Gard Kristiansen Explained

Gard Kristiansen
Fullname:Gard Torbjørn Åsheim Kristiansen
Birth Date:1972 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Nannestad
Position:defender
Years1:–1994
Clubs1:Holter
Years2:1995–1996
Clubs2:Lillestrøm
Caps2:25
Goals2:2
Years3:1997
Clubs3:Sarpsborg
Caps3:25
Goals3:1
Years4:1998–2006
Clubs4:Moss
Caps4:219
Goals4:12
Years5:2007–2010
Clubs5:Rapid
Years6:2007
Clubs6:Eidsvoll Turn (loan)
Years7:2010
Clubs7:Moss
Caps7:0
Goals7:0
Manageryears1:2007–2010
Managerclubs1:Rapid (player-coach)

Gard Kristiansen (born 3 May 1972) is a retired Norwegian football defender.

He grew up in the club Holter IF and was bought by the regional greats Lillestrøm SK in 1995 to play first-tier football.[1] Not quite breaking into the first team, in 1997 he took one season on the second tier with Sarpsborg FK, before playing nine seasons in Moss FK, on the first and second tier interchangeably. He played league games.

Ahead of the 2007 season he joined then-seventh-tier club SK Rapid as playing coach.[2] In the latter half of 2007 he was loaned out to Eidsvoll TF. He then continued in Rapid until the latter half of the 2010 season, when he was recruited by Moss again to provide routine in training sessions for an injury-stricken team.[3] Outside of football he worked as a schoolteacher.[2]

He should not be confused with Gard Hellgren Kristiansen, who also played in the city of Moss, for local rivals Sprint-Jeløy.

Notes and References

  1. News: Fotball: Eliteseriens spillerstaller. Norwegian News Agency. 19 April 1995. Norwegian.
  2. News: Gard blir ny Rapid-trener. Moss Avis. 11 October 2006. 16. Nesselquist, Knut-Eigil. Norwegian.
  3. News: Kan bli en nødløsning. Moss Avis. 16 July 2010. 18-19. Hansen, Knut Arne. Norwegian.