Trond Bjørnsen (born 24 August 1975) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder. He played in the Eliteserien for Viking FK, Lillestrøm SK and Bryne FK.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 August 1975 | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1992 | Vidar | ||
| 1993 | Viking | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | Viking | 2 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Vidar | ||
| 1998–1999 | Lillestrøm | 20 | (3) |
| 2000–2003 | Bryne | 72 | (5) |
| 2004 | Rosseland | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He played youth football for FK Vidar[1] and Viking FK, being drafted into Viking's senior team in 1994 alongside four other players: Trond Kindervåg, Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim, Erik Fuglestad and Trond Debes. The quintet had apprentice status.[2][3] Never managing to break through, he continued in the city's second-best club FK Vidar from 1996.[4]
In early 1997, Bjørnsen was back in Viking on trial. After the trial, Viking met Vidar in a friendly match with Bjørnsen scoring.[5] He started training with Lillestrøm SK in the fall of 1997. The transfer to Lillestrøm went through in October 1997.[6] He was the best Lillestrøm player in a lactate test performed by Olympiatoppen in [7] He could play central or left midfielder, competing with Runar Normann and Leif Gunnar Smerud.[8]
Following a knee injury just before the start of the 1998 Eliteserien, Bjørnsen had to wait until July 1998 to make his Lillestrøm debut. In his first home match, he almost scored, but his effort was barely saved by Clas Guttulsrød.[9]
In 1999, Bjørnsen was sidelined from the Lillestrøm team. Already in January, he was told that he was not considered as a starting player, with Runar Kristinsson and Magnus Kihlberg occupying central midfield. He was allowed to start in the cup, where he scored twice; in the second round, Bjørnsen put Lillestrøm through in a 1–0 victory over Faaberg.[10][11]
In the fall of 1999, Bjørnsen was asked to leave Lillestrøm despite having two years left of his contract.[12][13] In November he decided to move back to Rogaland and Bryne FK.[14] Bjørnsen played for Bryne from 2000 to 2003.[15] After the 2003 season, he retired to focus on law studies. In the summer of 2004 he nonetheless made a comeback for minnows Rosseland BK.[16]
References
edit- ^ Heggheim, Svein (28 October 1992). "Vidar-juniorer på besøk i Hamburg". Stavanger Aftenblad. 38. pp. Stavanger Aftenblad.
- ^ Einarsson, Lars Petter (4 January 1994). "Knallhard trening for 'nye' Viking". Rogalands Avis (in Norwegian). pp. 18–19.
- ^ Thime, Erik (11 March 1994). "Lærlinger med håp". Rogalands Avis (in Norwegian). p. 18.
- ^ "Fotball: Eliteseriens spillerstaller" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 28 March 1996.
- ^ Rikter-Svendsen, Anders (23 January 1997). "Trond spilte for kontrakt". Rogalands Avis (in Norwegian). p. 20.
- ^ Hagen, Svein (20 October 1997). "Bjørnsen klar for Lillestrøm". Rogalands Avis (in Norwegian). p. 19.
- ^ Svesengen, Morten (10 December 1997). "Bjørnsen var best". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). p. 15.
- ^ Torvik, Per Kristian (30 March 1998). "Her er framtida for LSK". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). p. 13.
- ^ Svesengen, Morten (10 July 1998). "Nesten helt i hjemmedebut". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). p. 18.
- ^ Svesengen, Morten (6 May 1999). "Tro til i gjesterolle". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). p. 18.
- ^ Solbakken, Espen (20 May 1999). "Het kveld på landet". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). p. 7.
- ^ Jacobsen, Øyvind (22 September 1999). "Trond Bjørnsen må skifte klubb". Rogalands Avis (in Norwegian). p. 19.
- ^ Haukeberg, Bjørn Oskar (19 October 1999). "Vraket av en som trodde på ham". Vårt Land (in Norwegian). pp. 18–19.
- ^ Ødegaard, Henning (29 November 1999). "Bjørnsen og Jonsson sa ja". Jærbladet (in Norwegian). p. 4.
- ^ Trond Bjørnsen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ "Trond Bjørnsen til Rosseland". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). 5 June 2004. p. 25.