Knut Anders Fostervold
 Fostervold at the UCI Road World Championships 2006 in Salzburg. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Knut Anders Fostervold | ||
| Date of birth | 4 October 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1991 | Rival | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1991 | Sandefjord | ||
| 1992 | Stokke IL | ||
| 1993 | Eik-Tønsberg | ||
| 1994–2002 | Molde FK | 172 | (13) |
| 2000–2001 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Knut Anders Fostervold (born 4 October 1971) is a former Norwegian footballer who now competes as a cyclist. As a footballer he played as a midfielder and defender from 1991 until 2002, notably played for Molde FK and Grimsby Town.
He also played for Sandefjord, Stokke IL, Eik-Tønsberg
Football career
Fostervold started his career in Rival, and then played in Vestfold for Sandefjord, Stokke IL and Eik-Tønsberg. He returned to his hometown in 1994 when he started to play for Molde FK.
Fostervold played 172 matches for Molde from 1994 to 2002 as a centre-back and scored 13 goals. He also captained the team for four years.[1] Fostervold joined Grimsby Town on loan during the 2000-2001 season, after manager Lennie Lawrence brought in several foreign imports on a loan basis.
Fostervold is well known for a dive he took while playing for Molde in the match against Stabæk on 18 September 1999. After being hit in the face by Pétur Marteinsson, Fostervold waited for a few seconds before throwing himself to the ground, clutching his face in an attempt to attract the referee's attention.[2] Footage of the dive has become popular on video sharing platforms. John Carew parodied the dive in celebration after scoring a goal in another match.
Cycling career
He retired from football due to injury in 2003, and now competes in cycling.[3]
Fostervold won a bronze medal in the Norwegian national time-trial championships in 2005, behind former world under-23 time trial champions and Tour de France stage winners Thor Hushovd and Kurt Asle Arvesen.[4] He won another bronze in 2006, and won silver in 2007 behind Edvald Boasson Hagen.[5] In 2006 and 2007 he represented Norway in the world championship time trial (placing 43rd and 51st respectively).
References
- ↑ Rise, Hans-Olav (26 August 2012). "Tidlegare Molde-kaptein håper Strømsgodset tek seriegull" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ Hansen, Knut Arne (23 September 2011). "Her filmer dommeren som Knut Anders Fostervold" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ http://kondis.no/dnl/index.php?aid=52919&k=dnl%2Fdnl&mid=
- ↑ "Fostervold overrasket i sykkel-NM" (in Norwegian). NRK. 23 June 2005. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ↑ "Fem år uten Hushovd" (in Norwegian). Romerikes Blad. Avisenes Nyhetsbyrå. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2013.