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Kjetil Knutsen

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Kjetil Knutsen
Knutsen in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-10-02) 2 October 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Arna, Bergen, Norway
Team information
Current team
 FK Bodø/Glimt (manager)
Youth career
Years Team
Brann
Managerial career
1995–2004 Hovding
2009–2013 Fyllingen/Fyllingsdalen
2014–2016 Åsane
2018– Bodø/Glimt

Kjetil Knutsen (born 2 October 1968) is a Norwegian football coach who is the current manager of Eliteserien club Bodø/Glimt.

Career

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Knutsen started his manager career at fifth tier club TIL 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.[1] 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 Bjørkan became sports director.[2] They finished the 2019 Eliteserien in second place, and Knutsen received the Eliteserien Coach of the Year award for this accomplishment.

In 2020 he led Bodø/Glimt to their first ever Norwegian national league title, in a record-breaking season where they lost only one game.[3] In 2021 he led Bodø/Glimt to their second Eliteserien title following a 3–0 win over Mjøndalen.[4]

In 2021, he led Bodø/Glimt to the club's first group stage in Europe, where his outfit became the first team in history to score six times against a José Mourinho side in a 6–1 victory against Roma at Aspmyra.[5]

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 12 December 2024
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Fyllingen/Fyllingsdalen 28 August 2009 15 October 2013 93 58 12 23 062.37
Åsane 1 January 2014 31 December 2016 95 40 24 31 042.11
Bodø/Glimt 1 January 2018 Present 303 179 65 59 059.08
Total 491 277 101 113 056.42

Honours

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Bodø/Glimt

Individual

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Hovdings fall". Åsane Tidende. 20 October 2020. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Kjetil Knutsen blir hovedtrener i Glimt". Aftenposten. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Rekord-bonanza for Bodø/Glimt i Eliteserien – Her er 10 av dem". nrk.no. 20 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Bodø/Glimt Win Second Norwegian League Title". www.lifeinnorway.net. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  5. ^ Delaney, Miguel (13 April 2022). "Brawl between Roma and Bodo/Glimt coaches caught on video". The Independent. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Kniksens hederspris til Ingrid Hjelmseth og Bjarne Berntsen". eliteserien.no (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.



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