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Frode Johnsen Frode Johnsen ( born 17 March 1974 ) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played for Odd and Rosenborg in the Tippeligaen and for Nagoya Grampus and Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan . He played in several positions , but was preferred as a striker or midfielder . Johnsen is 188 cm tall , and was a good header of the ball . In his final season for Odds BK in 2015 , Johnsen won the Kniksens Honour Award for his long career as a footballer . He retired in the age of 41 . In 2013 , he became the topscorer in Tippeligaen , which also made him the oldest topscorer in a European league ever . Career . Early years . Johnsen began his career with minnows Skotfoss TIF , but did not make his Tippeligaen debut until a switch to Odd Grenland where he made his debut in the Norwegian Premier League in 1999 at the age of 25 . Rosenborg . 2000 . He was transferred to Rosenborg mid-season in 2000 , as a replacement for John Carew . Johnsen previously studied to be a police officer during his time in Odd Grenland , but quit school to play for Rosenborg . He played fifteen games for Rosenborg in his first season , scoring 9 goals – 12 in total , as he scored 3 goals for Odd before the switch . His new club and he won the championship . Rosenborg narrowly missed out on qualifying from the group stage of the Champions League . Johnsen did very well , scoring five goals in six games – including a hat-trick against Helsingborg . As they finished third , they advanced to the UEFA Cup where they crashed out in the first round to Alavés , Johnsen scored the goal in the 1–1 away leg , but could not prevent Rosenborg from losing 3–1 at home . 2001 . In his first full season he became joint top-scorer with 17 goals ( shared with Thorstein Helstad and Clayton Zane ) , playing in all games but one . Rosenborg won the league again by a single point ahead of Lillestrøm . In the Champions League Rosenborg finished fourth in their group . Johnsen played in all six games but one and did not score any goals , though he netted one in the qualifiers . 2002 . Johnsen won his third championship in a row in 2002 . He only played in 17 out of 26 games due to injury , scoring 7 goals . In the Champions League he scored twice in the qualification round , but did not score any in the group stages as Rosenborg only got four points and finished last , despite losing only two games . 2003 . He was involved in every game in the 2003 season as Rosenborg cruised through the championship , winning by 14 points . Johnsen scored 15 goals , only beaten with two by teammate Harald Brattbakk . He also won the cup with Rosenborg over Bodø/Glimt , scoring the equaliser as Rosenborg eventually won 3–1 . He was the top scorer of the cup , scoring 11 goals in 7 games . In the Champions League , Rosenborg and Johnsen failed to reach the group stage , losing narrowly to Deportivo in the qualifiers . They still got to play UEFA Cup , and had a good run before losing on away goals to Benfica . Johnsen played in all but one game in Europe this season , scoring 2 goals in 9 games . 2004 . The 2004 season was dramatic and very memorable season for Frode Johnsen . Rosenborg fought with Vålerenga for the championship , and before the last game of the season , Rosenborg was in the lead , but only on more scored goals . 7 minutes from time in Rosenborgs game against FC Lyn , Vålerenga made it 3–0 in their league game . Rosenborg was leading 3–1 at the time and needed one more to win the league , and in stoppage time Frode Johnsen scored his third of the game with a diving header , winning the championship . Johnsen played in all game and was named top scorer that year , notching up 19 goals in the process . He did not score as many in Europe , but nevertheless , Rosenborg was back in the Champions League . Only two points this time , and Johnsen scored 2 goals in total ( w/ Q-rounds ) . 2005 . After winning five championships in a row , the 2005 season was a devastating one as his team only finished 7th . Johnsen scored only 7 goals in his 23 games that season . In 2005 , both RCD Mallorca and AC Sparta Prague were interested in signing Johnsen , but nothing happened . He was involved in all Champions League games , but did not score . They finished third in a group which contained Real Madrid , Lyon and Olympiacos , but was eliminated in the first UEFA Cup round against FC Zenit St . Petersburg . 2006 . Frode Johnsen started the season well , and halfway through the season he had scored 6 goals in 13 games before Nagoya Grampus Eight came knocking . Johnsen could not resist the chance of going to play abroad and after serving Rosenborg faithfully for a number of years , they let him go and sold him in July 2006 . In all competitions , Johnsen played 234 games and scored 125 goals for Rosenborg . Nagoya Grampus . He signed an 18-month contract and started his Nagoya career by scoring twice in an away match against JEF United Chiba on 29 July 2006 . Nagoya won the match 3–2 . He scored eight more times finishing with 10 goals in 18 games as Nagoya Grampus finished in 7th place . In his first full season in 2007 , Nagoya only managed an 11th place . He scored 13 goals in 26 games . In 2008 , Johnsen and Nagoya fought for the J1 League championship until the final day , but ended up in third place , qualifying for an Asian Champions league spot . On 28 October 2008 , Frode Johnsen stated that he would stay in Japan for at least one more year , either for Nagoya or another Japanese club . Shimizu S-Pulse . On 18 November 2008 , Frode Johnsen announced that he would be leaving Nagoya after this season , and that he was only a medical away from securing a move to another Japanese club . He did not reveal which club it was until the 2008 season was over . It was eventually known that he would join Shimizu S-Pulse for the 2009 season . Shimizu S-Pulse finished in 7th place in his first season and five points from an AFC Champions League place , as Johnsen scored 9 league goals . On 1 August Johnsen scored his first hat-trick in the J-League in a 6–3 win against Shonan Bellmare . On 14 November 2010 , Johnsen scored one goal in a 5–0 win against Shonan Bellmare in what will be his last league game in Japan . He has announced that he will return to Norway after this season . International career . Frode Johnsen has 34 caps , and has scored 10 goals for the Norwegian national team . He made his debut against Finland on 16 August 2000 coming on for Steffen Iversen 20 minutes from time . His first international goal came against Wales in a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier . He remained a regular member of the Norway squad until 2007 , but lost his place after moving to Japan . The long flight distance between Europe and Japan was cited as one of the reasons why he did not play in more games after joining Nagoya Grampus . On 1 September 2013 , Johnsen was recalled to the national team squad , more than six years after his last cap , ahead of the 2014 World Cup qualifying matches against Cyprus and Switzerland . He did not play in either match , but kept his place in the squad for the matches against Slovenia and Iceland in October 2013 . In the match against Slovenia on 11 October 2013 , Johnsen came on as a late substitute , becoming the oldest player ever to play for the Norwegian national team . He repeated the feat in the home match against Iceland four days later , at the age of . Career statistics . Club . - All competitions ( Rosenborg ) : 234 matches – 125 goals - Norwegian PL : 145/80 - European Cups : 66/18 - Norwegian Cup : 23/27 Honours . Club . Rosenborg - Norwegian Premier League Championship ( 6 ) : 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2006 - Norwegian Football Cup Win : 2003 Individual . - Tippeligaen top scorer : 2001 , 2004 , 2013 - Norwegian Football Association Gold Watch External links . - Player profile from RBKweb - Player profile from RBKweb ( nor )