Frode Johnsen
Johnsen with Rosenborg in 2006
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 March 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Skien, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Skotfoss TIF | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–2000 | Odd | 113 | (24) |
| 2000–2006 | Rosenborg | 145 | (80) |
| 2006–2008 | Nagoya Grampus | 77 | (35) |
| 2009–2010 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 62 | (17) |
| 2011–2015 | Odd | 121 | (40) |
| Total | 518 | (196) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2000–2013 | Norway | 35 | (10) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 November 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 January 2013 |
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Frode Johnsen (born 17 March 1974) is a former Norwegian footballer who played for Odd and Rosenborg in the Tippeligaen and for Nagoya Grampus and Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan. He played in several positions, but was preferred as a striker or midfielder. Johnsen is 188 cm tall, and was a good header of the ball.
In his final season for Odds BK in 2015, Johnsen won the Kniksen's Honour Award for his long career as a footballer. He retired in the age of 41. In 2013 he became the topscorer in Tippeligaen, which also made him the oldest topscorer in a European league ever.
Johnsen began his career with minnows Skotfoss TIF, but did not make his Tippeligaen debut until a switch to Odd Grenland where he made his debut in the Norwegian Premier League in 1999 at the age of 25.
He was transferred to Rosenborg mid-season in 2000, as a replacement for John Carew. Johnsen previously studied to be a police officer during his time in Odd Grenland, but quit school to play for Rosenborg. He played fifteen games for Rosenborg in his first season, scoring 9 goals – 12 in total, as he scored 3 goals for Odd before the switch [1]. His new club and he won the championship. Rosenborg narrowly missed out on qualifying from the group stage of the Champions League. Johnsen did very well, scoring five goals in six games – including a hat-trick against Helsingborg. As they finished third, they advanced to the UEFA Cup where they crashed out in the first round to Alavés, Johnsen scored the goal in the 1–1 away leg, but could not prevent Rosenborg from losing 3–1 at home.
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