Bjørn Rime (born 18 January 1945) is a Norwegian former football player and coach. He played 130 matches in the Eliteserien; nine seasons with Rosenborg BK and one with SK Gjøvik-Lyn. Being a defender he scored only four goals in these matches.[1] He was capped once for Norway national football team. He was head coach for Rosenborg BK in the 1977 season.

Bjørn Rime
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-01-18) 18 January 1945 (age 79)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
–1959 Fagernes
1960–1963 Gjøvik-Lyn
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1965 Gjøvik-Lyn
1966 Nor
1966–1967 Gjøvik-Lyn
1968–1977 Rosenborg 123 (3)
International career
1970 Norway 1 (0)
Managerial career
1977 Rosenborg
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Bjørn Rime grew up in Fagernes and played youth football for Fagernes IL before transferring to SK Gjøvik-Lyn in February 1960.[2] He was selected for a youth national team training camp in 1963.[3] He played for SK Gjøvik-Lyn when the club was in the Norwegian top division in the 1963 season.

In the spring of 1966 Rime played for Nor in Narvik, due to his being stationed in the area for military service.[4][5] In the latter half of 1966 he featured for Gjøvik-Lyn again, but resided in Oslo and trained with Skeid during the winter break. Gjøvik-Lyn secured his services for 1967 as well.[6]

He came to in Rosenborg in 1968 and quickly became regular as defender.[7] Rime was capped once for Norway national football team in a match versus Iceland in 1971.[8]

Rime was head coach of Rosenborg BK in the 1977 season. Rime now lives in Trondheim, managing a steel company.

Honours

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Rosenborg BK

References

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  1. ^ "Statistics for Bjørn Rime". Aftenposten. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Overgang av fotballspillere". Velgeren (in Norwegian). 31 March 1960. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Bjørn Rime til treningsleir i Horten". Samhold (in Norwegian). 14 June 1963. p. 4.
  4. ^ "HIL debuterte med 1-1 mot Nor i Narvik". Nordlys (in Norwegian). 2 May 1966. p. 5.
  5. ^ "Bjørn Rime i Nor, Narvik". Samhold-Velgeren (in Norwegian). 5 May 1966. p. 5.
  6. ^ "Gjøvik-Lyns mål for sesongen: Beholde plassen i 2. divisjon". Samhold-Velgeren (in Norwegian). 1 April 1967. p. 4.
  7. ^ "The 1969 Season" (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  8. ^ Bjørn Rime at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  9. ^ "Mestvinnende med RBK" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 January 2009.