Jan Erlend Kruse

Jan Erlend Kruse (born 31 August 1968) is a Norwegian former football defender.

Jan Erlend Kruse
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-08-31) 31 August 1968
Position(s) Defender
Midfielder
Youth career
Nordlandet
Clausenengen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1986 Clausenengen ? (?)
1987–1989 Brann 40 (4)
1990–1991 Molde 40 (7)
1992 Hamkam 12 (0[1])
1993 Averøykam
1994–1998 Vålerenga 47 (3)
1997 → Skeid (loan) 5 (0)
1998 → Clausenengen (loan)
1998–1999 Panionios 16 (1)
2000 Clausenengen
International career
1986 Norway U17 5 (0)
1988 Norway U21 1 (0)
Managerial career
Lyn (youth)
Bækkelaget (youth)
Bækkelaget
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Hailing from Kristiansund, he came through the ranks of talent factory Clausenengen before joining first-tier club Brann in 1987.[2][3] After two seasons there, he took two seasons in Molde and one in Hamkam.[4] In 1993 he spent several months on free transfer before joining third-tier club Averøykameratene in March.[5] He did however manage to return to the top flight with Vålerenga, where he stayed until the summer of 1997 when he was loaned out to Skeid. He was also loaned out to Clausenengen in the spring of 1998 before venturing to Greek football and Panionios. He made 16 appearances in the 1998–99 Alpha Ethniki, scoring one goal.[6] Requiring surgery on the cartilage in both his heels, he returned to Norway after one season. He made a brief comeback in Clausenengen and spent time training with Strømsgodset IF in June 2000.[7][8] He later alleged that his time in Greece had been marred by the wide prevalence of match fixing.[9]

International career

Kruse was capped a total of 6 games for Norway at international youth level.[2]

Managerial career

Kruse was a youth coach in Lyn, then Bækkelaget in 2006 before coaching Bækkelaget's senior team in 2007.[10]

References
  1. Hamkam.no
  2. "Jan Erlend Kruse Profile Fotball.no". www.fotball.no. Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  3. "Kruse" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 26 November 1986.
  4. Weltfussball
  5. "Fra Hamarkameratene til Averøykameratene" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 25 March 1993.
  6. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (26 April 2003). "Greece 1998/99". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  7. Strand, Ole T. (29 May 2000). "Ble helt på overtid". Tidens Krav (in Norwegian). p. 13.
  8. "Jan Erland Kruse Godset-aktuell" (in Norwegian). Drammens Tidende. 27 June 2000. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  9. Fossheim, Jim (6 October 2006). "Gresk fotball – herlig korrupt" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  10. "Kruse trener Bækkelaget". Tidens Krav (in Norwegian). 22 November 2006. p. 12.
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