Aasmund Bjørkan is a retired Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 football midfielder.

He made his debut for FK Bodø/Glimt in 1991, and helped win promotion ahead of the 1993 season. In his first Norwegian Premier League

Norwegian Premier League

Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

 season in 1993

Norwegian Premier League 1993

The Tippeligaen 1993 is the highest Football league in Norway. 22 games are played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number eleven and twelve are relegated...

 he played all 22 league games. He remained a steadfast first-team player at Bodø/Glimt until changing club to Vålerenga in the middle of the 2000 season. After some meagre seasons he returned to Bodø/Glimt in August 2002. He started off well, playing all 26 league games in 2003

Norwegian Premier League 2003

The final table from the Norwegian Premier League 2003 . 26 games are played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws...

, but was eventually struck by problems with jumper's knee

Jumper's Knee

Patellar tendinitis , is a relatively common cause of pain in the inferior patellar region in athletes...

. He retired as an active player after the 2005 season.

Ahead of the 2006 season he was offered the job as head coach of Steigen SK. This did not happen; instead he was hired in Bodø/Glimt as a player developer. Ahead of the 2009 season he was hired as the new head coach for second-tier club Alta IF

Älta IF

Älta IF is a Swedish football club located in Älta.-Background:Älta IF currently plays in Division 4 Stockholm Södra which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Älta IP in Älta....

. 16 December 2010 Bjørkan are the new head coach for Ranheim

Ranheim Fotball

Ranheim Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Ranheim in Trondheim. Ranheim is the football department of Ranheim IL, founded on 17 February 1901. Former manager Per Joar Hansen earned Ranheim a promotion to the Norwegian First Division after the 2009 season...

from 1 January 2011.