Stig Inge Bjørnebye

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Personal information
Stig Inge Bjørnebye
Full name	Stig Inge Bjørnebye
Date of birth	December 11, 1969 (age 37)
Place of birth	Elverum, Norway
Playing position	Left-back
Club information
Current club	I.K. Start (head coach)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988 1989-1991 1992,1994 (loan) 1992-2000 2000 (loan) 2000-2002	Strømmen Kongsvinger Rosenborg Liverpool Brøndby Blackburn Rovers	10 (0) 62 (3) 29 (3) 139 (2) 13 (2) 56 (1)
National team
1989-2000	Norway	75 (1)
Teams managed
2003-2006 2006-	Norway (assistant manager) I.K. Start
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Stig Inge Bjørnebye (born December 11, 1969 in Elverum) was a Norwegian soccer player who made a name for himself at Liverpool. He mostly played left back both in the club and in the national team. In the national team he was well known for his long passes to striker Jostein Flo. He also set up Michael Owen for his first goal in a 2-1 defeat to Wimbledon.

For Norway, Bjørnebye was capped 75 times after making his international debut against Austria in 1989. He played for his country at the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cup, as well as Euro 2000. Other than Liverpool, he also played for Strømmen, Kongsvinger, Rosenborg, Brøndby and Blackburn Rovers.

Bjørnebye was for a period the assistant manager in the Norwegian national team under Åge Hareide. He is also one of the owners of Nybergsund I.L. Now he is head coach for I.K. Start.

[edit] Honours As Player

1992 Norwegian League Champions with Rosenborg B.K.
1992 Norwegian Cup with Rosenborg B.K.
1994 Norwegian League Champions with Rosenborg B.K.
1994/95 League Cup with Liverpool FC
2001/02 League Cup with Blackburn Rovers

[edit] External links

Liverpool - Past Player Profile
(Danish) Brøndby IF statistics

Norway national football team assistant coach
Preceded by: Harald Olav Aabrekk	Season: 2003-2006	Succeeded by: Ola By Rise
I.K. Start coach
Preceded by: Tom Nordlie	2006-	Succeeded by:

	Norway squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup
1 Thorstvedt \| 2 Halle \| 3 Johnsen \| 4 Bratseth \| 5 Bjørnebye \| 6 Flo \| 7 Mykland \| 8 Leonhardsen \| 9 Fjørtoft \| 10 Rekdal \| 11 Jakobsen \| 12 Grodås \| 13 By Rise \| 14 Nilsen \| 15 Løken \| 16 Sørloth \| 17 Eggen \| 18 Haaland \| 19 Strand \| 20 Berg \| 21 Rushfeldt \| 22 Bohinen \| Coach: Olsen

	Norway squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Grodås \| 2 Halle \| 3 Johnsen \| 4 Berg \| 5 Bjørnebye \| 6 Solbakken \| 7 Mykland \| 8 Leonhardsen \| 9 T. Flo \| 10 Rekdal \| 11 Jakobsen \| 12 Myhre \| 13 Baardsen \| 14 Heggem \| 15 Eggen \| 16 J. Flo \| 17 H. Flo \| 18 Østenstad \| 19 Hoftun \| 20 Solskjær \| 21 Riseth \| 22 Strand \| Coach: Olsen