Jan Frode Nornes
Nornes, 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 8 January 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Tønsberg, Norway | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Vålerenga (assistant manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Flint | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Flint | |||
–1998 | Eik-Tønsberg | ||
1999–2006 | Odd Grenland | 175 | (4) |
2006 | → Strømsgodset (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Sandefjord | 10 | (0) |
International career | |||
2000–2003 | Norway | 2 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2008–2020 | Odd (assistant) | ||
2020 | Odd (interim) | ||
2020–2021 | Odd | ||
2023– | Vålerenga (assistant) | ||
2023 | Vålerenga (interim) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jan Frode Nornes (born 8 January 1973) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. He an assistant manager of Eliteserien club Vålerenga.
Career
[edit]Nornes played most of his career with Odd Grenland whom he joined in 1999, but after a shoulder injury, he was loaned out to 1. divisjon club Strømsgodset autumn 2006. He helped Strømsgodset to promotion to Tippeligaen, and was offered a permanent contract with the team from Drammen, but chose to return home to Vestfold, and Sandefjord.
He previously played for Flint[1] and Eik, in his hometown Tønsberg.
Nornes was capped three times for Norway.
After his retirement as a player, Nornes worked as an assistant coach at his former club Odd. He was the assistant coach of Dag-Eilev Fagermo for 12 years, before Fagermo left the club for Vålerenga in January 2020. Nornes was then promoted to head coach of Odd in March 2020.[2] He was sacked on 8 January 2022.[3] Ahead of the 2023 he was named as assistant manager of Vålerenga, working under his old superior Dag-Eilev Fagermo.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Næss, Pål A. (9 September 1994). "Ørn vil ha Robert og Jørn". Tønsbergs Blad (in Norwegian). p. 16.
- ^ "Fagermos erstatter er klar: Nornes blir ny Odd-trener". VG (in Norwegian). 11 March 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Nornes ferdig som Odd-trener". VG (in Norwegian). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ Skjærpe, Jørn H. (12 January 2022). "Nornes: – Dette er den største forskjellen på Vålerenga og Odd". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 January 2023.
External links
[edit]- Club profile (archived 2011) (in Norwegian)