Frode Kippe
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frode Kippe | ||
| Date of birth | 17 January 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | 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 | 263 | (31) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003–2008 | Norway | 8 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 July 2013 ‡ 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 1997 | Lillestrøm | Tippeligaen | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 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 | 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 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| Career Total | 330 | 34 | 61 | 13 | 391 | 47 | ||
Honours
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.
- ^ a b c 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