Jon Knudsen

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Jon Knudsen
Jon Knudsen 02.JPG
Knudsen 2009
Personnel
birthday November 20, 1974
place of birth Skedsmo ,  Norway
size 185 cm
position goal
Juniors
Years station
Leirsund IF
Lillestrøm SK
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1993-1999 Lillestrøm SK 6 (0)
1996 →  Strømsgodset Toppfotball  (loan) 7 (0)
1997 → Skjetten SK (loan)
1998 → Kongsvinger IL (loan) 14 (0)
1999-2000 FC Midtjylland 14 (0)
2000-2012 Stabæk Fotball 270 (0)
2012 Fredrikstad FK 16 (0)
2013 Lillestrøm SK 0 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1994 Norway U-21 2 (0)
2008-2011 Norway 20 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Jon Knudsen (born November 20, 1974 in Skedsmo ) is a former Norwegian football goalkeeper and was the national goalkeeper of Norway until 2011 .

Career

society

Knudsen began his career in the youth club of his hometown Leirsund, then moved to the youth department of the Norwegian first division club Lillestrøm SK and took part in the 1993 Junior World Cup with the Norwegian selection . In the same year he rose to the professional team of Lillestrøm and was a replacement for the Norwegian national goalkeeper Frode Grodås . He made his professional debut in June 1993 when he played against Ham-Kam when Grodås had to be replaced in the first half due to an injury. At this point Lillestrøm was 2-0 down, but was able to turn the game around and eventually win 4-3. The next game against Molde FK was won 3-0 and was thus his first game without a goal. After another four games, Grodås recovered and Knudsen was a substitute again.

In order to gain match practice, he was loaned to several clubs in the following years. In Strømsgodset Toppfotball he broke his leg in a game against Stabæk Fotball after colliding with a teammate, resulting in a thirteen-month break. After that there were further lending deals with Skjetten SK and Kongsvinger IL .

In 1999 he left Norway for Denmark and signed with Ikast FS , which merged with FC Midtjylland that same year . After just 15 games, he moved to the Norwegian first division club Stabæk Fotball to replace the goalkeeper Frode Olsen , who was moving to Sevilla FC . There he quickly became a regular goalkeeper and played all games of the 2000/01 season. Due to an epileptic seizure in June 2001 and had to sit out for most games of the 2001/02 season. With Stabæk he reached third place in 2003 and second place in 2007. In 2008 he won the Norwegian championship with his club, which was also Stabæk's first championship win.

In the 2011 season, however, he lost his regular place to Jan Kjell Larsen , which is why he moved to Fredrikstad FK in 2012 .

National team

In 2007 Knudsen was appointed to the squad of the Norwegian national football team for the first time for the qualifying game for the 2008 European Championship against Malta .

He made his national team debut on October 11, 2008 in the game against Scotland , which ended 0-0.

family

Knudsen lives with his wife and children in the Høybråten district of Oslo .

successes

Web links

Commons : Jon Knudsen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship squads, Norway - FIFA.com
  2. ↑ BBC , Scotland 0-0 Norway , October 11, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Knudsen, Jon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Skedsmo , Norway