Kjetil Strand

Kjetil Øvrelid Strand (born October 2, 1979) is a Norwegian handball player. Strand played for Bjerringbro Silkeborg in Denmark before the 2006 European Championship. Afterwards he signed a contract with Aab Håndbold.

On February 2, 2006, he scored 19 goals, a Norwegian record [no icon"- Reddet karrièren", by Arne Hole in "Aftenposten" 4 February 2006] , in a Main Group Stage game against Iceland in the European Championship. Strand also holds the record for number of goals scored in a single season in the Norwegian league: 281 [no icon [http://www.handball.no/app_htmlreport.asp?appname=xml/statistikk/skytterkonger Skytterkonger] from the Norwegian Handball Federation] . He set the record while playing for Stavanger Håndball in 2002/2003 season. In 2003 he was awarded "Player of the year" in Norwegian handball. [cite web|url=http://www.handball.no/p1.asp?p=1757|title = Players of the year|accessdate =2008-01-12|publisher=Norwegian Handball Association|language=Norwegian]

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