Thorstein Helstad
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Thorstein Helstad | |
| Date of birth | April 28, 1977 (age 29) | |
| Place of birth | Hamar, Norway | |
| Height | 187 cm | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | SK Brann | |
| Number | 22 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1994 |  Fart |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1995-1997 1998-2002 2002-2004 2004-2006 2006- |
Ham-Kam SK Brann Austria Wien Rosenborg SK Brann |
44 (11) 124 (62) 57 (12) 36 (15) 12 (3) |
| National team2 | ||
| - 1999- |
Norway U21 Norway |
30 (5) 22 (8) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Thorstein Helstad (born April 28, 1977) is a Norwegian footballer currently playing for Brann.
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[edit] Career
Helstad started his career in his local club Fart/Vang, before being snapped up by the biggest club in the district, Ham-Kam at the age of 18. Helstad played for "Kamma" in the Norwegian 1. division from 1995 to 1997, when the Premiership club SK Brann, in strong competition with other major Norwegian clubs, signed the talented youngster. In Brann, Helstad showed the whole country his talent and potential, and it was in Bergen that Helstad experienced his biggest success on the football field. While Helstad was in the club, Brann won league bronze and cup silver in 1999 and league silver in 2000. In edition, Helstad also became the Tippeliga top scorer in both 2000 (18 goals in 24 matches) and in 2001 (17 goals in 23 matches) and won a Kniksen award. Helstad was sold to the Austrian side Austria Wien in 2002, but despite winning the Austrian Bundesliga, the Austrian Cup and the Austrian Supercup, his stay in central Europe was a modest success, and in 2004, Helstad returned home to Norway and the league champions Rosenborg. Helstad never managed to gain a regular spot on the Rosenborg team, often said to be a result of him have to play winger in a 4-3-3 system, instead of playing striker in a 4-4-2 system.
[edit] Back in Bergen
On June 25, 2006 Thorstein Helstad signed a 3.5 year contact with SK Brann, in a surprising transfer worth between £260 000 and £350 000 (€380 000-€505 000).
[edit] Hounors
[edit] Norway
[edit] Individual
- Norwegian Premier League top scorer: 2000 and 2001
- Kniksen award: striker of the year in 2000
[edit] Austria
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2003
- Austrian Cup: 2003
- Austrian Supercup: 2003
[edit] Trivia
- Helstad is the only player who's ever won both a gold- and a silvermedal in the Tippeliga in the same season. In 2006 he had enough matches for both the champions Rosenborg BK and the runner-ups SK Brann, to recive his 2nd gold-, and 2nd silvermedal in the Norwegian Premier League.
| Preceded by Rune Lange |
Norwegian top scorer 2000 |
Succeeded by Himself, Frode Johnsen, Clayton Zane |
| Preceded by Himself |
Norwegian top scorer 2001 |
Succeeded by Harald Martin Brattbakk |
| S.K. Brann - Current Squad |
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1 Thorbjørnsen | 2 Jaiteh | 3 Dahl | 4 Guntveit | 5 Corrales | 6 Haugen | 7 Gashi | 8 Andresen | 9 Solli | 10 Sæternes | 11 Vaagan Moen | 12 Opdal | 13 Huseklepp | 15 Hanstveit | 17 Bakke | 18 Bjarnason | 19 Misje | 20 Ludvigsen | 21 Sigurðsson | 22 Helstad | 28 Björnsson | 77 Winters | Coach Mjelde |
