Erik Holtan is a retired Norwegian football goalkeeper, who last played for Moss FK.

He made his debut in the Norwegian Premier League

Norwegian Premier League

Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

 in 1990, when he played for Kongsvinger IL

Kongsvinger IL

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. From 1995 he played for Odd Grenland and remained one of the main profiles until he was replaced by Rune Jarstein

Rune Jarstein

Rune Almenning Jarstein is a Norwegian international football goalkeeper. He is currently playing for Viking.-Club career:He started his career playing for local team Herkules in Skien...

 after suffering an injury in the 2005 season. He then went to Moss FK. During the final practice before the kick-off of the 2007 season in Norwegian football Holtan had a career ending injury and retired a year prematurely. He went on to work as a goalkeeper coach for Moss.

Erik Holtan has been capped six times for Norway

Norway national football team

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, and won the 2002 Kniksen award

Kniksen award

The Kniksen award , established in 1990, acclaims the best players in the Norwegian football premiership. The award is named after the legendary Norwegian football player Roald Jensen, nicknamed "Kniksen".-Category A:...

as goalkeeper of the year.