- Geirmund Brendesæter
Infobox Football biography
playername = Geirmund Brendesæter
fullname = Geirmund Brendesæter
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1970|3|22
cityofbirth =Stord
countryofbirth =Norway
height = height|m=1.76
currentclub =Bremnes IL
clubnumber =
position =rightback
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years =
1991-1996 1996 1997-2003
clubs =Bremnes IL StordSK Brann Arminia Bielefeld SK Brann Bremnes IL
caps(goals) =
107 (4)
13 (0)
174 (3)
nationalyears = 1993-1995
nationalteam = country data Norway
country flaglink
variant =
size =
name =
altlink = national football team
altvar = football
nationalcaps(goals) = 6 (0)
pcupdate = 13 January 2008
ntupdate = 13 January 2008Geirmund "Geddi" Brendesæter (born
22 March 1970 ) is afootball defender fromNorway .Club career
He played 13 seasons for Brann. His debut was on 1 June 1991, and he played his last match against Vålerenga in the last match of the season 2003. He played mostly as a right defender. During this period he also played 13 matches for the German team
Arminia Bielefeld in 1996, [ [http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/brendesaethergeirmund/1997/ Data] at Fussballdaten] but returned to Brann to play the last half of the season. Geddi played in total 336 matches for Brann, but scored only 7 goals.In the 2001 season he went to the media and asked the supporters if he should retire or not. The voting ended with 3525 votes to continue, and 3429 votes to retire. So Geddi signed a new contract. In his last match for Brann, he was put on as a substitute a few minutes before the end, the crowd going wild as he entered the pitch. He was placed as a striker, the position which he had played in as a junior player, but had never been used in for Brann.
International career
Geddi also played 6 matches for Norwegian national team between 1993 and 1995. [ [http://www.geocities.com/thomsof/landslaget/landslaget.html Norway - International Players] - Landslaget] .
References
External links
* [http://www.brann.no/index.php?valg=spiller&spiller=3 Player profile] - Brann club website
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=23122 Career stats] - National Football Teams
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