Anders Rambekk Explained

Anders Rambekk
Birth Date:17 August 1976
Birth Place:Kristiansand, Norway
Height:1.90 m
Position:Defender
Youthclubs1:Urædd
Years1:1998
Years2:1999–2004
Years3:2005–2007
Years4:2008–2010
Years5:2011
Clubs5:Urædd
Caps1:?
Goals1:?
Caps2:138
Goals2:4
Caps3:74
Goals3:1
Caps4:87
Goals4:4
Totalcaps:299
Totalgoals:9
Nationalyears1:2006–2007
Nationalteam1:Norway
Nationalcaps1:7
Nationalgoals1:0

Anders Rambekk (born 17 August 1976) is a retired Norwegian footballer and politician for the Christian Democratic Party.

Club career

He played for Lillestrøm between the beginning of the 2005 season and the end of the 2007 season, when he was transferred back to Odd Grenland. Since his debut in the Norwegian Premier League in 1999 he has played about 291 matches and scored 8 goals. His former clubs are Pors Grenland, Urædd, Lillestrøm and Odd Grenland. Before the 2008 season he went back to Odd Grenland, where he currently is vice captain. Odd tried to bring him before the 2007 season, but the transition stranded when Lillestrøm manager Jan Åge Fjørtoft required a first-team player from Odd in addition to the transition Strømsgodset sum had already been approved. Since, however, he was without a contract after the season, he signed for Odd the same summer. In his last home game against Start he scored the winner in a 2–1 victory. He retired as a professional footballer after the 2010 season.[1]

International career

Rambekk played seven games for the Norway national team.

Honours

Club

Odd Grenland
Lillestrøm

Post-retirement

He was on 1 September 2014, engaged by Sandnes Ulf as their new assistant coach for the remainder of the year.

In 2015 Rambekk entered politics as an elected member of Porsgrunn municipal council.[2] In the 2017 Norwegian parliamentary election he was elected as fourth deputy to the Parliament of Norway from Telemark. In the 2019 Norwegian local elections he was fielded as mayoral candidate in Porsgrunn.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.pd.no/lokal_sport/article5466144.ece "Anders Rambekk vender «hjem»"
  2. Web site: Rambekk klar for politikken. 22 September 2015.
  3. Web site: Rambekk topper KRF-lista. 6 February 2019.