Frode Kippe

Frode Kippe
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-01-17) 17 January 1978
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 12 in)
Playing position Defender
Club 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)
1999–2000Stoke City (loan) 15 (1)
2000–2001Stoke City (loan) 19 (0)
2002– Lillestrøm 342 (37)
National team
1997–1999 Norway U21 27 (1)
2003–2008 Norway 8 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 November 2016.

‡ 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

As of 3 November 2016[4]
Season Club Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1997 Lillestrøm Tippeligaen 900090
1998 24200242
1999–2000 Liverpool Premier League 001010
1999–2000 Stoke City (loan) Second Division 15150201
2000–01 19050240
2001–02 Liverpool Premier League 001010
2002 Lillestrøm Tippeligaen 15122173
2003 25543298
2004 23260292
2005 19171262
2006 25331284
2007 18062242
2008 23120251
2009 28541326
2010 30730337
2011 25341294
2012 22242264
2013 24250292
2014 19330223
2015 24100241
2016 22120241
Career Total 40940671347653

Honours

References

  1. "Liverpool 4 – 2 Hull City". LFCHistory.net. 21 September 1999. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  2. "Grimsby win stuns Anfield". The Independent. 10 October 2001. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
  4. "F. KIPPE". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2016.


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