Egil Fjetland (born 12 August 1962) is a Norwegian former

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who played as a forward for Vidar and

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, where he won the

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and

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. He is the twin brother of Jan Fjetland.

Club career

Fjetland was born in

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and started his career in the local club Vidar. Vidar experienced its heyday in the mid 80's, when they were playing at the second tier and fighting for promotion. Fjetland was one of the key-members in Vidar's team, and in the promotion-playoff in 1986 Vidar won the first match against Drøbak-Frogn. However, Fjetland was sent off and couldn't help his team in the second match against

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, which Vidar lost and missed out on promotion. In total Fjetland played 235 matches and scored 113 goals for Vidar. Fjetland played for

from 1989 to 1992 where he played a total of 92 matches (including friendlies) scoring 21 goals for the club, and was together with Ingve Bøe and

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Viking's joint topscorer with 4 goals in 1992. With Viking, Fjetland won the

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International career

Fjetland played his first match with the Norwegian flag on the shirt on 7 August 1979, when Norway U16 met Finland U16. He played a total of four matches and scored one goal for the Under-16 team, in addition to five matches for the Norway U19 in 1980. He also played one match for Norway B against England B on 22 May 1989.

Personal life

Fjetland's is the twin-brother of Jan Fjetland, and in addition to playing together at Vidar they both spent the 1989-season at Viking. The 1989 Norwegian Cup final was the last they played together, and they were the last brothers to start a match together for Viking until 2011 when

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and

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repeated the feat.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fjetland, Egil 1962 births Living people Footballers from Stavanger Norwegian men's footballers Viking FK players Eliteserien players Men's association football forwards 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen