Frode Kippe
Frode dump ( born November 17, 1978 in Oslo) is a Norwegian football player. He is currently the captain of the Norwegian first division club Lillestrøm SK
In 2007 he received the Kniksenprisen as " defender of the year" in the Tippeligaen.
- 3.1 In the club
- 3.2 As a player
Club career
The early years
Fag began his career by lying in his hometown of Oslo small Kolbotn IL. He was 18 years old discovered by scouts of Lillestrøm SK and brought to the club. In his first season, it was enough in a playing against relegation Lillestrømer team only to 9 inserts without scoring before he was promoted the following season for a regular player. The club had nothing to do with him in central defense with the descent, and took a safe mid-table position in the league. During this time he was also a regular in a studded with talents Norwegian U-21 national team, which attracted the attention of various scouts from England on traditionally. So it was that fag was the former Liverpool manager Roy Evans advised that looked out for perspective players.
Formative years on the island
Then moved fag for about 700,000 pounds for Liverpool in the Premier League. The next Bjørn Tore Kvarme, Øyvind Leonhardsen, Stig Inge Bjørnebye and Vegard Heggem, a total of five Norwegians at this time with the club, was touted by the Manager - Duo Evans / Houllier during its official presentation as the coming man in central defense the Reds. But it was not to be. In his first season he was injured early in the knee and fell almost the entire 1998/ 99 from. In the end it was enough merely to a League Cup insert for the A- team. In the following season he was until September 1999 convalescent and was awarded for the purpose of match practice for three months in the English Football League Second Division at Stoke City.
The " Potter " he gained surprisingly a regular place and became a crowd favorite. End of the season the team managed to place 6 to qualify for play-offs in the Football League Championship. Fag came in 15 regular season games for use and was able to achieve a goal. In the relegation Stoke could no longer rely on dump, since this was again ordered to the final stage of the Premier League back to Liverpool.
As a result he sat until October 2000 more times on the bank of the Reds, but came to no regular use in the A- team. In October, then came an official request from Stoke, dump borrow one more time. Liverpool agreed and dump went a second time in the Division Two. Even with his return, he met expectations. Again, he immediately had a regular place safely and played with Stoke in the ascent zone. This time he remained until May 2001, before his contract expired and Liverpool got back in again. Stoke, who had a place in the play-off safe again this year for the ascent, although endeavored a longer loan, Liverpool but lay across one more time.
Again he came back to February 2002 to no more league - use and has not been taken into account in the Cup games. Despite the retirement of Markus Babbel he came to the Sami Hyypia -budgetary central defenders and Stéphane Henchoz not over, and even favorite player as a removable Houllier at this time other emerging talents such as Djimi Traoré Grégory Vignal or. In February 2002, found "misunderstanding - dump in Liverpool" to an end when Houllier left him free transfer join his hometown club Lillestrøm SK. During his four -year contract period, he was able to record only two Cup matches in the A- team. Up today is discussed in various fan forums about the reasons of his failure at Liverpool.
National player in the home
After his more than unfortunate time on the island, fag did at the beginning of his return to Norway in the home difficult. In his first season he acted often insecure, and completed only 15 games with a season scoring. This changed in the following season. Kippes power curve showed a steep upward, and he became the most outstanding player personality in a weak team. Among the 25 regular season games and five Torerfolgen also followed his debut in the Norwegian national team. In the following years remained dump his old club faithful and true today as an icon of the club. His strongest game time he graduated in 2007, which was the Norwegian Cup victory and the Kniksenprisen, for the best defenders of Norway, crowned.
National
Only in 1998 he came to his first national honors as a regular player in the Norwegian U- 21 team.
In 2003 he was called up for the first time in the Norwegian national team after strong performances for Lillestrøm. Since then he is with short breaks in the national team, but could so far (September 2009) to fight for a regular place. In September 2009, he was last on in the qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2010, in the game against Greece, with the score at 2-2 for Bjørn Helge Riise.
Achievements
In the club
- Norwegian Cup winner: 2007
As a player
- Kniksenprisen - Best defender: 2007