Kjetil Knutsen (born 2 October 1968) is a Norwegian football coach who manages Bodø/Glimt in Eliteserien.
 Knutsen in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 October 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Arna, Bergen, Norway | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FK Bodø/Glimt | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Brann | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995–2004 | Hovding | ||
| 2009–2013 | Fyllingen/Fyllingsdalen | ||
| 2014–2016 | Åsane | ||
| 2017 | Bodø/Glimt (assistant) | ||
| 2018– | Bodø/Glimt | ||
Career edit
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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] In 2021 he led Bodø/Glimt to their second Eliteserien title following a 3–0 win over Mjøndalen.[4]
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.[5]
Managerial statistics edit
- As of match played 14 April 2024
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Fyllingen/Fyllingsdalen | 28 August 2009 | 15 October 2013 | 93 | 58 | 12 | 23 | 62.37 |
| Åsane | 1 January 2014 | 31 December 2016 | 95 | 40 | 24 | 31 | 42.11 |
| Bodø/Glimt | 1 January 2018 | Present | 262 | 155 | 56 | 51 | 59.16 |
| Total | 450 | 253 | 92 | 105 | 56.22 | ||
Honours edit
Bodø/Glimt
- Eliteserien: 2020, 2021, 2023
Individual
- Eliteserien Coach of the Year: 2019, 2020, 2021[6]
References edit
- ^ "Hovdings fall". Åsane Tidende. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "Kjetil Knutsen blir hovedtrener i Glimt". Aftenposten. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ "Rekord-bonanza for Bodø/Glimt i Eliteserien – Her er 10 av dem". nrk.no. 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Bodø/Glimt Win Second Norwegian League Title". www.lifeinnorway.net. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ Delaney, Miguel (13 April 2022). "Brawl between Roma and Bodo/Glimt coaches caught on video". The Independent. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ "Kniksens hederspris til Ingrid Hjelmseth og Bjarne Berntsen". eliteserien.no (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
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