Iver Sletten

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Iver Sletten
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-07-24) 24 July 1974 (age 50)
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Vestsida
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–1993 Vestsida
1993–1995 Ham Kam 2
1995–1997 Ham Kam
1998–2001 Skeid 85 (21)
2002 Bærum
2003–2004 Groruddalen (34)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iver Sletten (born 24 July 1974) is a retired Norwegian football striker.

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Career

Sletten hails from Vinstra and started his career in local club Vestsida FK. He played senior football in the Fourth Division, scoring 18 goals in 1992. After the 1992 season, he and another teammate trained with Leeds United F.C. Under-21s and Academy. In the fall of 1993 he wanted to move to Hamar, and play for the B team of Hamarkameratene. He scored twice in his last match for Vestsida. [2] [3] [4] He continued as a member of the Hamarkameratene 2 squad in 1994. [5] The team played in the Third Division. Sletten lost nine weeks of training due to ankle surgery in January 1994, but experienced a breakthrough in May 1994, when he scored the winning goals against Sel away. [6] [7] In the second leg against Sel, in August, Sletten scored 4 times. [8]

Sletten was included in Hamarkameratene's squad in 1995, contesting the Eliteserien. He scored his first Eliteserien goal against Kongsvinger, although it was inconsequential as Hamkam was already down 0–4. He made a breakthrough in October 1995, when he scored the winning goal against Vålerenga (in the 90th minute). The victory gave Hamkam hopes of narrowly avoiding relegation. [9] [10] [11]

After three seasons in Hamarkameratene he joined Skeid Fotball ahead of the 1997 season. In his first tryout match for Skeid, Sletten scored a hat-trick. [12] He also had a trial with Moss FK in late 1997. [13]

Skeid had been relegated from the 1997 Eliteserien, but Sletten helped the team win re-promotion to the 1999 Eliteserien. He remained in the club despite a 20% pay cut in the summer of 1998. [14] [15] [1]

In 2002, he played for Bærum SK. [16] Here, he met the teammate (and future manager) Pål Arne Johansen, who lured Sletten to Groruddalen BK in 2003. Sletten and Groruddalen proved to be dominant in the 2003 3. divisjon. Among others, he scored 5 goals in one match against Nittedal. In June, he scored 11 goals in four matches. By 1 August, he was behind 21 goals. [17] [18] [19] Groruddalen was one of Norway's most scoring teams, [20] but failed to win promotion. Following a shoulder surgery, Sletten was wanted by Skjetten SK, Strømmen IF and Drøbak-Frogn, but chose to stay in Groruddalen—where he became team captain. [21] [22] He was not able to repeat his 25 league goals from 2003, stopping at 9 in 2004. [23]

Personal life

Sletten was a Liverpool F.C. supporter. He married Anne Stine Kraabøl, who received attention for the couple's maximalist home interior. [24]

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  2. ↑ Teigøyen, Geir (12 November 1992). "Sletten og Ekre reiser til Leeds". Dagningen (in Norwegian). p. 19.
  3. ↑ Sæterli, Jan (20 April 1993). "Rivaliserende måljegere". Gudbrandsdølen Lillehammer Tilskuer (in Norwegian). p. 19.
  4. ↑ "Vestsida-seier – men uten trener". Dagningen (in Norwegian). 5 July 1993. p. 18.
  5. ↑ "Slik blir Ham-Kam i 94-sesongen". Hamar Dagblad (in Norwegian). 1 December 1993. p. 23.
  6. ↑ Teigøyen, Geir (16 May 1994). "Iver kom, så – og vant". Dagningen (in Norwegian). p. 19.
  7. ↑ Olsen, Stein B. (16 May 1994). "Alle falt for Iver...". Gudbrandsdølen Lillehammer Tilskuer (in Norwegian). p. 15.
  8. ↑ Akselsen, Hans Erik (16 August 1994). "4 x Sletten". Hamar Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). p. 17.
  9. ↑ Rønning, Helge (16 October 1995). "Matchvinner med scorings-Iver". Dagningen (in Norwegian). pp. 16–17.
  10. ↑ Salsten, Petter (16 October 1995). "Rett og Slett(en) matchvinner". Hamar Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). pp. 20–21.
  11. ↑ Fremnesvik, Ståle P. (16 October 1995). "Slett ikke nede ennå". Østlendingen (in Norwegian). pp. 22–23.
  12. ↑ Teigøyen, Geir (24 December 1997). "Iver Sletten til Skeid". Dølen (in Norwegian). p. 8.
  13. ↑ "Fra Hamkam til Moss FK". Moss Dagblad (in Norwegian). 3 November 1997. p. 14.
  14. ↑ Holmlund, Tor Bjørnar (19 October 1998). "Skeid – fra bankerott til opprykk". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 39.
  15. ↑ Vollan, Kjell H. (20 October 1998). "Sletten klar for eliten". Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen (in Norwegian). p. 27.
  16. ↑ Knutsen, Sondre Mikal (13 August 2002). "Bærum på vei til 1. divisjon". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). p. 16.
  17. ↑ Mellingsæter, Hanne (18 June 2003). "5 x Iver for Groruddalen". Akers Avis Groruddalen (in Norwegian). p. 23.
  18. ↑ Tingve, Pål Marius (2 July 2003). "Mer enn fem mål i snitt!". Akers Avis Groruddalen (in Norwegian). p. 21.
  19. ↑ Merg, Kyrre (1 August 2003). "Iver Sletten kan ta hjem 'storeslem'". Akers Avis Groruddalen (in Norwegian). p. 14.
  20. ↑ Kirkebøen, Stein Erik (4 September 2003). "Her er Norges farligste fotballag". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). p. 26.
  21. ↑ Merg, Kyrre (28 November 2003). "Opprykks-jakten fortsetter". Akers Avis Groruddalen (in Norwegian). p. 25.
  22. ↑ Merg, Kyrre (28 April 2004). "– Råskapen må tilbake". Akers Avis Groruddalen (in Norwegian). p. 26.
  23. ↑ Merg, Kyrre (3 November 2004). "Groruddalens beste fotballspillere i 2004". Akers Avis Groruddalen (in Norwegian). pp. 26–27.
  24. ↑ "Anne Stine elsker gull og silkeputer". Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen (in Norwegian). 19 December 2019. pp. 22–23.

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