Kjetil Knutsen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kjetil Knutsen | ||
| Date of birth | 2 October 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Arna, Norway | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bodø/Glimt (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Brann | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995-2004 | Hovding | ||
| 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 Hovding 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 Aasmund 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.
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 9 May 2021
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Bodø/Glimt | 1 January 2018 | Present | 101 | 54 | 27 | 20 | 53.47 |
| Total | 101 | 54 | 27 | 20 | 53.47 | ||
Honours
Club
Bodø/Glimt
Individual
- Eliteserien Coach of the Year: 2019, 2020[4]
References
- ^ "Sparket Åsane-trener blir assistent i Glimt". rbnett.no. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ "Hovdings fall". aasanetidende.no. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "Kjetil Knutsen blir hovedtrener i Glimt". aftenposten.no. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ "Kniksens hederspris til Ingrid Hjelmseth og Bjarne Berntsen". eliteserien.no (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
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