Frode Kippe

Frode Kippe

Personal information
Full name	Frode Kippe
Date of birth	17 January 1978 (1978-01-17)
Place of birth	Oslo, Norway
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Lillestrøm
Number	13
Youth career
	Kolbotn
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–1998	Lillestrøm	34	(2)
1998–2002	Liverpool	0	(0)
1999–2000	→ Stoke City (loan)	15	(1)
2000–2001	→ Stoke City (loan)	19	(0)
2002–	Lillestrøm	207	(25)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 November 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 January 2010

Frode Kippe (born 17 January 1978) is a Norwegian international footballer. He usually plays as a central defender, and currently plays for Lillestrøm in the Norwegian Premier League.

Career

Kippe started his career playing amateur football for Kolbotn, but moved to Lillestrøm at the age of 19 to play professionally. At the end of the 1998-season Kippe was signed by English FA Premier league club Liverpool. At Liverpool he was restricted to just two substitute appearances in the League Cup against Hull City and Grimsby Town. After four years in England, including two loan-deals with Stoke where he scored once against Preston North End, Kippe went back home to Norway and signed with LSK in 2002.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Liverpool	1999–2000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	2001–02	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
Stoke City	1999–2000	15	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	20	1
	2000–01	19	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	24	0
	Total	34	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	44	1
Career Total		34	1	0	0	2	0	10	0	46	1

Honours

• Kniksen award: Defender of the Year in 2007

External links

• Official Lillestrom SK profile
• LFCHistory.net profile
• National Football Teams