 Nornes, 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 January 1973 | ||
| 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) |
| 2006 | → Strømsgodset (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 | |||
Jan Frode Nornes (born 8 January 1973) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. He an assistant manager of Eliteserien club Vålerenga.
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]