Mons Ivar Mjelde

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Mons Ivar Mjelde
Personal information
Full name	Mons Ivar Mjelde
Date of birth	November 17, 1967 (age 39)
Place of birth	Osterøy, Norway
Nickname	MIM, Monsamjelden, Mål-Mons
Playing position	Striker (retired) Head coach
Club information
Current club	SK Brann
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-1990 1991 1992-1994 1994-1995 1996-2000 2001 2001	SK Brann Bryne Lillestrøm Austria Wien SK Brann Sogndal (loan) SK Brann Total league matches (goals)	31 (7) - (-) 53 (29) 62 (28) 94 (48) 7 (2) 3 (0) 250 (114)
National team
1993	Norway	3 (2)
Teams managed
2002 2003–present	SK Brann reserve team SK Brann
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Mons Ivar Mjelde (born November 17, 1967 in Osterøy, Norway) is a former footballer and current head coach for the Norwegian Tippeliga club SK Brann.

Contents 1 Player 2 Coach 3 Hounors 3.1 Player 3.2 Coach

[edit] Player

During his active career, Mons Ivar played two season in FK Austria Wien, two and a half seasons in Lillestrøm SK and a total of 7 seasons in SK Brann. At the end of his career, Mjelde were loaned out to Sogndal IL in 2001. Mjelde got 72 goals on 160 matches for SK Brann, earning himself and the team silvermedals in 1997 and 2000, bronzemedals and cupsilver in 1999 and an advancement to the quarter final in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1997, only to be eliminated by Liverpool FC. After returning to Brann from Austria in 1996, Mjelde scored 19 goals in 15 league appearances, earning him the Kniksen award as "striker of the year". Mons Ivar got 3 national caps and 2 goals for Norway.

[edit] Coach

Retiring as a player after the 2001 season, Mjelde became the new coach for Brann's reserve team in Norway's 3rd highest division. The year after, Brann's main coach, Teitur Þórðarson was fired after delivering a catastrophic season. In January 2003, after only one year's experience as a coach, Mons Ivar Mjelde was appointed head coach in SK Brann. The following season, Mjelde led Brann to a number 6 posision in the premiership. The year after he led the club to a bronze medal in the premiership and cup victory, Brann's first trophy in 22 years. The 2005 season, however, was a big disappointment. The objective was premiership gold and a new cup final, but Brann only managed a number 6 position in the Tippeligaen and was eliminated in the cup quarter final. Even if the 2006 season looks to be a glory one, Mjelde is still much criticized in the press and among the fans for his lack of tactical skills. Spending a lot and never giving up his "happy-go-lucky" attitude surly makes him a controversial coach.

[edit] Hounors

[edit] Player

• Norwegian Premier League top scorer: 1993
• Kniksen award: striker of the year 1996

[edit] Coach

• Norwegian Cup: 2004
• Norwegian Premier League coach of the month: May 2006

Norwegian Premier League top scorer
Preceded by: Kjell Roar Kaasa	Season: 1993	Succeeded by: Harald Martin Brattbakk
Kniksen award: Striker of the year
Preceded by: Harald Martin Brattbakk	1996	Succeeded by: Harald Martin Brattbakk
SK Brann coach
Preceded by: Teitur Þórðarson	2003-present	Succeeded by:

S.K. Brann - Current Squad
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