Roar Strand
Encyclopedia
Roar Strand is a Norwegian
retired football
player. He played as a midfielder
at the Norwegian club Rosenborg
. Strand has 42 caps for the Norwegian national team
. He is the player with most matches in the Norwegian Premier League. He has won the Norwegian Premier League
16 times and the Norwegian football cup
five times, and he has scored goals in 21 consecutive top flight seasons.
, but also as winger and wingback.
Strand has won the Norwegian Premier League
(Tippeligaen) 16 times (eleven consecutive) as well as the Norwegian football cup
five times with Rosenborg. He has played in the UEFA Champions League
eleven times and has participated in 71 Champions League matches (the number is exactly 100 extended to qualification matches, too) for Rosenborg. He also holds the record for most appearances in the Norwegian Premier Division.
He is looked upon as a hero
among supporters of Rosenborg because he has always been loyal to the club without having played abroad where the salaries are higher. He is also highly respected among both players and fans of other Norwegian clubs.
Roar Strand has played over 400 matches in the Norwegian Tippeliga. Match number 400 was against HamKam on Sunday 21 September 2008. Sunday 19 April 2009 he played match number 600 for Rosenborg BK. That includes Norwegian Premier League, Norwegian Cup, European cups and Royal League
.
Strand shares a European record with Manchester United's Ryan Giggs
of scoring in 21 consecutive top flight seasons. That equals Pelé
, but is behind Romario
, who scored in 23 consecutive seasons.
In 1994, he was called up to the squad for the 1994 World Cup in the U.S.
, but he did not play. His debut came on 5 June in a 2-0 loss against Sweden in the preparation for the World Cup.
Strand played in the 1998 World Cup in France
and in the 2000 European Football Championship in Belgium
and the Netherlands
. He retired from the national team in 2003, despite pressure for him to carry on.
Strand is one of only 9 players in Champions League history to have made 100 or more appearances in the competition for the same club.
He played 42 games and scored four goals for Norway.
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|1989||rowspan="4"|Rosenborg||rowspan="22"|Tippeligaen
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|1990||19||6||6||0||2||0||27||6
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|1991||22||3||?||?||2||1||?||?
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|1992||17||1||?||?||1||0||?||?
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|1993||Molde||22||9||?||?||-||-||?||?
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|1994||rowspan="17"|Rosenborg||22||6||5||1||4||2||31||9
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|1995||23||4||8||0||8||2||39||6
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|1996||23||3||3||0||10||1||36||4
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|1997||23||2||3||1||8||4||34||7
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|1998||23||12||?||?||8||1||?||?
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|1999||13||4||3||0||12||1||28||5
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|2000||17||5||1||0||10||3||28||8
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|2001||25||8||2||2||8||1||35||11
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|2002||19||2||3||0||7||0||29||2
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|2003||18||2||5||4||7||1||30||7
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|2004||23||4||4||1||10||1||37||6
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|2005||23||4||2||2||9||1||34||7
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|2006||18||3||5||0||-||-||23||3
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|2007||20||2||1||1||9||0||30||3
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|2008||21||4||1||1||7||0||29||5
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|2009||22||1||2||0||2||0||26||1
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|2010||13||3||2||0||2||0||16||3
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* Note: European games overlap Norwegian seasons, but in these statistic for example 1999-2000 European season is included in 1999 Norwegian season, even though some games were played in February and March.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
retired football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player. He played as a midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
at the Norwegian club Rosenborg
Rosenborg B.K.
Rosenborg Ballklub is a Norwegian football club from the city of Trondheim, currently playing in the Norwegian Premier League. With 22 league titles and nine Norwegian Cup titles, the club is the most successful in Norway and has dominated Norwegian football since the start of the 1990s...
. Strand has 42 caps for the Norwegian national team
Norway national football team
The Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen...
. He is the player with most matches in the Norwegian Premier League. He has won 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...
16 times and the Norwegian football cup
Norwegian football cup
The Norwegian Football Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament is commonly known as Cupen or NM, an acronym formed...
five times, and he has scored goals in 21 consecutive top flight seasons.
Club
Roar Strand has played for Rosenborg since he made his debut for the club in 1989, except for the 1993 season when he was loaned out to Molde FK. He is an allrounder who mostly has played as midfielderMidfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
, but also as winger and wingback.
Strand has won 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...
(Tippeligaen) 16 times (eleven consecutive) as well as the Norwegian football cup
Norwegian football cup
The Norwegian Football Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament is commonly known as Cupen or NM, an acronym formed...
five times with Rosenborg. He has played in the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
eleven times and has participated in 71 Champions League matches (the number is exactly 100 extended to qualification matches, too) for Rosenborg. He also holds the record for most appearances in the Norwegian Premier Division.
He is looked upon as a hero
Hero
A hero , in Greek mythology and folklore, was originally a demigod, their cult being one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion...
among supporters of Rosenborg because he has always been loyal to the club without having played abroad where the salaries are higher. He is also highly respected among both players and fans of other Norwegian clubs.
Roar Strand has played over 400 matches in the Norwegian Tippeliga. Match number 400 was against HamKam on Sunday 21 September 2008. Sunday 19 April 2009 he played match number 600 for Rosenborg BK. That includes Norwegian Premier League, Norwegian Cup, European cups and Royal League
Royal League
The Royal League was an annual Scandinavian football tournament held three times between teams from the three Scandinavian monarchies , starting after the end of the regular domestic seasons of Norway and Sweden. Denmark, however, are in mid-season when the tournament starts...
.
