Jan Frode Nornes | |
Upright: | 1.1 |
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.
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]