Trond Andersen (born 6 January 1975) is a former Norwegian

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, who played as a

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. He played professionally for

Molde Molde () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and the seat of Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Pen ...

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, AaB and Brøndby.

Club career

Andersen was born in

Kristiansund Kristiansund (, ; historically spelled Christianssund and earlier named Fosna) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality on the western coast of Norway in the Nordmøre district of Møre og Romsdal counties of Norway, county. The admin ...

and played for

Clausenengen Clausenengen Fotballklubb (CFK) is a football club located in Kristiansund, Norway. Many famous players have played at this club, including Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Øyvind Leonhardsen, Trond Andersen, Jan Erlend Kruse, Andre Flem, Arild Stavrum ...

before he joined

ahead of the 1995 season. He played for the

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side until the summer of 1999, when he was sold to

, right before Molde's Champions League matches against

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. 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

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. After playing for Wimbledon for four seasons, Andersen moved to

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to play for

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in the

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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

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. He was on the roster for

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. His last international match was an April 2005 friendly match against

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Career statistics

;

Coaching

In 2015, he took over as head coach of

Lyn Fotball Lyn 1896 Fotballklubb () is a Norway, Norwegian association football, football club and a department of the sports club SFK Lyn, Ski- og Fotballklubben Lyn based in Oslo, whose members also participate in Nordic skiing and orienteering. Until 2 ...

, after one season as junior coach.

Honours

;Individual * ''

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'' Norwegian Premier League Player of the Year 1999

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Andersen, Trond 1975 births Living people Footballers from Kristiansund Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's international footballers Norway men's youth international footballers Norway men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders Clausenengen FK players Molde FK players Wimbledon F.C. players AaB Fodbold players Brøndby IF players Eliteserien players Premier League players English Football League players Danish Superliga players UEFA Euro 2000 players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in England Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in England Norwegian football managers