Kjetil Strand
| Kjetil Strand | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Kjetil Strand under 2008 European Men's Handball Championship in Stavanger | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Kjetil Øvrelid Strand | ||
| Born |
2 October 1979 Stavanger, Norway | ||
| Nationality | Norwegian | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Mid Back | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
-2003 | Stavanger Håndball | ||
2003-2004 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
2004-2006 | Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold | ||
2006-2007 | AaB Håndbold | ||
2007-2010 | Füchse Berlin | ||
2010-2013 | Stavanger Håndball | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2013 | Norway | 102 | (473) |
Kjetil Øvrelid Strand (born 2 October 1979) is a Norwegian former handball player. Strand played for Bjerringbro Silkeborg in Denmark before the 2006 European Championship. Afterwards he signed a contract with AaB Håndbold.
On 2 February 2006 he scored 19 goals, a Norwegian record,[1] in a Main Group Stage game against Iceland in the European Championship. Strand also holds the record for number of goals scored in a single season in the Norwegian league: 281.[2] He set the record while playing for Stavanger Håndball in 2002/2003 season. In 2003 he was awarded Player of the year in Norwegian handball.[3]
Career
[edit]Kjetil Strand started his professional career at Stavanger Håndbold. There he made his breakthrough in the 2002/03 season, where he scored 281 goals in 25 games and became the league top scorer and handballer of the year.[3] In the winter of 2003 he was approached by TBV Lemgo in the German Handball-Bundesliga, but moved to Flensburg-Handewitt instead.[citation needed] Here he played a single season, where he won the German Bundesliga. He then moved to Danish side Bjerringbro-Silkeborg.[4] In 2006 he moved to league rivals AaB Håndbold.[5] In 2007 he returned to Germany to join Füchse Berlin.[4] In 2010 he announced that he would not extend his contract and moved back to Stavanger Håndbold, where he finished his career in 2013.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ (in Norwegian)- Reddet karrièren, by Arne Hole in Aftenposten 4 February 2006
- ^ (in Norwegian) Skytterkonger from the Norwegian Handball Federation
- ^ a b "Players of the year" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Association. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
- ^ a b "Kjetil Strand fra AaB til Berlin". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 17 May 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ "Kjetil Strand skifter til AaB Håndbold" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 27 March 2006. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- "Statistics for Strand, Kjetil Øvrelid" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Association. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
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