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

Jan Frode Nornes
Nornes, 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-01-08) 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 Apps (Gls)
Flint
–1998 Eik-Tønsberg
1999–2006 Odd Grenland 175 (4)
2006Strømsgodset (loan) 9 (0)
2007–2008 Sandefjord 10 (0)
International career
2000–2003 Norway 2 (0)
Managerial career
2008–2020 Odd (assistant)
2020 Odd (interim)
2020–2021 Odd
2023– Vålerenga (assistant)
2023 Vålerenga (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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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

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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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