Thorstein Helstad

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Thorstein Helstad
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Helstad in 2006
Personal information
Full name Thorstein Helstad
Date of birth (1977-04-28) 28 April 1977 (age 46) [1]
Place of birth Hamar, Norway
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1994 Fart
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1997 HamKam 46 (12)
1998–2002 Brann 99 (54)
2002–2004 Austria Wien 59 (12)
2004–2006 Rosenborg 36 (15)
2006–2008 Brann 48 (35)
2008–2011 Le Mans 98 (35)
2011–2012 Monaco 6 (0)
2012–2013 Lillestrøm 34 (8)
2014 Gamle Oslo 6 (4)
Total432(175)
International career
1996–1999 Norway U21 30 (5)
2000–2010 Norway 38 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thorstein Helstad (born 28 April 1977) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

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Career

Helstad was born in Hamar, [2] and started his career in his local club FL Fart where he at age 16 scored two goals against Løten in 1993 that made the team win promotion to 3. divisjon. He transferred to the local Norwegian First Division side HamKam, at the age of 18, and played for the club between 1995 and 1997. [3] Helstad joined the Tippeligaen side Brann ahead of the 1998 season. He became one of the biggest stars in the team, and was Tippeliga top scorer in both 2000 and 2001 and won the Kniksen Award as the best striker in 2000. Helstad was sold to Austria Wien alongside Raymond Kvisvik, where he won both the Austrian Bundesliga, the Austrian Cup and the Austrian Supercup. After scoring 14 goals in 69 matches for the Austrian side, Helstad returned to Norway where he signed a four-year deal with Rosenborg. [4]

With Steffen Iversen as the preferred striker, Helstad never managed to gain a regular spot in the first squad, but was often used as a winger in a 4–3–3 system. [5]

After scoring 24 goals in 58 matches, Helstad returned to Brann in June 2006. Since he transferred in the middle of the season he won both gold with Rosenborg and silver with Brann. [4]

In July 2008, Brann accepted a €2 million bid for Helstad from French club Le Mans, where he was installed as their starting striker. Helstad scored 21 goals in 2010–11.

In June 2011, Helstad made a free transfer move to recently relegated and former Champions League finalist Monaco.

He announced his retirement from playing in April 2014. [6]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
SeasonClubLeagueNational CupLeague CupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
HamKam 1995 Tippeligaen 17400——174
1996 Adeccoligaen 14300——143
1997 15500——155
Total46120000004612
Brann 1998 Tippeligaen23600—20256
1999 21800——218
2000 241820—212819
2001 231743—202920
2002 8500——85
Total995463006111158
Austria Wien 2002–03 Austrian Bundesliga 29600—42338
2003–04 27600—20296
2004–05 3000——30
Total59120000625414
Rosenborg 2004 Tippeligaen5100—4293
2005 251323—823518
2006 6100——61
Total361523001245022
Brann 2006 Tippeligaen12210——132
2007 242221—613224
2008 121112—201513
Total48354300816039
Le Mans 2008–09 Ligue 1 32102110—3511
2009–10 3141020—344
2010–11 Ligue 2 35213110—3922
Total983562400010837
Monaco 2011–12 Ligue 2601010—80
Lillestrøm 2012 Tippeligaen12300——123
2013 22530——255
Total348300000378
Career total426171221150328485190

International goals

Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Helstad goal. [7]
List of international goals scored by Thorstein Helstad
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
116 August 2000 Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki, FinlandFlag of Finland.svg  Finland 1–11–3 Friendly
27 October 2000 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, WalesFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 1–11–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
324 January 2001 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2–13–2Friendly
428 February 2001 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern IrelandUlster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1–04–0Friendly
5.4–0
626 January 2003 Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 1–11–1Friendly
78 June 2005 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, SwedenFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2–13–2Friendly
812 October 2005 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, NorwayFlag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1–01–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
92 June 2007Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, NorwayFlag of Malta.svg  Malta 2–04–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
109 September 2009Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, NorwayFlag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 1–02–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Austria Wien

Rosenborg

Brann

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk".
  2. ↑ "Thorstein Helstad". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Historien vår". Fotballaget Fart (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Thorstein Helstad". SK Brann (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Førstevalg som spiss | adressa.no". Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
  6. ↑ "Helstad har lagt opp". TV2. 2 April 2014.
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