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{{Short description|Norwegian footballer and manager (born 1967)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mons Ivar Mjelde
| name = Mons Ivar Mjelde
| image = Mons Ivar Mjelde.JPG
| image = Mons Ivar Mjelde.JPG
| caption = Mjelde in 2009
| image_size = 200
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|11|17|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|11|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Osterøy]], Norway
| birth_place = [[Osterøy]], Norway
| currentclub = [[IK Start|Start]] ([[Head coach]])
| currentclub = [[Åsane Fotball|Åsane]] ([[Head coach]])
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| years1 = 1989–1990 | clubs1 = [[SK Brann|Brann]] | caps1 = 31 | goals1 = 7
| years1 = 1989–1990 | clubs1 = [[SK Brann|Brann]] | caps1 = 31 | goals1 = 7
| years2 = 1991 | clubs2 = [[Bryne FK|Bryne]] | caps2 = | goals2 = 9
| years2 = 1991–1992 | clubs2 = [[Bryne FK|Bryne]] | caps2 = 37 | goals2 = 12
| years3 = 1992–1994 | clubs3 = [[Lillestrøm SK|Lillestrøm]] | caps3 = 53 | goals3 = 29
| years3 = 1992–1994 | clubs3 = [[Lillestrøm SK|Lillestrøm]] | caps3 = 53 | goals3 = 29
| years4 = 1994–1995 | clubs4 = [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]] | caps4 = 62 | goals4 = 28
| years4 = 1994–1995 | clubs4 = [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]] | caps4 = 62 | goals4 = 28
| years5 = 1996–2001 | clubs5 = [[SK Brann|Brann]] | caps5 = 97 | goals5 = 48
| years5 = 1996–2001 | clubs5 = [[SK Brann|Brann]] | caps5 = 97 | goals5 = 48
| years6 = 2001 | clubs6 = → [[Sogndal Fotball|Sogndal]] (loan) | caps6 = 7 | goals6 = 2
| years6 = 2001 | clubs6 = → [[Sogndal Fotball|Sogndal]] (loan) | caps6 = 7 | goals6 = 2
| totalcaps = 250 | totalgoals = 114
| totalcaps = 287 | totalgoals = 126
| nationalyears1 = 1993 | nationalteam1 = [[Norway national football team|Norway]] | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 1993 | nationalteam1 = [[Norway national football team|Norway]] | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 2
| manageryears1 = 2002 | managerclubs1 = [[SK Brann 2|Brann]] (reserve team)
| manageryears1 = 2002 | managerclubs1 = [[SK Brann 2|Brann]] (reserve team)
| manageryears2 = 2003–2008 | managerclubs2 = [[SK Brann|Brann]]
| manageryears2 = 2003–2008 | managerclubs2 = [[SK Brann|Brann]]
| manageryears3 = 2009 | managerclubs3 = [[Bryne FK|Bryne]]
| manageryears3 = 2009 | managerclubs3 = [[Bryne FK|Bryne]]
| manageryears5 = 2011– | managerclubs5 = [[IK Start|Start]]
| manageryears5 = 2011–2015 | managerclubs5 = [[IK Start|Start]]
| manageryears6 = 2016 | managerclubs6 = [[Fredrikstad FK|Fredrikstad]]
| manageryears7 = 2016–2018 | managerclubs7 = [[Åsane Fotball|Åsane]]
| manageryears8 = 2020 | managerclubs8 = [[Øygarden FK|Øygarden]]
}}
}}


'''Mons Ivar Mjelde''' (born 17 November 1967 in [[Osterøy]]) is a former footballer and is currently head coach for the Norwegian club [[IK Start|Start]].
'''Mons Ivar Mjelde''' (born 17 November 1967) is a Norwegian [[association football|footballer]] coach and former player who works as head coach for the Norwegian club [[Øygarden FK|Øygarden]].


He is notable for having led [[SK Brann|Brann]] to the [[Norwegian Premier League]] championship in 2007, breaking the widely supported team's notorious spell of 44 years without a league title. As a player, he was a prolific goalscorer both in the [[Norwegian Premier League]] and the [[Austrian Football Bundesliga]]. He also won three caps for [[Norway national football team|Norway]], scoring two goals.
He is notable for having led [[SK Brann|Brann]] to the [[Norwegian top division]] championship in 2007, breaking the widely supported team's notorious spell of 44 years without a league title. As a player, he was a prolific goalscorer both in the [[Norwegian top division]] and the [[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Austrian Bundesliga]]. He also won three caps for [[Norway national football team|Norway]], scoring two goals.


Mjelde has won the [[Kniksen award]] both as a player and as a head coach.
Mjelde has won the [[Kniksen award]] both as a player and as a head coach.


