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Thorstein Helstad

{{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1977)}}

{{BLP sources|date=April 2009}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Thorstein Helstad

| image = Thorstein Helstad 2006 05 04 (cropped).jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Helstad in 2006

| fullname = Thorstein Helstad

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|4|28|df=y}}{{Cite web|url=http://nifs.no/personprofil.php?person_id=138|title=NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk}}

| birth_place = Hamar, Norway

| height = 1.87 m

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = 1994 |youthclubs1 = Fart

| years1 = 1995–1997 |clubs1 = HamKam |caps1 = 46 |goals1 = 12

| years2 = 1998–2002 |clubs2 = Brann |caps2 = 99 |goals2 = 54

| years3 = 2002–2004 |clubs3 = Austria Wien |caps3 = 59 |goals3 = 12

| years4 = 2004–2006 |clubs4 = Rosenborg |caps4 = 36 |goals4 = 15

| years5 = 2006–2008 |clubs5 = Brann |caps5 = 48 |goals5 = 35

| years6 = 2008–2011 |clubs6 = Le Mans |caps6 = 98 |goals6 = 35

| years7 = 2011–2012 |clubs7 = Monaco |caps7 = 6 |goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2012–2013 |clubs8 = Lillestrøm |caps8 = 34 |goals8 = 8

| years9 = 2014 |clubs9 = Gamle Oslo |caps9 = 6 |goals9 = 4

| totalcaps = 432 | totalgoals = 175

| nationalyears1 = 1996–1999

| nationalteam1 = Norway U21

| nationalcaps1 = 30

| nationalgoals1 = 5

| nationalyears2 = 2000–2010

| nationalteam2 = Norway

| nationalcaps2 = 38

| nationalgoals2 = 10

}}

Thorstein Helstad (born 28 April 1977) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward. Helstad is currently 1.87m (6 ft 2 inches) tall.

Career

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Helstad was born in Hamar, Norway{{Cite web |title=Thorstein Helstad - Norway Forward |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/9308/thorstein-helstad |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=ESPN |language=en}} 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 Norwegian Third Division. He transferred to the local Norwegian First Division side HamKam, at the age of 18, and played for the club between 1995 and 1997.{{cite web |url=http://kxweb.no/portal/public/showContentCategory.do?id=3285 |language=Norwegian |title=Historien vår |work=Fotballaget Fart |accessdate=25 March 2013}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://historie.brann.no/spillerdatabase/spillerarkiv/thorstein-helstad/ |language=Norwegian |title=Thorstein Helstad |work=SK Brann |accessdate=4 June 2013}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://fotball.adressa.no/eliteserien/article54667.ece |title=Førstevalg som spiss | adressa.no |accessdate=31 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929054509/http://fotball.adressa.no/eliteserien/article54667.ece |archivedate=29 September 2011}}

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.

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.{{cite web | title=Helstad har lagt opp| publisher=TV2| url=http://www.tv2.no/2014/04/02/sport/fotball/helstad/tippeligaen/5466054#.Uz0Iwvl_tUM| date =2 April 2014 }}

Career statistics

=Club=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Season

!rowspan="2"|Club

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Europe

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="4"|HamKam

|1995

|Tippeligaen

|17

400colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—174
1996

|rowspan="2"|Adeccoligaen

|14

300colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—143
1997

|15

500colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—155
colspan="2"|Total

!46

120000004612
rowspan="6"|Brann

|1998

|rowspan="5"|Tippeligaen

|23

600colspan="2"|—20256
1999

|21

800colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—218
2000

|24

1820colspan="2"|—212819
2001

|23

1743colspan="2"|—202920
2002

|8

500colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—85
colspan="2"|Total

!99

5463006111158
rowspan="4"|Austria Wien

|2002–03

|rowspan="3"|Austrian Bundesliga

|29

600colspan="2"|—42338
2003–04

|27

600colspan="2"|—20296
2004–05

|3

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—30
colspan="2"|Total

!59

120000625414
rowspan="4"|Rosenborg

|2004

|rowspan="3"|Tippeligaen

|5

100colspan="2"|—4293
2005

|25

1323colspan="2"|—823518
2006

|6

100colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—61
colspan="2"|Total

!36

1523001245022
rowspan="4"|Brann

|2006

|rowspan="3"|Tippeligaen

|12

210colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—132
2007

|24

2221colspan="2"|—613224
2008

|12

1112colspan="2"|—201513
colspan="2"|Total

!48

354300816039
rowspan="4"|Le Mans

|2008–09

|rowspan="2"|Ligue 1

|32

102110colspan="2"|—3511
2009–10

|31

41020colspan="2"|—344
2010–11

|Ligue 2

|35

213110colspan="2"|—3922
colspan="2"|Total

!98

3562400010837
Monaco

|2011–12

|Ligue 2

|6

01010colspan="2"|—80
rowspan="3"|Lillestrøm

|2012

|rowspan="2"|Tippeligaen

|12

300colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—123
2013

|22

530colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—255
colspan="2"|Total

!34

8300000378
colspan="3"|Career total

!426

171221150328485190

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Helstad goal.{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/4914/Thorstein_Helstad.html|title=Helstad, Thorstein|publisher=National Football Teams|accessdate=28 April 2017}}

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Thorstein Helstad

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|116 August 2000Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki, Finland{{fb|FIN}}align="center"|1–1align="center"|1–3Friendly
align="center"|27 October 2000Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales{{fb|WAL}}align="center"|1–1align="center"|1–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
align="center"|324 January 2001Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong{{fb|KOR}}align="center"|2–1align="center"|3–2Friendly
align="center"|4rowspan="2"|28 February 2001rowspan="2"|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Irelandrowspan="2"|{{fb|NIR}}align="center"|1–0rowspan="2" align="center"|4–0rowspan="2"|Friendly
align="center"|5.align="center"|4–0
align="center"|626 January 2003Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates{{fb|UAE}}align="center"|1–1align="center"|1–1Friendly
align="center"|78 June 2005Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden{{fb|SWE}}align="center"|2–1align="center"|3–2Friendly
align="center"|812 October 2005Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway{{fb|BLR}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|1–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
align="center"|92 June 2007Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway{{fb|MLT}}align="center"|2–0align="center"|4–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
align="center"|109 September 2009Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway{{fb|MKD}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|2–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Austria Wien

Rosenborg

Brann

Individual

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20030513032809/http://www.fotball.no/histstat.ASP?WCI=wiPerson&personid=296718 Helstad profile] at Norwegian FA {{in lang|no}}

{{Eliteserien top scorers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Helstad, Thorstein}}

Category:1977 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Hamar

Category:Norwegian men's footballers

Category:Norway men's international footballers

Category:Norway men's under-21 international footballers

Category:FL Fart men's players

Category:Hamarkameratene players

Category:FK Austria Wien players

Category:Rosenborg BK players

Category:SK Brann players

Category:Le Mans FC players

Category:Lillestrøm SK players

Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Austria

Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France

Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Monaco

Category:Ligue 1 players

Category:Ligue 2 players

Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players

Category:Eliteserien players

Category:Norwegian First Division players

Category:Kniksen Award winners

Category:Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Austria

Category:Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in France

Category:Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Monaco

Category:Norwegian expatriate men's footballers

Category:Men's association football forwards