde. Semb steered Norway to Euro 2000 but they have since slid down FIFA's rankings to 39th in November from a brief spell in second in the mid-1990s behind Brazil. Hareide's assistant at Rosenborg, Ola By Riise, is likely to take over his job at the club. -- 拂 長 劍　寄 白 雲　一 生 一 愛 一 瓢 飲 舞 秋 月　佾 江 風　也 是 疏 狂 也 任 真 --

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