Trond Nordsteien

Trond Nordsteien (born 24 November 1963) is a Norwegian football manager.[1]

Trond Nordsteien
Nordsteien in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-11-24) 24 November 1963
Position(s) midfielder
Youth career
Løkken
Rosenborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Freidig
Managerial career
Othilienborg (youth)
–1997 Nardo (U19)
1998 Kolstad
2000–2005 Trondheims-Ørn women
2002 Norway U21 women (assistant)
2003–2005 Norway women (assistant)
2006–2012 Rosenborg (player developer)
2011 Ranheim (assistant)
2012 Norway U19
2013 Norway U21 (caretaker)
2013–2015 Ranheim
2016 Trondheims-Ørn women
2017–2018 Tromsø (coach developer)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nordsteien hails from Løkken Verk, moving to Trondheim at the age of 15. After playing on Rosenborg's junior team with Trond Henriksen, he was not good enough for the senior team. His senior career was instead spent with lowly SK Freidig. Nordsteien studied to become a mathematics teacher, and coached a boys' team in Othilienborg, then the junior team of Nardo FK.[2]

After becoming runners-up in the 1997 Norwegian Junior Cup, Nordsteien took over Kolstad IL in 1998. In 1999 he took over the dominating women's team at the time, SK Trondheims-Ørn.[2][3] With Trondheims-Ørn, Nordsteien won the Toppserien in 2000, 2001 and 2003; the cup in 2001 and 2002 and reached the 2004–05 UEFA Women's Cup semi-final.

In 2003 he was appointed as assistant manager of the Norway under-21 women's team, and a year later he advanced to assistant manager of Norway under Åge Steen.[4][5] VG revealed that Nordsteien could continue as Trondheims-Ørn manager and assist the national team part-time, due to Football Association budget cuts for women's and youth teams after Åge Hareide was bought out of Rosenborg to coach the men's team.[6]

Nonetheless, Nordsteien did not renew his contract with Trondheims-Ørn as it expired on 31 December 2005.[7] He was hired as player developed in Rosenborg, succeeding Bjørn Hansen who retired. This entailed leaving the national team as well.[8][9]

In 2011 he doubled as assistant manager of Ranheim.[10] In 2012 he coached Norway U19, and became acting coach of Norway U21 in 2013.[11]

He left Rosenborg after the 2012 season to become head coach in the Norwegian First Division.[12] Nordsteien took over Ranheim in 2013, serving until he was sacked in May 2015.[10][13] In 2016 he returned to Trondheims-Ørn, but already in June he announced his intention to leave the club, and was replaced in September.[14][15] During the closing days of the 2017 season he was hired by Tromsø IL as a coach developer.[16] He stayed throughout 2018 and was succeeded by Morten Giæver.[17]

References
  1. Trond Nordsteien at WorldFootball.net
  2. Bråten, Roy Tommy (8 June 2013). "-Jeg er en fotballtulling". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian).
  3. Kristengård, Einar (28 April 2000). "Debutant blant Ørn-veteraner". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian).
  4. "Fotball: Landslagstrenere 2003-sesongen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 17 December 2002.
  5. "Nordsteien blir Steens assistent" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 23 December 2003.
  6. Stokstad, Morten (18 January 2004). "Kostet 5 mill. å kjøpe Hareide". VG (in Norwegian). p. 24.
  7. Sagbakken, Ole (6 July 2005). "Nordsteien ferdig i Ørn". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian).
  8. "Nordsteien spillerutvikler i Rosenborg" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 5 December 2005.
  9. Stensås, Christer (6 December 2005). "Nordsteien sier opp landslagsjobben". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian).
  10. "Skiller lag med Nordsteien". Trønder-Avisa (in Norwegian). 28 May 2015. p. 30.
  11. "Høgmos team ikke klart" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 5 November 2013.
  12. "Nordsteien: - Et kjempelett valg". Adresseavisen. 23 October 2012.
  13. Sagbakken, Ole; Grønning, Eirik (28 May 2015). "- Skulle gjerne fått sjans en til å rette det opp". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). pp. 36–37.
  14. Rasmus, Petter (17 June 2016). "Nordsteien ferdig som trener". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). p. 35.
  15. "Trondheims-Ørn med trenerbytte". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). 5 September 2016. p. 22.
  16. Sivertsen, Øyvind (31 October 2017). "TIL henter tidligere Rosenborg-trener". iTromsø (in Norwegian). p. 21.
  17. Eilertsen, Tobias Stein (15 February 2019). "Morten Giæver klar for TIL". iTromsø (in Norwegian). p. 20.
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