Eirik Kjønø (born 27 February 1991) is a Norwegian

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coach and former player.

Playing career

Kjønø started his youth career with

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-based side Våg. In the summer of 2007, he joined Scottish side

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on a two-year contract. He returned to Norway and Vindbjart in April 2009.

Managerial career

Kjønø's first club as manager was Oslo-based club

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, which he managed in 2012. In 2014, he joined

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as an assistant coach, before being promoted to head coach in 2018. The club achieved promotion to the

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under his management in 2019. On 4 February 2021, he was appointed assistant coach of

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club Stabæk. Following

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's exit from the club, Kjønø was promoted to head coach on 9 July 2021. Stabæk ended the

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with relegation to the Norwegian First Division. After re-promotion came in jeopardy, Kjønø was sacked on 16 August 2022. He worked in the

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for a while before being hired as

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's new manager in August 2023. He was sacked after only 84 days in the job.

Honours

*Young manager of the year in Norway: 2018, 2019

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kjono, Eirik 1991 births Living people Footballers from Kristiansand Norwegian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Vindbjart FK players Grorud IL players Norwegian Second Division players Norwegian Third Division players Norwegian Fourth Division players Norwegian football managers Grorud IL managers Stabæk Fotball managers FK Jerv managers Eliteserien managers 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen