Jan Clifford Christiansen (born 8 April 1941) is a
Norwegian
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former
football
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player and coach. He played for
Rosenborg BK
Rosenborg Ballklub, commonly referred to simply as Rosenborg () or RBK, is a Norwegian professional football club from Trondheim that plays in Eliteserien. The club has won a record 26 league titles, a shared record 12 Norwegian Football Cup ti ...
in
Trondheim
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from 1966 to 1975, earning three
league
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* Sports league
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titles and one
cup
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championship. Christiansen was capped 13 times for
Norway national football team
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. Christiansen coached Rosenborg BK in the 1975 season.
Biography
Jan Christiansen came to
Trondheim
Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...
in 1965 as student at the
Norwegian Institute of Technology
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. Prior to this, he had played football for his hometown team
Enebakk IF and in the second division for
Lillestrøm
Lillestrøm is a municipality in Viken county. It is located in the traditional district of Romerike. With a population of 85,757 inhabitants, it is the fourth most populated municipality in Viken. It was founded on 1 January 2020 as a merger be ...
. From 1966, Christiansen played regularly as
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for Rosenborg. In the seasons 1967–1975 while Rosenborg played in the
Norwegian top division
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, Christiansen played 160 matches and scored 25 goals. Christiansen was captain of both Rosenborg BK and the Norwegian national team.
Christiansen was playing coach of Rosenborg BK in the 1975 season, and in the 1976 season he was playing coach of
Røros IL
Røros ( sma, Plaassja, ) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Røros. Some of the villages in Røros include Brekken, Glåmos, Feragen, Galåa, and Hitterdalen.
The minin ...
. Christiansen is now retired, and lives in
Enebakk
Enebakk is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the Follo traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kirkebygda.
The parish of ''Enebak'' was established as a municipalit ...
.
Honours
;
Rosenborg BK
Rosenborg Ballklub, commonly referred to simply as Rosenborg () or RBK, is a Norwegian professional football club from Trondheim that plays in Eliteserien. The club has won a record 26 league titles, a shared record 12 Norwegian Football Cup ti ...
*
Norwegian Premier League
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champion:
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
,
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
,
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
,
*Norwegian Premier League runner-up:
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
,
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
,
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
*
Norwegian Cup
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champion: 1971
*Norwegian Cup runner-up: 1967, 1972, 1973
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Christiansen, Jan
1941 births
Living people
Norway men's international footballers
Norwegian football managers
Norwegian men's footballers
People from Enebakk
Lillestrøm SK players
Rosenborg BK players
Rosenborg BK managers
Eliteserien players
Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni
Men's association football midfielders
Footballers from Viken (county)