Jan Frode Nornes Explained

Jan Frode Nornes
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Birth Date:8 January 1973
Birth Place:Tønsberg, Norway
Height:1.87 m
Position:Centre-back
Currentclub:Vålerenga (assistant manager)
Youthclubs1:Flint
Clubs1:Flint
Years2:–1998
Clubs2:Eik-Tønsberg
Years3:1999–2006
Caps3:175
Goals3:4
Clubs3:Odd Grenland
Years4:2006
Caps4:9
Goals4:0
Clubs4:Strømsgodset (loan)
Years5:2007–2008
Caps5:10
Goals5:0
Clubs5:Sandefjord
Nationalyears1:2000–2003
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalteam1:Norway
Manageryears1:2008–2020
Managerclubs1:Odd (assistant)
Manageryears2:2020
Managerclubs2:Odd (interim)
Manageryears3:2020–2021
Managerclubs3:Odd
Manageryears4:2023–
Managerclubs4:Vålerenga (assistant)
Manageryears5:2023
Managerclubs5:Vålerenga (interim)

Jan Frode Nornes (born 8 January 1973) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. He an assistant manager of Eliteserien club Vålerenga.

Career

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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Ørn vil ha Robert og Jørn . Næss . Pål A. . 9 September 1994 . Tønsbergs Blad . 16 . Norwegian.
  2. News: Fagermos erstatter er klar: Nornes blir ny Odd-trener . no . VG . 11 March 2020 . 9 January 2022.
  3. News: Nornes ferdig som Odd-trener. VG. no. 8 January 2022. 9 January 2022.
  4. News: Nornes: – Dette er den største forskjellen på Vålerenga og Odd. Skjærpe, Jørn H.. Dagsavisen. no. 12 January 2022. 13 January 2023.