Øystein Hesjedal (born 17 July 1980) is a retired Norwegian football defender. He hails from

Frekhaug Frekhaug is a village in Alver Municipality, located in Vestland county, Norway. The village sits at the southern tip of the island of Holsnøy. Prior to 2020, the village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Meland. The vi ...

. He moved to the city to play junior football, and was drafted into

Åsane Åsane is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The borough makes up the northern part of the city, north of the city centre. Åsane is connected to downtown Bergen by the E16/ E39 highway. The E16 highway continues on ...

's senior team from their junior team ahead of the 2000 season. He moved to

Sogndalsfjøra Sogndalsfjøra is a village in the municipality of Sogndal in Vestland county, Norway. It is located where the river Sogndalselvi runs out in the Sogndalsfjorden, a branch of the large Sognefjorden. The village is located about northwest of the ...

to study, and was loaned out to local club

Kaupanger IL Kaupanger Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Kaupanger in Sogndal. It has sections for association football, athletics, floorball and skiing. The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian fo ...

. After half a season there, he retired, but in the spring of 2002 he talked himself into training with Sogndal's B team, and in the summer of 2002 he made his first-team debut in Sogndal. After playing in the

2002 Norwegian Football Cup The 2002 Norwegian Football Cup was the 97th edition of the Norway, Norwegian Football Cup. Vålerenga Fotball, Vålerenga won their 3rd Norwegian Championship title after defeating Odd Grenland in the 2002 Norwegian Football Cup final, final with ...

he also played one 2002 Eliteserien game. He left after the 2004 season and 12

Eliteserien Eliteserien () is a professional association football league in Norway and the highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Norwegian First Division ...

games. It was stated that Hesjedal became an assistant coach of Kaupanger's women's team. After a couple of seasons in Kvernbit he moved back to

Sogn Sogn is a traditional district in Western Norway (''Vestlandet''). It is located in the county of Vestland, surrounding the Sognefjord, the largest/longest fjord in Norway. The district of Sogn consists of the municipalities of Aurland, Balestra ...

and

Stryn Stryn is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Counties of Norway, county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Nordfjord. The administrative center of the municipality is the vi ...

in 2008. A comeback in Åsane in 2009 followed, then a transfer to

Øystese Øystese is a village in the municipality of Kvam in Vestland county, Norway. It is located along the Hardangerfjord about east of the municipal centre of Norheimsund. Norwegian County Road 7 passes through the village. The village had a popu ...

. He became assistant coach here in 2011. In 2013 he joined

Trond Egil Soltvedt Trond Egil Soltvedt (born 15 February 1967) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a midfielder. After playing for Viking, Brann and Rosenborg in Norway, he played in England with Coventry, Southampton and Sheffield Wednesday before h ...

in restarting Kvernbit's team, which had previously fallen apart. He coached Kvernbit until mid-2015, when he moved to

. Ahead of the 2020 season he also became head coach of Stryn.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hesjedal, Oeystein 1980 births Living people Norwegian men's footballers 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen People from Meland Åsane Fotball players Sogndal Fotball players Stryn TIL players Eliteserien players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Vestland