Thorstein Helstad

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Thorstein Helstad
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*
Years Team Apps (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)
Total 432 (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.

Career[edit]

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[edit]

Club[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Season Club League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
HamKam 1995 Tippeligaen 17 4 0 0 — — 17 4
1996 Adeccoligaen 14 3 0 0 — — 14 3
1997 15 5 0 0 — — 15 5
Total 46 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 12
Brann 1998 Tippeligaen 23 6 0 0 — 2 0 25 6
1999 21 8 0 0 — — 21 8
2000 24 18 2 0 — 2 1 28 19
2001 23 17 4 3 — 2 0 29 20
2002 8 5 0 0 — — 8 5
Total 99 54 6 3 0 0 6 1 111 58
Austria Wien 2002–03 Austrian Bundesliga 29 6 0 0 — 4 2 33 8
2003–04 27 6 0 0 — 2 0 29 6
2004–05 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
Total 59 12 0 0 0 0 6 2 54 14
Rosenborg 2004 Tippeligaen 5 1 0 0 — 4 2 9 3
2005 25 13 2 3 — 8 2 35 18
2006 6 1 0 0 — — 6 1
Total 36 15 2 3 0 0 12 4 50 22
Brann 2006 Tippeligaen 12 2 1 0 — — 13 2
2007 24 22 2 1 — 6 1 32 24
2008 12 11 1 2 — 2 0 15 13
Total 48 35 4 3 0 0 8 1 60 39
Le Mans 2008–09 Ligue 1 32 10 2 1 1 0 — 35 11
2009–10 31 4 1 0 2 0 — 34 4
2010–11 Ligue 2 35 21 3 1 1 0 — 39 22
Total 98 35 6 2 4 0 0 0 108 37
Monaco 2011–12 Ligue 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 — 8 0
Lillestrøm 2012 Tippeligaen 12 3 0 0 — — 12 3
2013 22 5 3 0 — — 25 5
Total 34 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 37 8
Career total 426 171 22 11 5 0 32 8 485 190

International goals[edit]

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. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 August 2000 Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki, Finland  Finland 1–1 1–3 Friendly
2 7 October 2000 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales  Wales 1–1 1–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 24 January 2001 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong  South Korea 2–1 3–2 Friendly
4 28 February 2001 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland 1–0 4–0 Friendly
5. 4–0
6 26 January 2003 Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates  United Arab Emirates 1–1 1–1 Friendly
7 8 June 2005 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  Sweden 2–1 3–2 Friendly
8 12 October 2005 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Belarus 1–0 1–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
9 2 June 2007 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Malta 2–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
10 9 September 2009 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  North Macedonia 1–0 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours[edit]

Austria Wien

Rosenborg

Brann

Individual

References[edit]

  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. ^ a b "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.
  7. ^ "Helstad, Thorstein". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 April 2017.

External links[edit]

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