Geir Frigård

Geir Frigård
Personal information
Date of birth	3 November 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Vormsund, Norway
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Funnefoss/Vormsund
	Løvenstad
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1992	Lillestrøm
1993–1994	Kongsvinger
1995–1997	Lillestrøm
1997–1998	LASK
1998–1999	Tennis Borussia Berlin
1999–2000	CS Sedan
2000–2001	LASK
2001–2004	Lierse
2004–2005	HamKam
2006–2007	Eidsvold Turn
Total
International career
1994	Norway
Managerial career
2008–2009	Eidsvold Turn
2012–2020	Norway (youth coach)
2020–2021	HamKam (assistant)
2020	HamKam (caretaker)
2022–2023	Rosenborg (assistant)
2024	Omonia (assistant)
2024–	Aalesund (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Geir Frigård (born 3 November 1970) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward.^[1] He played five times for the Norway national team, scoring one goal. In 1997–98, he was top scorer in the Austrian Bundesliga. 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 Belarus.

Coaching career

After retiring at the end of 2007, Frigård started his coaching career with Eidsvold Turn.^[2] On 21 May 2020, after a lot years coaching various youth national teams, Frigård was presented as the new assistant coach for Hamarkameratene.^[3] On 7 August 2020, he was appointed interim head coach after Espen Olsen returned to his role as sporting director.^[4] On 15 August 2020, he again became an assistant coach after Kjetil Rekdal was hired as the new head coach.^[5]

On 20 December 2021, he was hired as an assistant coach for Rosenborg BK.^[6]

Career statistics

International goals

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

List of international goals scored by Geir Frigård^[7]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 September 1994	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Belarus	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying

Honours

Individual

Austrian Bundesliga top scorer: 1998

References

^ "Frigard, Geir" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
^ FK Lofoten-kamp kan bli utsatt, lofotposten.no, 9 April 2008
^ ESPEN OLSEN OG GEIR FRIGÅRD NYTT TRENER-TEAM, hamkan.no, 21 May 2020
^ ENDRINGER I TRENERTEAMET, hamkam.no, 7 August 2020
^ PRESSEMELDING: KJETIL REKDAL NY HAMKAM-TRENER, hamkam.no, 15 August 2020
^ REKDAL READY AS NEW RBK COACH, rbk.no, 20 December 2021
^ Player profile at eu-football.info

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[1] "Frigard, Geir" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 5 February 2012.

[2] FK Lofoten-kamp kan bli utsatt, lofotposten.no, 9 April 2008

[3] ESPEN OLSEN OG GEIR FRIGÅRD NYTT TRENER-TEAM, hamkan.no, 21 May 2020

[4] ENDRINGER I TRENERTEAMET, hamkam.no, 7 August 2020

[5] PRESSEMELDING: KJETIL REKDAL NY HAMKAM-TRENER, hamkam.no, 15 August 2020

[6] REKDAL READY AS NEW RBK COACH, rbk.no, 20 December 2021

[7] Player profile at eu-football.info

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