Kjetil Knutsen
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kjetil Knutsen | ||
Date of birth | 2 October 1968 | ||
Place of birth | Arna, Norway | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Bodø/Glimt (head coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Team | |||
Brann | |||
Teams managed | |||
Years | Team | ||
1995–2004 | |||
2012 | Fyllingsdalen | ||
2014–2016 | Åsane | ||
2017 | Bodø/Glimt (assistant) | ||
2018– | Bodø/Glimt |
Kjetil Knutsen (born 2 October 1968) is a Norwegian football coach who is the head coach of Eliteserien club Bodø/Glimt.[1]
Knutsen started his manager career at fifth tier club in 1995, initially as a junior coach, then as head coach. Knutsen would take the team up two divisions in nine years before leaving for a role at top tier side Brann as head of first team development.[2] He was hired as head coach at Fyllingsdalen in 2012 and then at Åsane in 2014. After Knutsen was sacked from his position as head coach in Åsane, he joined Bodø/Glimt as assistant coach under head coach Aasmund Bjørkan. In 2018, Knutsen became head coach for Bodø/Glimt after Bjørkan became sports director.[3] They finished the 2019 Eliteserien in second place, and Knutsen received the Eliteserien Coach of the Year award for this accomplishment.
In 2020 he led Bodø/Glimt to their first ever Norwegian national league title, in a record-breaking season where they lost only one game.[4] In 2021 he led Bodø/Glimt to their second Eliteserien title following a 3–0 win over Mjøndalen.[5]
Managerial statistics[]
- As of match played 12 December 2021
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Bodø/Glimt | 1 January 2018 | Present | 146 | 81 | 39 | 26 | 55.48 |
Total | 146 | 81 | 39 | 26 | 55.48 |
Honours[]
Bodø/Glimt
Individual
- Eliteserien Coach of the Year: 2019, 2020, 2021[6]
References[]
- ^ Sparket Åsane-trener blir assistent i Glimt, rbnett.no, 6 January 2017, retrieved 2 September 2018
- ^ "Hovdings fall". Åsane Tidende. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "Kjetil Knutsen blir hovedtrener i Glimt". Aftenposten. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ {{cite news|url=https://www.nrk.no/nordland/bodo_glimt-har-satt-mange-rekorder-i-ar---her-er-10-av-dem-1.15297486 |title=Rekord-bonanza for Bodø/Glimt i Eliteserien – Her er 10 av dem |publisher=nrk.no| date=20 december 2020
- ^ "Bodø/Glimt Win Second Norwegian League Title". www.lifeinnorway.net. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ "Kniksens hederspris til Ingrid Hjelmseth og Bjarne Berntsen". eliteserien.no (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- 1968 births
- Living people
- People from Bergen
- Norwegian football managers
- SK Brann non-playing staff
- Åsane Fotball managers
- FK Bodø/Glimt managers
- Eliteserien managers
- Norwegian football biography stubs