Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 8 January 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Tønsberg, Norway | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 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
He's 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 has been capped 3 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
- ↑ 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
- Club profile (archived 2011) (in Norwegian)