Geir Frigård (born 3 November 1970) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played five times for the Norway national team, scoring one goal. In 1997–98, he was top scorer in the

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. He retired from playing in 2007.

International career

Frigård made his Norway national team debut in a friendly on 15 January 1994 against USA which Norway lost 2–1. He scored his only goal in a 1–0 win on 7 September 1994 in a UEFA Euro 1996 qualification match against

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Coaching career

After retiring at the end of 2007, Frigård started his coaching career with Eidsvold Turn. On 21 May 2020, after a lot years coaching various youth national teams, Frigård was presented as the new assistant coach for Hamarkameratene. On 7 August 2020, he was appointed interim head coach after Espen Olsen returned to his role as sporting director. On 15 August 2020, he again became an assistant coach after Kjetil Rekdal was hired as the new head coach. On 20 December 2021, he was hired as an assistant coach for

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Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Frigård goal.''

Honours

Individual *

top scorer: 1998

References

1970 births Living people People from Nes, Akershus Footballers from Akershus Norwegian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Norway men's international footballers Lillestrøm SK players Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball players LASK players Tennis Borussia Berlin players CS Sedan Ardennes players Lierse S.K. players Hamarkameratene players Ligue 1 players Eliteserien players Belgian Pro League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in France Norwegian football managers Eidsvold TF managers Hamarkameratene non-playing staff Rosenborg BK non-playing staff AC Omonia non-playing staff Aalesunds FK non-playing staff {{Norway-footy-forward-stub