Thorstein Helstad

Thorstein Helstad (born 28 April 1977) is a retired[2] Norwegian footballer who played as a forward.

Thorstein Helstad
Personal information
Full name Thorstein Helstad
Date of birth (1977-04-28) 28 April 1977[1]
Place of birth Hamar, Norway
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1994 Fart Vang
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 8 (0)
2012–2013 Lillestrøm 34 (8)
2014 Gamle Oslo 6 (4)
2015– Bærumsløkka 15 (24)
Total 448 (198)
National team‡
1996–1999 Norway U21 30 (5)
2000–2010 Norway 38 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 January 2014
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 March 2012

Career

Helstad was born in Hamar,[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

With Steffen Iversen as the preferred striker, Helstad never managed to gain a regular spot in the first squad, but was often used a winger in a 4–3–3 system.[6]

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.[5]

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.

Career statistics

Club
As of 28 January 2014
Season Club Division League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1995 HamKam Tippeligaen 17400——174
1996 Adeccoligaen 14300——143
1997 15500——155
1998 Brann Tippeligaen 23600—20256
1999 21800——218
2000 241820—212819
2001 231743—202920
2002 8500——85
2002–03 Austria Wien Bundesliga 29600—42338
2003–04 27600—20296
2004–05 3000——30
2004 Rosenborg Tippeligaen 5100—4293
2005 251323—823518
2006 6100——61
2006 Brann Tippeligaen 12210——132
2007 242221—613224
2008 121112—201513
2008–09 Le Mans Ligue 1 32102110—3511
2009–10 3141020—344
2010–11 Ligue 2 35213110—3922
2011–12 Monaco 601010—80
2012 Lillestrøm Tippeligaen 12300——123
2013 22530——255
Career total 426171221150328485190

International goals
Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first.[7]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
116 August 2000Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki Finland1–11–3Friendly
27 October 2000Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Wales1–11–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
324 January 2001Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong South Korea2–13–2Friendly
428 February 2001Windsor Park, Belfast Northern Ireland1–04–0Friendly
5.4–0
626 January 2003Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah United Arab Emirates1–11–1Friendly
78 June 2005Råsunda Stadium, Solna Sweden2–13–2Friendly
812 October 2005Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Belarus1–01–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
92 June 2007Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Malta2–04–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
109 September 2009Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo North Macedonia1–02–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Norway

Individual

Austria

References
  1. http://nifs.no/personprofil.php?person_id=138
  2. "Helstad har lagt opp". TV2. 2 April 2014.
  3. "Thorstein Helstad". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  4. "Historien vår". Fotballaget Fart (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  5. "Thorstein Helstad". SK Brann (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Helstad, Thorstein". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
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