Kjetil Byfuglien Explained

Kjetil Byfuglien
Fullname:Kjetil Haaland Byfuglien
Birth Date:23 May 1977[1]
Birth Place:Oslo, Norway
Position:Left Back
Youthclubs3:Stabæk
Years1:–2002
Years2:2002–2006
Years3:2007–2011
Years4:2012–2016
Clubs2:Kongsvinger[2]
Clubs4:Jevnaker
Caps2:125
Goals2:9
Caps3:95
Goals3:2
Pcupdate:8 December 2011

Kjetil Byfuglien (born 23 May 1977) is a retired Norwegian football defender.

Byfuglien played for Haga IF, NTG and Stabæk IF before joining Asker SK. While with Asker, he had a trial with English side Torquay United in November 2001[3] and was set for a trial with Queens Park Rangers later the same month.[4]

He joined Kongsvinger IL in 2002 and played mostly left wing, but later during his stay he appeared more often at left-back. In October 2006 he left to join Hønefoss BK.[5] In 2010, he made his debut for Hønefoss in the Norwegian Premier League. He finished his career at Jevnaker IF.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kjetil Byfuglien. Norsk Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk. Norwegian. 8 December 2008.
  2. Web site: Kjetil Byfuglien . Fossum, Geir . Fozzum.com (Kongsvinger IL statistics) . Norwegian . 2 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727143051/http://www.fozzum.com/kil/spillerfakta.php?_persid=207 . 27 July 2011 .
  3. News: Brown signs but player hunt continues . Gullside . 2001-11-09 . 2008-12-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023205328/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.sellars/cgulls/news6.html . 2012-10-23 .
  4. News: De Ornelas to be sacrificed for Gallen. Queens Park Rangers Mad. 2001-11-22. 2008-12-08.
  5. News: Kjetil Byfuglien til Hønefoss . Fotball Magasinet . Norwegian . 2006-10-13 . 2008-12-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724175722/http://fotballmagasinet.no/?mode=news&id=4557 . 2011-07-24 .