:Jan Fjetland
{{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1962)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
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|birth_place = Stavanger, Norway
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|position = Forward
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|years1 = {{0|0000}}–1988
|clubs1 = Vidar
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|years2 = 1989
|clubs2 = Viking
|caps2 = 8
|goals2 = 1
|years3 = 1990–1994
|clubs3 = Vidar
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|nationalyears1 = 1979
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Jan Fjetland (born 12 August 1962) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a forward. He spent most of his career at Vidar, with the exception of 1989 when he played for Viking and won the Norwegian Cup. He is the twin brother of Egil Fjetland.
Club career
Fjetland started his career in his hometown-club Vidar. He played 500 matches{{cite web |url=http://www.fkvidar.no/adelskalender-menn-a-lag |language=Norwegian |title=Adelskalender Menn A-lag |publisher=FK Vidar |accessdate=9 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130112135947/http://www.fkvidar.no/adelskalender-menn-a-lag |archivedate=12 January 2013 |df=dmy-all }} and scored 289 goals for the club{{cite web |url=http://www.fkvidar.no/flest-ml-a-lag-menn |language=Norwegian |title=Flest Mål A-lag Menn |publisher=FK Vidar |accessdate=9 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130112051217/http://www.fkvidar.no/flest-ml-a-lag-menn |archivedate=12 January 2013 |df=dmy-all }} during the 1980s, when Vidar was competing for promotion to the top league,{{cite news |url=http://fotball.aftenbladet.no/nm/article107329.ece |language=Norwegian |title=Lærlingene som ble læremestere |work=aftenbladet.no |publisher=Stavanger Aftenblad |first=Eirik B. |last=Frøiland |date=10 May 2008 |accessdate=9 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225001739/http://fotball.aftenbladet.no/nm/article107329.ece |archivedate=25 December 2008 |df=dmy-all }} and the beginning of the 1990s until he retired in 1994. Fjetland is the most-scoring player on Vidar and the player with second-most appearances for the club, and is one of the best players that have played for Vidar.{{cite web |url=http://www.aftenbladet.no/sport/fotball/article388884.ece |language=Norwegian |title=100 år med vennskap |work=aftenbladet.no |publisher=Stavanger Aftenblad |first=Frode S. |last=Lindboe |date=21 December 2006 |accessdate=9 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222173316/http://www.aftenbladet.no/sport/fotball/article388884.ece |archive-date=22 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}
Fjetland moved to Viking with his twinbrother, Egil Fjetland ahead of the 1989-season. While Egil played for Viking for four seasons,{{cite web |url=http://www.viking-fk.no/newsread/spillerarkiv.aspx?docid=11121 |title=Fjetland, Egil |publisher=Viking FK |archivedate=11 June 2011 |accessdate=9 July 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611121424/http://www.viking-fk.no/newsread/spillerarkiv.aspx?docid=11121}} Jan only stayed at the club for one year. He played eight matches and scored one goal in the league while scoring two goals in four matches in the cup.{{cite web |url=http://viking-fk.papirfly.no/newsread/aktuelt_arkiv.aspx?docid=21438 |title=Fjetland, Jan |publisher=Viking FK |access-date=9 July 2012 }}{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}} Fjetland was nicknamed "Postmannen" during his time at Viking, because he was working as a postman in addition to playing football.
Fjetland stated before he joined Viking, that he joined the club to win the Norwegian Cup final, and he delivered his best performance for Viking in the rematch of the 1989 Norwegian Cup final. Fjetland scored the first goal when Molde was beaten 2–1, and together with Alf Kåre Tveit he was Viking's best player in the match.{{cite web |url=http://www.viking-fk.no/news/article/1v20kelrqedeu107es4dcaq9v3 |language=Norwegian |title=Viking – Molde (Omkamp) |publisher=Viking FK |date=7 June 2012 |accessdate=9 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042653/http://www.viking-fk.no/news/article/1v20kelrqedeu107es4dcaq9v3 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} That match was also the last time Fjetland played alongside his brother for Viking, and it took 22 years before another pair of brothers (Valon and Veton Berisha) started a match together for Viking.{{cite news |url=http://fotball.aftenbladet.no/eliteserien/article203511.ece |language=Norwegian |title=Familien Berishas store dag |work=aftenbladet.no |publisher=Stavanger Aftenblad |first=Knut Arne |last=Nilssen |date=20 June 2011 |accessdate=8 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822050626/http://fotball.aftenbladet.no/eliteserien/article203511.ece |archivedate=22 August 2011 }}
International career
Fjetland scored in his international debut at youth level, in Norway U16's match against Sweden U16 on 29 September 1979. The next year he played five matches for the Under-19 team, in which he scored two goals.{{cite web|url=http://www.fotball.no/Community/Profil/?fiksId=1904282 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223040716/http://www.fotball.no/Community/Profil/?fiksId=1904282 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 February 2013 |language=Norwegian |title=Jan Fjetland's profil |work=fotball.no |publisher=Football Association of Norway |accessdate=9 July 2012 }}
References
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Category:Footballers from Stavanger
Category:Norwegian men's footballers