Thorstein Helstad

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Thorstein Helstad
Personal information
Full name Thorstein Helstad
Date of birth April 28, 1977 (1977-04-28) (age 31)
Place of birth    Hamar, Norway
Height 187 cm
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club SK Brann
Number 22
Youth clubs
1994 Fart
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1995–1997
1998–2002
2002–2004
2004–2006
2006–		 Ham–Kam
Brann
Austria Wien
Rosenborg
Brann		 044 (11)
124 (62)
057 (12)
036 (15)
041 (30)[1]   
National team2
1996–1999
2000–		 Norway U21
Norway		 030 0(5)
027 0(9)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of April 14 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 14 November 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

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 addition, 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). Since he left Rosenborg in the middle of the season he became the only player who's ever won both a gold and a silver medal 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 receive his 2nd gold and 2nd silver medal in the Norwegian Premier League.

In 2006 Helstad surpassed the scoring record of his own coach Mons Ivar Mjelde and he is among the most scoring Brann-players ever.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Norway

[edit] Individual

[edit] Austria

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
Preceded by
Daniel Nannskog		 Norwegian top scorer
2007		 Succeeded by
TBA

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sportsklubben Brann - Ekte lidenskap har et navn

[edit] External links


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Persondata
NAME Helstad, Thorstein
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Helstad, Thorstein
SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1977-4-28
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamar , Norway
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH