Frode Kippe

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Frode Kippe
Personal information

Date of birth	(1978-01-17) 17 January 1978
Place of birth	Oslo, Norway
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Lillestrøm
Number	13
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–	Lillestrøm	277	(32)
National team^‡
2003–2008	Norway	8	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 September 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 January 2010

Frode Kippe (born 17 January 1978) is a Norwegian international footballer. He usually plays as a central defender, and currently plays for Lillestrøm in the Norwegian Premier League.

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^[1] and Grimsby Town.^[2] Kippe instead spent time out on loan at Stoke City where he linked up with a number of Scandinavian players.^[3] He played 20 times for Stoke in 1999–2000 scoring against Preston North End and returned in 2000–01 where he played 24 times.^[3] 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 Football Cup Final.^[3]

Career statistics

Season	Club	Division	League		Cup		Total
Season	Club	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1997	Lillestrøm	Tippeligaen	9	0	0	0	9	0
1998	Lillestrøm	Tippeligaen	24	2	0	0	24	2
1999–2000	Liverpool	Premier League	0	0	1	0	1	0
1999–2000	Stoke City (loan)	Second Division	15	1	5	0	20	1
2000–01	Stoke City (loan)	Second Division	19	0	5	0	24	0
2001–02	Liverpool	Premier League	0	0	1	0	1	0
2002	Lillestrøm	Tippeligaen	15	1	2	2	17	3
2003			25	5	4	3	29	8
2004			23	2	6	0	29	2
2005			19	1	7	1	26	2
2006			25	3	3	1	28	4
2007			18	0	6	2	24	2
2008			23	1	2	0	25	1
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
Career Total			344	35	62	13	406	48

Honours

Kniksen award: Defender of the Year in 2007

References

↑ "Liverpool 4 – 2 Hull City". LFCHistory.net. 21 September 1999. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
↑ "Grimsby win stuns Anfield". The Independent. 10 October 2001. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.

External links

Official Lillestrom SK profile
LFCHistory.net profile
Frode Kippe at National-Football-Teams.com

v t e Lillestrøm SK – current squad

1 Udjus 2 Østli 3 Scheel 4 Gabrielsen 5 Nordermoen 6 Piermayr 7 Andersson 8 Riise 10 Vaagan Moen 11 Knudtzon 13 Kippe 14 Pálmason 15 Ødegaard 16 Omoijuanfo 17 Mjelde 18 Furseth 19 Osvold 20 Ringstad 21 Fofana 22 Helstad 23 Friday 24 Høibråten 27 Stoor 29 Faye-Lund 77 Origi Manager: Haglund

Persondata
Name	Kippe, Frode
Alternative names
Short description	Norwegian footballer
Date of birth	17 January 1978
Place of birth	Oslo, Norway
Date of death
Place of death

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