Kjetil Strand

Kjetil Øvrelid Strand (born 2 October 1979) is a Norwegian former handball player. Strand played for Bjerringbro Silkeborg in Denmark before the 2006 European Championship. Afterwards he signed a contract with AaB Håndbold.

Kjetil Strand
Kjetil Strand under 2008 European Men's Handball Championship in Stavanger
Personal information
Full name	Kjetil Øvrelid Strand
Born	(1979-10-02) 2 October 1979 (age 45) Stavanger, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Mid Back
Senior clubs
Years	Team
-2003	Stavanger Håndball
2003-2004	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2004-2006	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold
2006-2007	AaB Håndbold
2007-2010	Füchse Berlin
2010-2013	Stavanger Håndball
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2013	Norway	102	(473)

On 2 February 2006 he scored 19 goals, a Norwegian record,^[1] in a Main Group Stage game against Iceland in the European Championship. Strand also holds the record for number of goals scored in a single season in the Norwegian league: 281.^[2] He set the record while playing for Stavanger Håndball in 2002/2003 season. In 2003 he was awarded Player of the year in Norwegian handball.^[3]

Career

Kjetil Strand started his professional career at Stavanger Håndbold. There he made his breakthrough in the 2002/03 season, where he scored 281 goals in 25 games and became the league top scorer and handballer of the year.^[3] In the winter of 2003 he was approached by TBV Lemgo in the German Handball-Bundesliga, but moved to Flensburg-Handewitt instead.^{[citation needed]} Here he played a single season, where he won the German Bundesliga. He then moved to Danish side Bjerringbro-Silkeborg.^[4] In 2006 he moved to league rivals AaB Håndbold.^[5] In 2007 he returned to Germany to join Füchse Berlin.^[4] In 2010 he announced that he would not extend his contract and moved back to Stavanger Håndbold, where he finished his career in 2013.^{[citation needed]}