Kim Deinoff (born 2 December 1976) is a retired Norwegian

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who played as a

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for Aalesund in

Eliteserien Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion ...

, and has also played for

Skeid Skeid is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Nordre Åsen, Oslo. It has sections for association football (one for elite and one for grassroots football), Nordic skiing and bandy. General history The club was founded as ''IK Skeid'' on 5 De ...

Abildsø Abildsø () is a neighborhood in the borough Østensjø in Oslo, Norway. It is located south of Manglerud and Ryen, east of Lambertseter, north of Langerud and east of Bøler the lake Østensjøvannet. During the late 1800s, Abildsø was the site ...

Raufoss Raufoss is the administrative centre of Vestre Toten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located about south of the larger town of Gjøvik. The village area is located along the municipal border with the neighboring Gjøvi ...

, Hødd, Løv-Ham,

Manglerud Star Idrettslaget Manglerud Star is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Manglerud, Oslo. It has sections for association football (one for elite and one for grassroots football) and ice hockey. General history The club was founded in 1964 as a merge ...

and

Kongsvinger Kongsvinger () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger. Other settlements in the municipality include Aust ...

Career

Born in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

, Deinoff grew up playing for

, and was the second-choice goalkeeper behind Roger Vaaler when the club played in

Tippeligaen Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion ...

in 1996. As Deinoff did not play any matches for Skeid, he joined

the next season to play more regularly. He played for Abildsø for three seasons until he joined First Division side

where he soon became the first-choice goalkeeper. After three seasons with Raufoss, he joined the newly promoted Tippeligaen side Aalesund as a free agent ahead of the 2003 season. Deinoff was brought to Aalesund as a back-up for

Frank Mathiesen Frank Mathiesen (born 13 February 1969) is a retired Norwegian football defender. A club legend in Aalesund, he joined them from Ørskog ahead of the 1988 season. The club was a mainstay on the second tier, but Mathiesen got the chance at Våle ...

, but became the first-choice half-way through the

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and played 13 matches for the club in their first season in Tippeligaen. After the team was relegated to the First Division, Aalesund met one of their challengers for promotion,

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in a match on 6 June 2004. Towards the end of the first half, Sandefjord's

Andreas Augustsson Eiton Andreas Augustsson (born 26 November 1976) is a Swedish retired footballer who played as a defender. He made his professional debut in Twente, before he moved to Norway in 2001 where in played for Raufoss, Vålerenga and Sandefjord. Augus ...

got a

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for biting Deinoff in the arm. Augustsson said after the match that he was stuck underneath a few players and was struck by panic, but the next day he apologized to Deinoff. Despite playing half the match with ten players, Sandefjord won 2–0, but at the end of the season Aalesund was promoted ahead of Sandefjord with Deinoff playing 29 matches. Following the arrival of

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, Deinoff was the second-choice goalkeeper in 2005, but made 8 appearances during the season when Brown was injured. Deinoff played a total of 89 matches for Aalesund. Ahead of the 2006 season Deinoff transferred to Hødd, and signed a two-year contract with the club. After two seasons as Hødd's first-choice goalkeeper, Deinoff was a free agent after the 2007 season and was wanted by

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and English side

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. He instead signed with Løv-Ham and in his first season with Løv-Ham he was voted as the "player of the year" by his team-mates when the team finished 12th in the

2008 Norwegian First Division The 2008 1. divisjon season (referred to as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) began on 5 April 2008 and ended on 1 November 2008. In 2009, the number of teams in the top tier, Tippeligaen, will expand from fourteen to sixteen. Therefore, 20 ...

. Deinoff also claimed that it was his best season so far in his career. Løv-Ham struggled with the finances after the 2009 season, and could not afford extending the contracts with their key-players Deinoff and Prince Efe Ehiorobo, who were on full-time contracts. Deinoff was offered a part-time contract, but Deinoff turned down the offer. He later trialed with

Strømsgodset Strømsgodset is a former municipality in Vestfold county (from 1964 Buskerud county), Norway, today a part of the city of Drammen. History Strømsgodset was originally a small rural annex to the city parish of Bragernes (Drammen). But since th ...

Hønefoss __NOTOC__ Hønefoss is a town and the administrative center of the municipality of Ringerike in Buskerud county, Norway. Hønefoss is an industrial center of inner Østlandet, containing several factories and other industry. As of 1 January 2008, ...

and

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before he returned to Oslo and joined the

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side

. He made his debut for the club on 17 April 2010 against Nest-Sotra. In the 3–3 draw against Os on 23 May 2010, Deinoff scored the equalizing goal after a

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during

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. This was the second time Deinoff had scored a goal in his career, the first came as a Løv-Ham player in the

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when he scored in the

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against

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which Løv-Ham won 15–14. After Manglerud/Star was bankrupted ahead of the 2011 season, Deinoff joined

on a one-year contract. In competition with Tobias Holmen Johansen for the goalkeeper-spot Deinoff played 14 matches in the First Division in his first season for the club. He signed a new two-year contract with Kongsvinger in March 2012 and played 18 matches in the 2012 season.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Deinoff, Kim 1976 births Living people Footballers from Oslo Norwegian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Skeid Fotball players Raufoss IL players Aalesunds FK players IL Hødd players Løv-Ham Fotball players Manglerud Star Toppfotball players Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players