Full name Kare Ronnes Years Team Name Kare Ronnes Position Defender, Midfielder | Place of birth Trondheim, Norway 1956–1960 Rosenborg Role Football player | |
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Date of birth (1938-01-13) January 13, 1938 (age 77) Playing position | ||
Kare Ronnes (born 13 January 1938 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian former football player and coach. He played all his career in Rosenborg BK, Trondheim.
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Kare Ronnes played for his hometown team Rosenborg 19 seasons in a row from 1956 to 1974, a record shared with Ola By Rise. (Roar Strand has also played 19 seasons for the club, but not in a row.) Ronnes played in all positions on the field, including goalkeeper, but mostly midfielder in the first part of his career, and defender in the later part. As young as 22 he became captain of the team.
No accurate statistics exist on the number of matches Ronnes played, but it is estimated to 700. Totally in the seasons 1961–1962 and 1967–1974 while Rosenborg played in the Norwegian top division, Ronnes played 178 matches and scored 17 goals.
Ronnes was capped once for Norway U-21 national team.
Ronnes was manager of Rosenborg BK in the 1975 season, coaching the team to fourth position, equal in points with runner-up Brann and Start in the third position. Ronnes continued his managerial career in Strindheim IL in the 1976 and 1977 seasons, coaching Strindheim from the third to the second level in Norwegian football.
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Ronnes is appointed honorary member of Rosenborg BK.