- Roar Strand
Infobox Football biography
playername = Roar Strand
fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1970|2|2|df=y
cityofbirth =Trondheim
countryofbirth =Norway
height = height|meters=1.79
currentclub = Rosenborg
clubnumber = 6
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1988
1989–
1993–1994
clubs = Nardo Trondheim
Rosenborg
→ Molde (loan)
caps(goals) = 00? 0(?)
400 (80)
022 0(9)
nationalyears = 1994–2003
nationalteam = Norway
nationalcaps(goals) = 042 0(4)
pcupdate =September 21 2008
ntupdate =August 30 2007 Roar Strand (born
2 February 1970 inTrondheim ) is a Norwegian football player, playing as amidfielder at the Norwegian club Rosenborg. Strand has 42 caps for the Norwegian national team, and is the most merited player in Europe with 14 league championships and five cup titles.He made his debut for Rosenborg in 1989. He was not an immediate success, and was loaned out to Molde in 1993. He was a success that year, and went on to become one of the best midfielders in Norway.
Strand returned to Rosenborg in 1994, and made his debut in the national team the same year. He was in the squad for the 1994 World Cup in the U.S., but he did not play. Strand played in the 1998 World Cup in
France and in the2000 European Football Championship inBelgium andthe Netherlands .Strand has won the
Norwegian Premier League (Tippeligaen) 14 times (eleven consecutive), as well as theNorwegian football cup five times with Rosenborg. He has played in theUEFA Champions League eleven times, and has participated in exactly 100 Champions League matches (including qualification matches) 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, and has not played abroad where the salaries are higher.Roar Strand has currently played 400 matches in the Norwegian Tippeliga. Match number 400 was against
HamKam on Sunday 21 of september.Honours
With Rosenborg B.K.
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Norwegian Premier League Champion: 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
*Norwegian Football Cup Win: 1990, 1992,1995, 1999, 2003Individual
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Kniksen award as midfielder of the year in 1998
*Kniksen's honour award in 2001
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