Christer Basma (born 1 August 1972) is a

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former

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who played as a defender. He played 16 consecutive seasons

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, for

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, Stabæk and Rosenborg. With 350 top division appearances, Basma has made the eighth-highest number of appearances in Eliteserien. Basma was capped 40 times for

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. He has later worked as assistant coach of

Ranheim Ranheim is a neighbourhood in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Østbyen. The neighbourhood approximately to the east of the centre of Trondheim. It comprises Olderdalen, Væretrøa, Reppe, and ...

Club career

Basma started his career with little Røyken og Spikkestad and then played for

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but his breakthrough came at

. He moved on to Stabæk, before he finally went to Rosenborg in 1998. With the

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club he won

eight times and he featured in 40 Champions League games. His last game for Rosenborg BK on 27 January 2008 in the 4-0 loss against

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in the

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, before his retired in January 2009. After 16 consecutive season in Tippeligaen and 350 matches, Basma is the player with the fourth most matches in the Norwegian top-flight, only surpassed by

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and Morten Berre. In 2010, while coaching

, he appeared on the field as defender, first in the

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against

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, and also in the First Division against

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and

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. Basma played for the amateur side Mosvik IL in the 6. Divisjon in 2013, where he was teammate with the cross-country skier

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International career

Basma made his debut for

in a November 1995 friendly match against

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and earned a total of 40

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, scoring no goals. His last international match was a January 2005 friendly match against

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Coaching career

During the 2010 season he was assistant coach of Ranheim in the First Division, in a coaching team including

Per Joar Hansen Per Joar Hansen (born 17 August 1965) is a Norwegian football coach. He grew up in the small community of Trofors in Nordland. He played for and managed Rosenborg BK, and he has managed GIF Sundsvall, Aalesunds FK, Ranheim and the Norwegian u ...

and Otto Ulseth.

Honours

Rosenborg *

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 *

, 2003

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Basma, Christer 1972 births Living people People from Buskerud Norwegian footballers Norway international footballers Norway under-21 international footballers Bærum SK players Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball players Stabæk Fotball players Rosenborg BK players Ranheim Fotball players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Association football defenders Sportspeople from Viken (county)