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Norwegian football manager (born 1968)

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

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. 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. 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. In 2021 he led Bodø/Glimt to their second Eliteserien title following a 3–0 win over Mjøndalen.

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.

Managerial statistics

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

Bodø/Glimt

Individual

Individual

References

  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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