Kåre Rønnes (born 13 January 1938) is a Norwegian former

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player and coach. He played all his career in

Rosenborg BK Rosenborg Ballklub, commonly referred to simply as Rosenborg () or RBK, is a Norwegian professional association football, football club from Trondheim that plays in Eliteserien (football), Eliteserien. The club has won a record 26 league titles ...

, Trondheim.

Biography

Kåre Rønnes played for his hometown team Rosenborg 19 consecutive seasons (

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to 1974), a record shared with Ola By Rise.

Roar Strand Roar Strand (born 2 February 1970) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, mostly for Rosenborg. Strand was capped 42 times for the Norway national team. He is the player with the fourth-highest number of appe ...

has played 19 successive seasons for the club. Rønnes played in all positions on the field, including goalkeeper, but mostly midfielder in the first part of his career, and defender in the later part. As young as 22 he became captain of the team. No accurate statistics exist on the number of matches Rønnes played, but it is estimated to 700. Totally in the seasons

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–

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and 1967–1974 while Rosenborg played in the

Norwegian top division Eliteserien () is a professional association football league in Norway and the highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Norwegian First Division ...

, Rønnes played 178 matches and scored 17 goals. Rønnes was capped once for Norway U-21 national team. Rønnes was manager of Rosenborg BK in the 1975 season, coaching the team to fourth position, equal in points with runner-up Brann and

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in the third position. Rønnes continued his managerial career in Strindheim IL in the 1976 and 1977 seasons, coaching Strindheim from the third to the second level in Norwegian football.

Honours

Club

;

Norwegian Premier League Eliteserien () is a professional association football league in Norway and the highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Norwegian First Division ...

Champion:

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

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1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

, *Norwegian Premier League Runner up:

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

Norwegian Cup The Norwegian Football Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament ...

Win: 1960, 1964, 1971 *Norwegian Cup Runner up: 1967, 1972, 1973

Individual

Rønnes is appointed honorary member of Rosenborg BK.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ronnes, Kare 1938 births Living people Norwegian football managers Norwegian men's footballers Footballers from Trondheim Rosenborg BK managers Rosenborg BK players Eliteserien players Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen