Frode Kippe
Frode Kippe (born 17 January 1978) is a former Norwegian international footballer. He usually plays as a central defender, and currently plays for Lillestrøm in the Eliteserien. With 441 top division appearances, Kippe has made the third-highest number of appearances in Eliteserien.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 January 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Defender | ||
| 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) |
| Total | 475 | (45) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997–1999 | Norway U21 | 27 | (1) |
| 2003–2008 | Norway | 8 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 July 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 January 2010 | |||
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 Cup Final and the 2017 Norwegian Cup Final, where he even scored a goal.[3] On 23 October 2019, Kippe announced that he would retire as player at the end of the 2019 season.[4]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 22 November 2019[5]
| Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Lillestrøm | 1997 | Tippeligaen | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 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[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
| 2000–01 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||
| Total | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | 44 | 1 | ||
| Lillestrøm | 2002 | Tippeligaen | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 19 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 29 | 8 | ||||
| 2004 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 2 | ||||
| 2005 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | 4[lower-alpha 5] | 1 | 30 | 3 | |||
| 2006 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 10[lower-alpha 7] | 1 | 39 | 4 | ||
| 2007 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1[lower-alpha 8] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 9] | 0 | 25 | 2 | ||
| 2008 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 10] | 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[lower-alpha 11] | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Total | 408 | 42 | 64 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 500 | 61 | ||
| Career Total | 475 | 45 | 66 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 579 | 66 | ||
- Appearances in the UEFA Cup qualifying rounds
- Appearances in the Football League Trophy
- Three appearances in the Football League Trophy and two in the Second Division play-offs
- Appearances in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds
- Appearances in the Royal League group stage
- Appearance in the Intertoto Cup
- 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
- Appearance in the UEFA Cup qualifying rounds
- Appearance in the 2006–07 Royal League quarter-final
- Appearances in the UEFA Cup qualifying rounds
- Mesterfinalen vs. Rosenborg
Honours
Individual
- 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.
- Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
- "Kippe legger opp: -En superlegende". vg.no. Verdens Gang. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- "F. KIPPE". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- Kippe, Frode at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Official Lillestrom SK profile
- LFCHistory.net profile
- Frode Kippe at National-Football-Teams.com