Trond Strande

Trond Strande (born 24 November 1970) is a Norwegian football coach and former footballer who is currently assistant coach in Eliteserien club Molde. He spent his entire career playing for Molde FK and was a regular on Molde's team from 1991 to 2007.

Trond Strande

Personal information
Date of birth	24 November 1970
Place of birth	Molde, Norway
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Molde (assistant coach)
Youth career
0000–1986	Elnesvågen IL
1987	Fræna FK
1988–1990	Molde FK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–2007	Molde FK	275	(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Strande was born in Molde,[1] and grew up in Elnesvågen. As a youngster, Strande started to play football for Elnesvågen IL, and made his debut for the first-team at the age of 15. In 1987, he played for Fræna FK, where he was a regular on both the youth-team and the first-team. Strande joined the youth-team of Molde FK the next season.[2]

Trond Strande was taken up in Molde's senior squad in 1990, and he made his debut on 28 April 1991 against Lyn, when he came on as a substitute in the 86th minute. This match was the opening match of the 1991 season, and also the match Morten Bakke made his debut for Molde.

The highlights of his career is the two cup championships in 1994 and 2005, and Molde's participation in the Champions League in 1999, from which he is remembered for several eminent dribble raid up the right side.[3] Strande is also well remembered for his stoppage-time equalizing free-kick goal against local rivals Aalesund on 18 October 2003.[4]

In December 2005, Strande stated that he was ready to take over as Molde's head coach after Bo Johansson, if the club management asked for it.[5] But Molde appointed Arild Stavrum as new coach before the 2006 season[6] and Strande continued as a player until he retired after helping Molde gain promotion to Tippeligaen in the 2007 season.[7]

Trond Strande played a total of 238 matches in Tippeligaen,[8] and 520 matches in total.[9] Alongside Vegard Forren and Mattias Moström, he is the only player to have appearances for Molde in 12 consecutive top division seasons.

Coaching career

After his retirement, he has worked at Akerakademiet (Molde FK's youth academy) and been coach for Molde's U17-team.[10]

In 2015, he became assistant coach for Molde's first team.[11]

Career statistics

Season	Club	Division	League		Cup		Europe		Other[lower-alpha 1]		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1991	Molde[1]	Tippeligaen	1	0	1	1	—		—		2	1
1992			17	0	≥1	0	—		—		18	0
1993			16	1	3	1	—		2[lower-alpha 2]	1	21	3
1994		1. divisjon	19	0	4	0	—		—		23	0
1995		Tippeligaen	17	0	≥1	0	0	0	—		18	0
1996			17	0	3	0	2[lower-alpha 3]	0	—		22	0
1997			23	0	2	0	—		—		25	0
1998			2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
1999			21	0	6	0	8[lower-alpha 4]	0	—		35	0
2000			16	0	2	0	1[lower-alpha 5]	0	—		19	0
2001			19	2	3	0	—		—		22	2
2002			22	1	2	0	—		—		24	1
2003			17	2	1	0	5[lower-alpha 5]	0	—		23	2
2004			16	1	0	0	—		—		16	1
2005			23	1	4	0	—		0	0	27	1
2006			11	1	0	0	2[lower-alpha 5]	0	—		13	1
2007		1. divisjon	18	0	0	0	—		—		18	0
Career Total			275	9	≥33	2	18	0	2	1	328	12

1. Includes other competitive matches, including Promotion/Relegation Play-offs
2. Two appearances and one goal in Tippeligaen Relegation Play-offs
3. Appearances in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
4. Five appearances in Champions League group stage and three appearances in Champions League qualifying rounds
5. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Cup, including qualifying rounds

Honours

• Norwegian Cup: 1994, 2005
• 1. divisjon: 2007

See also

• List of one-club men

References

1. "Trond Strande" (in Norwegian).
2. Tor Fuglset (2004). "Fra Moaskiftet til Bernabèu" (in Norwegian). Frænaposten. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
3. "Trond Strande". mfkweb.org (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 November 2011.
4. "Strande-kanon sikret Molde-poeng". nrk.no (in Norwegian). NRK. 18 October 2003. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
5. "Strande vil bli Molde-trener". 100% Fotball (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 13 December 2005. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
6. "Stavrum ny Molde-trener". db.no (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 24 December 2005. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
7. "Strande legger opp" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 7 November 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
8. "Spillere med minst 100 kamper for Molde i toppdivisjonen". mfkweb.org (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 November 2011.
9. "Strande legger opp". mfkweb.org (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 November 2011.
10. "Trond Strande skal ta UEFA-kurs". rbnett.no (in Norwegian). Romsdals Budstikke. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
11. "Trond Strande Profile". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. Retrieved 2 April 2019.