Trond Fredriksen (born 21 May 1977) is a football coach and former

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footballer. He is a former

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and former manager for

Aalesunds FK Aalesunds Fotballklubb, commonly known as Aalesund or AaFK, is a Norwegian football club from the town of Ålesund, that competes in the Eliteserien, the first tier of the Norwegian football league system. The club was founded on 25 June 1914. ...

Manager career

Ahead of the 2015 season, Fredriksen became assistant manager to the new Aalesund manager Harald Aabrekk. Aabrekk was sacked only a month into the league, and Fredriksen took over with Karl Oskar Fjørtoft as his assistant. Fredriksen managed Aalesund until being relegated from the

2017 Eliteserien The 2017 Eliteserien was the 73rd completed season of top-tier football in Norway. The season began on 1 April 2017 and ended on 26 November 2017, not including play-off matches. This was first season of Eliteserien as rebranding from Tippeligaen. ...

, but was sacked after the 2017 season. In August 2018 he was hired as coach developer in city minnows Aksla IL. Ahead of the 2019 season he moved to Eastern Norway as the new manager of

Ull/Kisa Ullensaker/Kisa IL, commonly referred to as Ull/Kisa, is a Norwegian sports club from Jessheim in Ullensaker. Founded in 1894, it has sections for association football, team handball and athletics. General history The club was founded on 15 D ...

. He was sacked here after the 2020 season. He worked in the

Football Association of Norway The Norwegian Football Federation ( nb, Norges Fotballforbund, nn, Noregs Fotballforbund; NFF) is the governing body of football in Norway. It was formed in 1902 and organises the men's and women's national teams, as well as the league systems f ...

for a period, before being hired by

Vålerenga Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for it ...

as a player developer ahead of the 2022 season.

Personal life

Trond Fredriksen's son Tengel Lia Fredriksen played for Aalesund 2 before joining Ull/Kisa in the summer of 2019. In the summer of 2022, he joined Vålerenga 2 before moving to

Brattvåg Brattvåg is a village in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the Norwegian mainland, along the west side of the Samfjorden. It is located about northwest of the villages of Vatne/ Eidsvik. The ...

in 2023. Tengel Lia Fredriksen was also capped once for Norway U17 in 2020.

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1977 births Living people Footballers from Ålesund Men's association football midfielders Norwegian men's footballers Aalesunds FK players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Norwegian football managers Eliteserien managers Aalesunds FK managers Ullensaker/Kisa IL managers Vålerenga Fotball non-playing staff {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub