Gudbrand Ensrud

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Gudbrand Ensrud
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-06-21) 21 June 1977 (age 46)
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) defender
Youth career
Fjellhamar
–1996 Lillestrøm
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996 Lillestrøm 2 (0)
1997–1999 Skjetten
2000–2001 Lyn 35 (0)
2002–2004 Hønefoss 83 (4)
2005 SW Bregenz
2005–2006 Chemnitzer FC 22 (0)
2007–2009 Moss 13 (0)
Managerial career
2010–2011 Drøbak-Frogn (assistant)
2012 Fjellhamar (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gudbrand Ensrud (born 21 June 1977) is a retired Norwegian football defender. Besides Norway, he has played in Austria and Germany. [1] [2]

He started his youth career in Fjellhamar FK [3] and eventually continued to Lillestrøm. He made his Eliteserien debut in July 1996 against Vålerenga. After one more game for Lillestrøm [4] he went on to Skjetten SK. [5] In 2000 he joined Lyn and won promotion to 2001 Eliteserien, [6] after which season he played three years for Hønefoss. [4] Tenures in Austrian SW Bregenz and German Regionalliga club Chemnitzer FC followed. [7]

After playing the 2007 1. divisjon for Moss [4] he missed two years to knee injury.Already in the summer of 2008 he was advised to retire. [8] In 2010 he instead became assistant manager of Drøbak-Frogn IL under Frode Birkeland, [9] and in 2012 assistant manager of Fjellhamar FK under Jan Aksel Opsahl Odden. [10]

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