| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 January 1972 | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Esbjerg (goalkeeper coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Minde | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Minde | |||
| Varegg | |||
| 1990–1991 | Sogndal | ||
| –1993 | Vadmyra | ||
| 1994–1995 | Lyngbø | ||
| 1996 | Åsane | ||
| 1997–1998 | Eik-Tønsberg | 48 | (14) |
| 1999–2002 | Lyn | 70 | (16) |
| 2002 | → Lillestrøm (loan) | 12 | (5) |
| 2003–2004 | HamKam | ||
| 2004–2005 | Kongsvinger[1] | 37 | (5) |
| 2006 | Hamar | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006 | HamKam (B team) | ||
| 2007 | Gjøvik-Lyn | ||
| 2008–2009 | Lillestrøm (B team) | ||
| 2010–2012 | Drøbak-Frogn | ||
| 2013–2016 | Hønefoss (goalk. coach/assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Levanger (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2021 | Start (goalk. coach) | ||
| 2021– | Esbjerg (goalk. coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Frode Birkeland (born 25 January 1972) is a retired Norwegian football striker and later manager.
Career
In his early career he played for Bergen-based minnows Minde, Varegg, Vadmyra and Lyngbø, also with a spell in larger club Sogndal in 1990.[2] In 1996 he got a break anew, as he moved from Lyngbø to 1. divisjon club Åsane.[3]
In 1997 he moved on to fellow second-tier club Eik-Tønsberg, then Lyn in 1999. With Lyn he managed promotion to 2001 Eliteserien.[4] In 2001 he also had a trial with Sheffield United, and was allegedly close to a contract, but then Paul Peschisolido and Carl Asaba returned from injury and the transfer fell through.[2] Birkeland instead moved on to Lillestrøm in mid-2002, Hamarkameratene in 2003 and Kongsvinger in mid-2004. He retired from professional football after the 2005 season, but featured for minnows Hamar IL.[5]
He started his coaching career in 2006 for the B team of HamKam,[2] then coached Gjøvik-Lyn in 2007. After one year he was picked up by Lillestrøm and put in charge of their B team.[6][7] From 2010 through 2012 he was the head coach of Drøbak-Frogn, achieving promotion from 3. divisjon, and from 2013 through 2016 he worked for Hønefoss, both as goalkeeping coach and assistant manager. In 2017 he signed a one-year contract as assistant coach to Magnus Powell in Levanger FK.[8] Seeing the contract through, he moved south to become goalkeeper coach of IK Start in 2018.[9]
On 21 June 2021 it was confirmed, that Birkeland had been hired as a goalkeeper coach for Danish 1st Division club Esbjerg fB.[10]
References
- ↑ Fossum, Geir. "Frode Birkeland" (in Norwegian). Fozzum.com. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- 1 2 3 Stenseth, Knut (28 April 2012). "Birkeland – én måned unna Sheffield United". Østlandets Blad (in Norwegian). p. 29.
- ↑ Jacobsen, Ove (30 January 1996). "Stiller godt forberedt". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian).
- ↑ "Frode Birkeland" (in Norwegian). Lynhistorie.com. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ↑ Frode Birkeland at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ↑ Befring, Knut (22 November 2007). "Birkeland gir seg i SK Gjøvik-Lyn". Oppland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian).
- ↑ Svesengen, Morten (25 March 2008). "Skal stramme opp unggutta". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian).
- ↑ Ringstad, Emil (13 January 2017). "- Ubeskrivelig viktig å ha Frode på plass". Trønder-Avisa (in Norwegian). p. 21.
- ↑ Karlsen, Håvard (6 January 2018). "Ruthford Pedersens erstatter er funnet". Fædrelandsvennen (in Norwegian). p. 57.
- ↑ Frode Birkeland ny målmandstræner i EfB, efb.dk, 21 June 2021