Trond Andersen

Trond Andersen (born 6 January 1975) is a former Norwegian footballer, who played as a central defender or holding midfielder. He played professionally for Molde, Wimbledon, AaB and Brøndby.

Trond Andersen

Personal information
Full name	Trond Andersen
Date of birth	(1975-01-06) 6 January 1975 (age 50)
Place of birth	Kristiansund, Norway
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Lyn (head coach)
Youth career
	Clausenengen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1999	Molde	105	(4)
1999–2003	Wimbledon	146	(6)
2003–2005	AaB	65	(2)
2005–2008	Brøndby	18	(1)
International career
1992	Norway U17	8	(1)
1993–1994	Norway U18	6	(1)
1996–1998	Norway U21	30	(1)
2002	Norway B	1	(0)
1999–2005	Norway	38	(0)
Managerial career
2014	Lyn (junior team)
2015–	Lyn
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Andersen was born in Kristiansund and played for Clausenengen before he joined Molde ahead of the 1995 season.^[1] He played for the Tippeligaen side until the summer of 1999, when he was sold to Wimbledon, right before Molde's Champions League matches against Mallorca. Molde's head coach Erik Brakstad stated in 2011 that if the club had not sold their best player (Andersen), Molde could have advanced from the group stage of 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League.^[2]

After playing for Wimbledon for four seasons, Andersen moved to Denmark to play for Aalborg in the Danish Superliga in 2003, before being bought by rivals Brøndby in September 2005. In April 2006, he suffered a knee injury. As he had not recovered by March 2007, Andersen considered retiring from the game.

International career

Andersen played 38 matches for the Norway national football team.^[3] He was on the roster for Euro 2000. His last international match was an April 2005 friendly match against Estonia.

Career statistics

As of 18 August 2019.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wimbledon	1999-2000[4]	Premier League	36	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	40	0
	2000-01[5]	First Division	42	5	6	1	4	0	0	0	52	6
	2001-02[6]	First Division	30	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	32	0
	2002-03[7]	First Division	38	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	43	2
	Total		146	6	12	1	9	1	0	0	167	8
Career total			146	6	12	1	9	1	0	0	167	8

Coaching

In 2015, he took over as head coach of Lyn Fotball, after one season as junior coach.^[8]

Honours

Individual

• Verdens Gang Norwegian Premier League Player of the Year 1999^[9]