Kjetil Løvvik (born 16 October 1972) is a retired Norwegian footballer.

Kjetil Løvvik
Personal information
Full name Kjetil Løvvik
Date of birth (1972-10-16) October 16, 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Haugesund, Norway
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Skjold
Nord
1995 Haugesund 14 (8)
1996–1999 Brann 61 (39)
1996Vålerenga (loan) 25 (0)
1999–2003 Grasshoppers 6 (1)
2000–2002Lyn (loan) 65 (13)
2003–2004 Stord/Moster
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 February 2016

He played for Skjold IL, SK Nord and FK Haugesund in his early career,[1] before being sold to SK Brann in 1996. He was loaned out to Vålerenga for a period before making a breakthrough in Brann, and was sold in July 1999 to Grasshopper Club Zürich. His seldom played first-team football there,[1] and was loaned out to FK Lyn. In the seasons 2000, 2001 and 2002 he played 65 league games and scored 13 goals.[1]

Around late 2002/early 2003, Løvvik invested 1,000,000 kr together with football agent Terje Simonsen to form a new club in Stord, called Stord/Moster FK.[2] In February 2003 Løvvik decided to cease his professional career to play for Stord/Moster in addition to owning the club.[3] He lived in Oslo, but flew to Stord to play matches and became a prolific goalscorer.[4] In 2004, he played less,[5] and he retired after the season.[6] By late 2005 his (and Simonsen's) involvement in Stord/Moster was over.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Kjetil Løvvik" (in Norwegian). LynFotball.net. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  2. ^ Sandvik, Trond (11 November 2002). "Skal tjene penger på millionsatsing". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). p. 17.
  3. ^ Sandvik, Trond (12 February 2003). "Klar for Stord/Moster FK". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). p. 20.
  4. ^ Sandvik, Trond (13 August 2003). "På vei mot opprykk med røde tall". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). p. 18.
  5. ^ Taule, Magnar (11 October 2004). "Dobbel opprykksjubel på Stord". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). p. 15.
  6. ^ Sandvik, Trond (13 April 2005). "Kravstor redningsmann". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). p. 30.
  7. ^ "– Ingen drøm som brast". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 13 January 2006. p. 16.