Strand shares a European record with Manchester United's Ryan Giggs
Ryan Giggs
Ryan Joseph Giggs OBE is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for Manchester United. Giggs made his first appearance for the club during the 1990–91 season and has been a regular player since the 1991–92 season...
of scoring in 21 consecutive top flight seasons. That equals Pelé
Pelé
However, Pelé has always maintained that those are mistakes, that he was actually named Edson and that he was born on 23 October 1940.), best known by his nickname Pelé , is a retired Brazilian footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time...
, but is behind Romario
Romário
Romário de Souza Faria , better known simply as Romário , is a former footballer who played striker,manager and current politician where is currently running for a mayor like position in his hometown...
, who scored in 23 consecutive seasons.
International
Strand played for various youth teams between 1986 and 1989 before he was called up to the U-21 side in 1990, where he played ten games and scored six goals.In 1994, he was called up to the squad for the 1994 World Cup in the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, but he did not play. His debut came on 5 June in a 2-0 loss against Sweden in the preparation for the World Cup.
Strand played in the 1998 World Cup in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and in the 2000 European Football Championship in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
and the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. He retired from the national team in 2003, despite pressure for him to carry on.
Strand is one of only 9 players in Champions League history to have made 100 or more appearances in the competition for the same club.
He played 42 games and scored four goals for Norway.
Career statistics
Statistics accurate as of 1 November 2009|-
|1989||rowspan="4"|Rosenborg||rowspan="22"|Tippeligaen
Tippeligaen
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...
||12||0||?||?||1||0||?||?
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|1990||19||6||6||0||2||0||27||6
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|1991||22||3||?||?||2||1||?||?
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|1992||17||1||?||?||1||0||?||?
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|1993||Molde||22||9||?||?||-||-||?||?
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|1994||rowspan="17"|Rosenborg||22||6||5||1||4||2||31||9
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|1995||23||4||8||0||8||2||39||6
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|1996||23||3||3||0||10||1||36||4
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|1997||23||2||3||1||8||4||34||7
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|1998||23||12||?||?||8||1||?||?
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|1999||13||4||3||0||12||1||28||5
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|2000||17||5||1||0||10||3||28||8
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|2001||25||8||2||2||8||1||35||11
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|2002||19||2||3||0||7||0||29||2
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|2003||18||2||5||4||7||1||30||7
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|2004||23||4||4||1||10||1||37||6
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|2005||23||4||2||2||9||1||34||7
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|2006||18||3||5||0||-||-||23||3
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|2007||20||2||1||1||9||0||30||3
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|2008||21||4||1||1||7||0||29||5
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|2009||22||1||2||0||2||0||26||1
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|2010||13||3||2||0||2||0||16||3
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440||88||56||13||127||19||?||?
- Royal LeagueRoyal LeagueThe Royal League was an annual Scandinavian football tournament held three times between teams from the three Scandinavian monarchies , starting after the end of the regular domestic seasons of Norway and Sweden. Denmark, however, are in mid-season when the tournament starts...
http://www.rbkweb.no/statistikk/tidligere.shtml- 2004/2005: 9 games, 1 goal
- 2006/2007: 4 games
* Note: European games overlap Norwegian seasons, but in these statistic for example 1999-2000 European season is included in 1999 Norwegian season, even though some games were played in February and March.
Club
Rosenborg BK- Norwegian Premier League ChampionshipNorwegian Premier LeagueTippeligaen 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...
(16): 1990Norwegian First Division 1990The 1990 season of the Norwegian First Division began on April 29, 1990 and ended on 7 October 1990.22 games were played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number eleven and twelve were relegated...
, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010 - Norwegian Football Cup WinNorwegian football cupThe Norwegian Football Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament is commonly known as Cupen or NM, an acronym formed...
(5): 1990Norwegian Football Cup 1990Rosenborg won the Norwegian Cup. The won 5-1 against Fyllingen Fotball. 28 000 spectators attended Ullevaal Stadion.- Match facts :Rosenborg's winning team: Ola By Rise - Øivind Husby, Trond Sollied, Knut Torbjørn Eggen, Trond Børge Henriksen - Kåre Ingebrigtsen, Sverre Brandhaug, Ørjan Berg ...
, 1992Norwegian Football Cup 1992The Norwegian Football Cup 1992 was won by Rosenborg after they beat Lillestrøm in the cup final.-Final:- Lagene :Rosenborg's winning team: Ola By Rise, Trond Henriksen, , Rune Tangen, Bjørn Otto Bragstad, Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Kåre Ingebrigtsen, Øyvind Leonhardsen, Bent Skammelsrud, Karl Petter...
, 1995Norwegian Football Cup 1995The Norwegian Football Cup 1995 was won by Rosenborg after they beat Brann in the cup final. It took a replay to decide the winner.-Final:First final...
, 1999Norwegian Football Cup 1999The Norwegian Football Cup 1999 was won by Rosenborg after they beat Brann in the cup final. It was the 94th Norwegian Football Cup. This was Rosenborg's eighth Norwegian Cup title.-First round:The First round was played on 4 May and 5 May...
, 2003Norwegian Football Cup 2003The Norwegian Football Cup 2003 was a Norwegian football tournament that took place in 2003. It was the 98th Norwegian Football Cup. Rosenborg won the Norwegian Cup after beating Bodø/Glimt in the final, which was played on Sunday 9 November at Ullevaal stadion in Oslo.Bodø/Glimt reached the final...
Individual
- Kniksen AwardKniksen awardThe 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 midfielder of the year in 1998 - Kniksen's Honorary Award in 2001
- Norwegian Football Association Gold WatchNorwegian Football Association Gold WatchThe Norwegian Football Association Gold Watch is an honorary proof that's awarded to all Norwegian footballers who reaches 25 caps for the Norwegian national football team. The watch is awarded by the Norwegian Football Association...