Geir Frigård

Geir Frigård (born 3 November 1970) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward.[1] He played five times for the Norway national team, scoring one goal. In 1997–98, he was top scorer in the Austrian Bundesliga. He retired from playing in 2007.

Geir Frigård
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-11-03) 3 November 1970
Place of birth Vormsund, Norway
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Funnefoss/Vormsund
Løvenstad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1992 Lillestrøm 31 (9)
1993–1994 Kongsvinger 44 (22)
1995–1997 Lillestrøm 60 (22)
1997–1998 LASK 27 (23)
1998–1999 Tennis Borussia Berlin 14 (5)
1999–2000 CS Sedan 13 (1)
2000–2001 LASK 33 (15)
2001–2004 Lierse 56 (10)
2004–2005 HamKam 44 (10)
2006–2007 Eidsvold Turn 17 (12)
Total 339 (129)
International career
1994 Norway 5 (1)
Managerial career
2008–2009 Eidsvold Turn
2012–2020 Norway (youth coach)
2020–2021 HamKam (assistant)
2020 HamKam (caretaker)
2022–2023 Rosenborg (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

Frigård made his Norway national team debut in a friendly on 15 January 1994 against USA which Norway lost 2–1. He scored his only goal in a 1–0 win on 7 September 1994 in a UEFA Euro 1996 qualification match against Belarus.

Coaching career

After retiring at the end of 2007, Frigård started his coaching career with Eidsvold Turn.[2] On 21 May 2020, after a lot years coaching various youth national teams, Frigård was presented as the new assistant coach for Hamarkameratene.[3] On 7 August 2020, he was appointed interim head coach after Espen Olsen returned to his role as sporting director.[4] On 15 August 2020, he again became an assistant coach after Kjetil Rekdal was hired as the new head coach.[5]

On 20 December 2021, he was hired as an assistant coach for Rosenborg BK.[6]

Career statistics

International goals
Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Frigård goal.
List of international goals scored by Geir Frigård[7]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
17 September 1994Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway Belarus1–01–0UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "Frigard, Geir" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  2. FK Lofoten-kamp kan bli utsatt, lofotposten.no, 9 April 2008
  3. ESPEN OLSEN OG GEIR FRIGÅRD NYTT TRENER-TEAM, hamkan.no, 21 May 2020
  4. ENDRINGER I TRENERTEAMET, hamkam.no, 7 August 2020
  5. PRESSEMELDING: KJETIL REKDAL NY HAMKAM-TRENER, hamkam.no, 15 August 2020
  6. REKDAL READY AS NEW RBK COACH, rbk.no, 20 December 2021
  7. Player profile at eu-football.info


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