Frode Kippe

Frode Kippe (born 17 January 1978) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a central defender, mostly for Lillestrøm in the Eliteserien. He made eight appearances for the Norway national team. With 441 top division appearances, Kippe has made the third-highest number of appearances in Eliteserien.

Frode Kippe
Kippe with Lillestrøm in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-01-17) 17 January 1978[1]
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[1]
Position(s) Central defender
Team information
Current team
 Lillestrøm (assistant manager)
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)
2020 Lillestrøm 3 (0)
2021 Kolbotn 6 (3)
Total 475 (45)
International career
1997–1999 Norway U21 27 (1)
1998 Norway U23 3 (0)
2003–2008 Norway 8 (0)
Managerial career
2020– Lillestrøm (player developer)
2023– Lillestrøm (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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[2] and Grimsby Town.[3] Kippe instead spent time out on loan at Stoke City where he linked up with a number of Scandinavian players.[4] He played 20 times for Stoke in 1999–2000 scoring against Preston North End and returned in 2000–01 where he played 24 times.[4] 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.[4] On 23 October 2019, Kippe announced that he would retire as player at the end of the 2019 season.[5]

On 4 November 2020, Kippe made comeback for Lillestrøm.[6] He then played a handful of games for Kolbotn in the 2021 4. divisjon.[7]

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8]
Season Club League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lillestrøm 1997 Tippeligaen 90004[lower-alpha 1]0—130
1998 24200——242
Total 3320040——372
Liverpool 1999–2000 Premier League 001000—10
2001–02 001000—10
Total 002000——20
Stoke City (loan) 1999–2000 Second Division 15100—5[lower-alpha 2]0201
2000–01 19000—5[lower-alpha 3]0240
Total 34100——100441
Lillestrøm 2002 Tippeligaen 151222[lower-alpha 4]0—193
2003 25543——298
2004 23260——292
2005 19171—4[lower-alpha 5]1303
2006 253311[lower-alpha 6]010[lower-alpha 7]1395
2007 180621[lower-alpha 8]01[lower-alpha 9]0252
2008 231202[lower-alpha 10]1—272
2009 28541——326
2010 30730——337
2011 25341——294
2012 22242——264
2013 24250——292
2014 19330——223
2015 24100——241
2016 22120——241
2017 Eliteserien 24561——306
2018 26030201[lower-alpha 11]0320
2019 160000000160
2020 1. divisjon 30———30
Total 41142641612116250361
Career total 47845661812126258266
  1. Appearances in the UEFA Cup qualifying rounds
  2. Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  3. Three appearances in the Football League Trophy and two in the Second Division play-offs
  4. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds
  5. Appearances in the Royal League group stage
  6. Appearance in the Intertoto Cup
  7. 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
  8. Appearance in the UEFA Cup qualifying rounds
  9. Appearance in the 2006–07 Royal League quarter-final
  10. Appearances in the UEFA Cup qualifying rounds
  11. Mesterfinalen vs. Rosenborg

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[9]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Norway 200310
200530
200620
200710
200810
Total80

Managerial career

Following his retirement after the 2019 season, Kippe was hired as a player developer in Lillestrøm, serving under the head of player development Antoni Ordinas.[10] When Simon Mesfin became interim manager in the summer of 2023, Kippe was promoted to assistant manager.[11]

Honours

Lillestrøm

Individual

References
  1. "Frode Kippe". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 10 June 2001. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  2. "Liverpool 4 – 2 Hull City". LFCHistory.net. 21 September 1999. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  3. "Grimsby win stuns Anfield". The Independent. 10 October 2001. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  4. Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
  5. "Kippe legger opp: -En superlegende". vg.no. Verdens Gang. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  6. "Frode Kippe (42) Makes A Comeback For Lillestrøm". tv6. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  7. Frode Kippe at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  8. Frode Kippe at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  9. Kippe, Frode at National-Football-Teams.com
  10. Sande, Egil (23 October 2019). "Frode Kippe legger opp, men fortsetter som toppspillerutvikler i LSK". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  11. Schjesvold, Fredrik (27 July 2023). "Romerikes Blad: Lillestrøm fortsetter med Mesfin som midlertidig hovedtrener" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
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