Kjell Borgersen

Kjell Borgersen (born 24 August 1951) is a Norwegian bandy player, footballer and journalist.

Career He was born and grew up in Drammen. He started his youth career as both a football and bandy player in SBK Drafn, playing bandy for its senior team from 1968 to 1974 and winning three Norwegian championships. He also played bandy for Strømsgodset IF, as well as football for Konnerud IL from 1971 to 1977.

Having taken secondary education, Borgersen was hired in the Drammen newspaper Fremtiden in 1974 and was promoted to sports editor in 1977. From 1987 to 2000 Borgersen was the director of information in the Football Association of Norway, concurrently working as team manager of the Norway national football team from 1990 to 1997. In 1994, Norway qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time since the 1930s. The entire apparatus around the team had to be rebuilt on a professional level.

Borgersen later became operations manager of Ullevaal Stadium, the national team arena.

Personal life He married in 1975 and assumed ownership of the family home south of Drammen city in 1983.