Frode Kippe
Kippe with Lillestrøm in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-01-17) 17 January 1978 (age 46)[1]
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[1]
Position(s) Central defender
Team information
Current team
 Lillestrøm (assistant manager)
Youth career
Kolbotn
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Lillestrøm 33 (2)
1998–2002 Liverpool 0 (0)
1999–2000 → Stoke City (loan) 15 (1)
2000–2001 → Stoke City (loan) 19 (0)
2002–2019 Lillestrøm 408 (42)
2020 Lillestrøm 3 (0)
2021 Kolbotn 6 (3)
Total 475 (45)
International career
1997–1999 Norway U21 27 (1)
1998 Norway U23 3 (0)
2003–2008 Norway 8 (0)
Managerial career
2020– Lillestrøm (player developer)
2023– Lillestrøm (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frode Kippe (born 17 January 1978) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a central defender, mostly for Lillestrøm in the Eliteserien. He made eight appearances for the Norway national team. With 441 top division appearances, Kippe has made the third-highest number of appearances in Eliteserien.

Career

Kippe started his career playing amateur football for Kolbotn, but moved to top-flight side Lillestrøm at the age of 19 to play professionally. At the end of the 1998 season Kippe was signed by English Premier League club Liverpool. At Anfield he was restricted to just two substitute appearances in the League Cup against Hull City[2] and Grimsby Town.[3] Kippe instead spent time out on loan at Stoke City where he linked up with a number of Scandinavian players.[4] He played 20 times for Stoke in 1999–2000 scoring against Preston North End and returned in 2000–01 where he played 24 times.[4] Kippe returned to Norway in 2002 and re-signed for Lillestrøm where he was made club captain and led the team to victory in the 2007 Norwegian Cup Final and the 2017 Norwegian Cup Final, where he even scored a goal.[4] On 23 October 2019, Kippe announced that he would retire as player at the end of the 2019 season.[5]

On 4 November 2020, Kippe made comeback for Lillestrøm.[6] He then played a handful of games for Kolbotn in the 2021 4. divisjon.[7]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8]
Season Club League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lillestrøm 1997 Tippeligaen 9 0 0 0 4[a] 0 — 13 0
1998 24 2 0 0 — — 24 2
Total 33 2 0 0 4 0 — — 37 2
Liverpool 1999–2000 Premier League 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
2001–02 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 0 0 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
Stoke City (loan) 1999–2000 Second Division 15 1 0 0 — 5[b] 0 20 1
2000–01 19 0 0 0 — 5[c] 0 24 0
Total 34 1 0 0 — — 10 0 44 1
Lillestrøm 2002 Tippeligaen 15 1 2 2 2[d] 0 — 19 3
2003 25 5 4 3 — — 29 8
2004 23 2 6 0 — — 29 2
2005 19 1 7 1 — 4[e] 1 30 3
2006 25 3 3 1 1[f] 0 10[g] 1 39 5
2007 18 0 6 2 1[h] 0 1[i] 0 25 2
2008 23 1 2 0 2[j] 1 — 27 2
2009 28 5 4 1 — — 32 6
2010 30 7 3 0 — — 33 7
2011 25 3 4 1 — — 29 4
2012 22 2 4 2 — — 26 4
2013 24 2 5 0 — — 29 2
2014 19 3 3 0 — — 22 3
2015 24 1 0 0 — — 24 1
2016 22 1 2 0 — — 24 1
2017 Eliteserien 24 5 6 1 — — 30 6
2018 26 0 3 0 2 0 1[k] 0 32 0
2019 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2020 1. divisjon 3 0 — — — 3 0
Total 411 42 64 16 12 1 16 2 503 61
Career total 478 45 66 18 12 1 26 2 582 66
  1. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Cup qualifying rounds
  2. ^ Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  3. ^ Three appearances in the Football League Trophy and two in the Second Division play-offs
  4. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds
  5. ^ Appearances in the Royal League group stage
  6. ^ Appearance in the Intertoto Cup
  7. ^ Two appearances in the 2005–06 Royal League group stage, two appearances in the 2005–06 Royal League knockout stages and six appearances in the 2006–07 Royal League group stage
  8. ^ Appearance in the UEFA Cup qualifying rounds
  9. ^ Appearance in the 2006–07 Royal League quarter-final
  10. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Cup qualifying rounds
  11. ^ Mesterfinalen vs. Rosenborg

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[9]
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 2003 1 0
2005 3 0
2006 2 0
2007 1 0
2008 1 0
Total 8 0

Managerial career

Following his retirement after the 2019 season, Kippe was hired as a player developer in Lillestrøm, serving under the head of player development Antoni Ordinas.[10] When Simon Mesfin became interim manager in the summer of 2023, Kippe was promoted to assistant manager.[11]

Honours

Lillestrøm

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "Frode Kippe". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 10 June 2001. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Liverpool 4 – 2 Hull City". LFCHistory.net. 21 September 1999. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Grimsby win stuns Anfield". The Independent. 10 October 2001. Retrieved 2 January 2011.[dead link]
  4. ^ a b c Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
  5. ^ "Kippe legger opp: -En superlegende". vg.no. Verdens Gang. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Frode Kippe (42) Makes A Comeback For Lillestrøm". tv6. Retrieved 16 November 2020.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ Frode Kippe at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  8. ^ Frode Kippe at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  9. ^ Kippe, Frode at National-Football-Teams.com
  10. ^ Sande, Egil (23 October 2019). "Frode Kippe legger opp, men fortsetter som toppspillerutvikler i LSK". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  11. ^ Schjesvold, Fredrik (27 July 2023). "Romerikes Blad: Lillestrøm fortsetter med Mesfin som midlertidig hovedtrener" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 July 2023.

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