Trond Bjørndal (born 9 October 1969) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. Hailing from

Frekhaug Frekhaug is a village in Alver Municipality, located in Vestland county, Norway. The village sits at the southern tip of the island of Holsnøy. Prior to 2020, the village was the administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of re ...

, he started his career in

IL Kvernbit I.L Kvernbit is a Norwegian football club, from the rural village Frekhaug in Hordaland. The team resides at the fifth level of the Norwegian league system, despite numerous attempts at promotion. Although Kvernbit is from Frekhaug, many of its ...

, and later played for

Åsane Fotball Åsane Fotball is a Norwegian football club located in Åsane. The club currently plays in 1. divisjon, the second tier of the Norwegian football league system, where they have been played since they promoted from the 2019 2. divisjon. They wer ...

and

Bryne FK Bryne Fotballklubb () is a professional football club in Bryne, Norway, that competes in the 1. divisjon, the second tier of Norwegian football. History Bryne has played a total of 17 seasons in the top flight of Norwegian football since thei ...

. He joined FK Haugesund in 1997, and enjoyed a spell in the

Norwegian Premier League Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotio ...

in the seasons

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and

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. He left ahead of the 2000 season to join Danish team

Vejle BK Vejle Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six ...

, having formerly trialled for Sheffield United. He made eight appearances in the 1999–2000 Danish Superliga as Vejle were

relegated In sports leagues, promotion and relegation is a process where teams are transferred between multiple divisions based on their performance for the completed season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are often called open leagues. ...

. Ahead of the 2004 season, Bjørndal was hired as head coach of Åsane, with Håkon Østevold as assistant coach. Bjørndal only stayed for one year, and was hired as assistant coach under Magnus Johansson at Løv-Ham Fotball ahead of the 2005 season. One year later, Johansson left and Bjørndal was promoted to head coach. Løv-Ham survived the battle against relegation, but Bjørndal resigned at the end of the season. Shortly thereafter, Bjørndal was hired as director of sports in Åsane.

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1969 births Living people People from Meland Norwegian footballers Åsane Fotball players Bryne FK players FK Haugesund players Eliteserien players Vejle Boldklub players Norwegian expatriate footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Norwegian football managers Association football defenders Sportspeople from Vestland {{Norway-footy-defender-stub