Trond Andersen (born 6 January 1975) is a former Norwegian

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, who played as a

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. He played professional for

Molde Molde () is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord. The administrative centre of the m ...

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, AaB and Brøndby.

Club career

Andersen was born in Kristiansund and played for

Clausenengen Clausenengen Fotballklubb (CFK) is a football club located in Kristiansund, Norway. Many famous players have played at this club, including Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Øyvind Leonhardsen, Trond Andersen, Jan Erlend Kruse, Andre Flem, Arild Stavrum an ...

before he joined

ahead of the 1995 season. He played for the Tippeligaen side until the summer of 1999, when he was sold to

, right before Molde's Champions League matches against

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. Molde's head coach

Erik Brakstad Erik Brakstad (born 19 April 1951) is a Norwegian former football player and coach. He is best known for his career as coach. Brakstad has both played for and been head coach for Molde and Træff. He is the brother of Torkild Brakstad. Coachi ...

stated in 2011 that if the club had not sold their best player (Andersen), Molde could have advanced from the group stage of

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. After playing for Wimbledon for four seasons, Andersen moved to

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to play for

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in the

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in 2003, before being bought by rivals Brøndby in September 2005. In April 2006, he suffered a knee injury. As he had not recovered by March 2007, Andersen considered retiring from the game.

International career

Andersen played 38 matches for the

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. He was in roster for Euro 2000. His last international match was an April 2005 friendly match against

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Career statistics

;

Coaching

In 2015, he took over as head coach of Lyn Fotball, after one season as junior coach.

Honours

;Individual * ''

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'' Norwegian Premier League Player of the Year 1999

References

External links

Brøndby IF profile

Aalborg BK profile

Career stats
by Danmarks Radio *
Official Site
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