Bjørnar Pettersen Holmvik (born 2 June 1985) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. As a player, Holmvik played as a defender and winger. He is currently head coach at Vidar.

Bjørnar Holmvik
Personal information
Full name Bjørnar Pettersen Holmvik[1]
Date of birth (1985-06-02) 2 June 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
Vidar (player-manager)
Youth career
0000–2002 Grei
2002–2003 Stabæk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2008 Stabæk 91 (3)
2009–2011 Brann 57 (1)
2012–2013 Sandnes Ulf 36 (1)
2013 Kalmar 11 (1)
2014 Fredrikstad 27 (1)
2015–2016 Bryne 56 (4)
2017–2018 Vidar 34 (1)
2018–2019 Sandnes Ulf 32 (3)
2021– Vidar 0 (0)
International career
2001 Norway U-16 9 (1)
2002 Norway U-17 8 (0)
2003 Norway U-18 11 (0)
2004 Norway U-19 6 (0)
2006 Norway U-21 3 (0)
Managerial career
2020– Vidar (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He played for Stabæk from 2003 to 2008 and for SK Brann from 2009 to 2011.[3] SK Brann did not wish to renew Bjørnar Holmvik's contract and he went on to sign with newly promoted Tippeliga-club Sandnes Ulf.[4] On 28 July he signed a contract with the Swedish club Kalmar.

In 2015, he joined Bryne.[5] Seeing through his two-year contract, in 2017 he went on to third-tier club FK Vidar.[6]

In July 2018, Holmvik returned to Sandnes Ulf.[7] After the end of the 2019 season, Holmvik retired as player and became head coach of 3. divisjon club Vidar.[8] After the 2020. 3. divisjon was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Holmvik played his first Vidar match as a substitute in the second round of the 2021 Norwegian Football Cup.[1]

Career statistics

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Sources:[1][9]

Season Club Division League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2004 Stabæk Eliteserien 1 0 0 0 1 0
2005 1. divisjon 29 2 5 0 34 2
2006 Eliteserien 21 1 3 0 24 1
2007 21 0 6 0 27 0
2008 19 0 5 0 24 0
2009 Brann 22 0 4 1 26 1
2010 14 0 2 0 16 0
2011 21 1 7 0 28 1
2012 Sandnes Ulf 21 0 0 0 21 0
2013 15 1 0 0 15 1
2013 Kalmar Allsvenskan 11 1 0 0 11 1
2014 Fredrikstad 1. divisjon 27 1 2 0 29 1
2015 Bryne 28 3 1 0 29 3
2016 28 1 1 1 29 2
2017 Vidar 2. divisjon 24 1 1 0 25 1
2018 10 0 1 0 11 0
2018 Sandnes Ulf 1. divisjon 11 2 0 0 11 2
2019 21 1 2 1 23 2
Career total 344 15 40 4 384 19

Honours

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Norway

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Bjørnar Holmvik at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk (in Norwegian). NTB https://www.nifs.no/personprofil.php?person_id=446. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ Stabæk profile Archived June 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Bjørnar Holmvik klar for Sandnes Ulf". aftenbladet.no (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. 23 January 2012. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  5. ^ Nærland, Egil Ø. (29 December 2014). "Bjørnar Holmvik klar for to år i Bryne". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Holmvik klar for Vidar". Rogalands Avis (in Norwegian). 1 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Holmvik: - Det er mange X-faktorer i dette laget". www.sandnesulf.no (in Norwegian). Sandnes Ulf. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Sandnes Ulf-profil legger opp – blir trener i lokal klubb". aftenposten.no (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  9. ^ "B. Holmvik". www.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 30 July 2018.