Rune Skarsfjord

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Rune Skarsfjord
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-05-23) 23 May 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Narvik, Norway
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
FK Mjølner
Tromsdalen UIL
1994 Lyn
1995 Moss
1996–1998 Fossum IF
1999 Skjetten SK
2000 Bærum SK
2001 Kvik
Managerial career
1996–1998 Fossum IF (player-manager)
2000–2003 Rosenborg (youth)
2004–2005 Rosenborg (assistant)
2006–2008 FK Haugesund
2009–2010 Brann (assistant)
2010–2013 Brann
2014–2015 Hønefoss
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rune Skarsfjord (born 23 May 1970) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. He worked as head coach for FK Haugesund and as an assistant coach for Rosenborg BK. He was promoted to head coach of SK Brann in 2010 after Steinar Nilsen was dismissed.

A forward, [1] he played for FK Mjølner, Tromsdalen UIL, Lyn, Moss, Fossum IF, Skjetten SK and Bærum SK; [2] and after being hired as youth coach in Rosenborg BK he also featured for FK Kvik. [3]

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References

  1. Rune Skarsfjord at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Fakta om Rune Skarsfjord" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 6 November 2013.
  3. Rune Skarsfjord at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)