Jan Frode Nornes

Jan Frode Nornes
	Nornes, 2009
Personal information
Date of birth	8 January 1973 (age 51)
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
	Flint
–1998	Eik-Tønsberg
1999–2006	Odd Grenland
2006	→ Strømsgodset (loan)
2007–2008	Sandefjord
International career
2000–2003	Norway
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)

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[1] Næss, Pål A. (9 September 1994). "Ørn vil ha Robert og Jørn". Tønsbergs Blad (in Norwegian). p. 16.

[2] "Fagermos erstatter er klar: Nornes blir ny Odd-trener". VG (in Norwegian). 11 March 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2022.

[3] "Nornes ferdig som Odd-trener". VG (in Norwegian). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.

[4] Skjærpe, Jørn H. (12 January 2022). "Nornes: – Dette er den største forskjellen på Vålerenga og Odd". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 January 2023.

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