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Frode Holstad Hansen
Frode Holstad Hansen (born 10 August 1961) is a retired Norwegian football goalkeeper. During his career he played for Fredrikstad and Start in the top flight of Norwegian football. He also played for Gressvik and Vigør, and he was capped three times for Norway. Club career He was born in Fredrikstad and played for Gressvik in his youth. In 1978 Hansen had a short spell at Fredrikstad FK and played a couple of matches for the first-team before he returned to Gressvik. Hansen returned to FFK in 1980, and became the first-choice goalkeeper at the age of 18. After making his break-through in 1981, he was invited on a trial to Manchester United. The club offered him a contract, but Hansen rejected the offer and returned to Fredrikstad. After playing all the matches for Fredrikstad in 1982, Hansen had a dispute with the new head coach Tony Knapp, and did not play any matches in 1983, except 15 minutes in the last match of the season when he came on as a substitute to play outside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrikstad
Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a List of cities in Norway, city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad. The city of Fredrikstad was founded in 1567 by Frederick II of Denmark, King Frederick II, and established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see ''formannskapsdistrikt''). The rural municipality of Glemmen was merged with Fredrikstad on 1 January 1964. The rural municipalities of Borge, Østfold, Borge, Onsøy, Kråkerøy, and Rolvsøy were merged with Fredrikstad on 1 January 1994. The city straddles the river Glomma where it meets the Skagerrak, about from the Sweden border. Along with neighboring Sarpsborg, Fredrikstad forms the fifth largest city in Norway: Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg. As of 31 December 2024, according to Statistics Norway, these two municipalities have a total population of 146,001 with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