==Player career==
==Playing career==
During his active career, Mjelde spent two seasons at [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]], two and a half seasons at [[Lillestrøm SK|Lillestrøm]] and a total of 7 seasons at [[SK Brann|Brann]]. He also played one season in [[Bryne FK|Bryne]] – before he went to Lillestrøm. Towards the end of his career, he was loaned out to [[Sogndal Fotball|Sogndal]] in 2001. Mjelde scored 72 goals in 160 matches for Brann, earning himself and the team silver medals in 1997 and 2000, bronze medals and a cup silver as losing finalists in 1999 and an advancement to the quarter final in the [[Cup Winners' Cup]] in 1997, in which they were eliminated by [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]. After returning to Brann from [[Austria]] in 1996, Mjelde scored 19 goals in 15 league appearances, earning him the [[Kniksen award]] as "striker of the year". Mons Ivar played 3 games and scored 2 goals for [[Norway national football team|Norway]].
Mjelde was born in [[Osterøy]]. During his active career, He spent two seasons at [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]], two and a half seasons at [[Lillestrøm SK|Lillestrøm]] and a total of seven seasons at [[SK Brann|Brann]]. He also played one season in [[Bryne FK|Bryne]] – before he went to Lillestrøm. Towards the end of his career, he was loaned out to [[Sogndal Fotball|Sogndal]] in 2001. Mjelde scored 72 goals in 160 matches for Brann, earning himself and the team silver medals in 1997 and 2000, bronze medals and a cup silver as losing finalists in 1999 and an advancement to the quarter final in the [[Cup Winners' Cup]] in 1997, in which they were eliminated by [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]. After returning to Brann from Austria in 1996, Mjelde scored 19 goals in 15 league appearances, earning him the [[Kniksen award]] as "striker of the year". Mons Ivar played three games and scored two goals for [[Norway national football team|Norway]].


==Coaching career==
==Coaching career==
His first four years as a head coach saw Mjelde win both the league and the cup in Norway. Retiring as a player after the 2001 season, Mjelde became the new coach for [[SK Brann 2|Brann's reserve team]] in the [[Norwegian Second Division]]. The year after, Brann's head coach, [[Teitur Thordarson]] left the club. In January 2003, after only one year's experience as a coach, Mons Ivar Mjelde was appointed head coach in SK Brann. The season resulted in Brann finishing [[2003 Norwegian Premier League|6th]], a major improvement from the previous year. The following year he guided Brann to a [[2004 Norwegian Premier League|bronze medal]] in the premiership. They also won the cup, the first trophy in 22 years.
His first four years as a head coach saw Mjelde win both the league and the cup in Norway. Retiring as a player after the 2001 season, Mjelde became the new coach for [[SK Brann 2|Brann's reserve team]] in the [[Norwegian Second Division]]. The year after, Brann's head coach, [[Teitur Thordarson]] left the club. In January 2003, after only one year's experience as a coach, Mons Ivar Mjelde was appointed head coach in SK Brann. The season resulted in Brann finishing [[2003 Tippeligaen|6th]], a major improvement from the previous year. The following year he guided Brann to a [[2004 Tippeligaen|bronze medal]] in the premiership. They also won the cup, the first trophy in 22 years.


In the [[2005 Norwegian Premier League|2005]] season, Brann finished 6th. [[2006 Norwegian Premier League|2006]] was a better season for Mjelde and Brann, who finished as runners-up to [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]. In [[2007 Norwegian Premier League|2007]], his coaching career hit new heights as he took Brann to their first league title in 44 years, six points ahead of [[Stabæk Fotball|Stabæk]]. On 7 October 2008, Mons Ivar Mjelde announced that the 2008 season would conclude his spell in Brann.<ref>[http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=516961 "Dette er Mons Ivar Mjelde &#91;This is Mons Ivar Mjelde"&#93;] (in Norwegian). ''[[Verdens Gang#VG Nett|VG Nett]]''. 7 October 2008.</ref>
In the [[2005 Tippeligaen|2005 season]], Brann finished 6th. [[2006 Tippeligaen|2006]] was a better season for Mjelde and Brann, who finished as runners-up to [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]. In [[2007 Tippeligaen|2007]], his coaching career hit new heights as he took Brann to their first league title in 44 years, six points ahead of [[Stabæk Fotball|Stabæk]]. On 7 October 2008, Mons Ivar Mjelde announced that the 2008 season would conclude his spell in Brann.<ref>[http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=516961 "Dette er Mons Ivar Mjelde &#91;This is Mons Ivar Mjelde"&#93;] (in Norwegian). ''[[Verdens Gang#VG Nett|VG Nett]]''. 7 October 2008.</ref>


Mjelde was officially appointed as head coach for [[Bryne FK|Bryne]] on 1 June 2009.<ref>{{Cite news| last = Eriksen| first = Klaus| title = Mjelde presentert som Bryne-trener|trans_title=Mjelde unveiled as the new Bryne head coach| accessdate = 1 June 2009| date = 1 June 2009| url = http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/norsk/1-divisjon/artikkel.php?artid=544056|work=VG Nett|language=Norwegian}}</ref> In 2011 he coached [[Valestrand Hjellvik FK|Valestrand Hjellvik]] for two games before being snapped up by [[IK Start|Start]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vhfk.no/?aid=1310331788|title=Frå VHFK til Tippeligaen|trans_title=From VHFK to Tippeligaen|last=Vatle|first=Bjarte|date=10 July 2011|publisher=Valestrand Hjellvik FK|language=Norwegian|accessdate=24 July 2011}}</ref> He was hired as head coach of Start half-way through the 2011 season, but could not save the team from relegation. The next season, Start won the [[Norwegian First Division|Adeccoligaen]] and consequently promotion to the [[Norwegian Premier League]] in the 2012 season.
Mjelde was officially appointed as head coach for [[Bryne FK|Bryne]] on 1 June 2009.<ref>{{Cite news| last = Eriksen| first = Klaus| title = Mjelde presentert som Bryne-trener|trans-title=Mjelde unveiled as the new Bryne head coach| access-date = 1 June 2009| date = 1 June 2009| url = http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/norsk/1-divisjon/artikkel.php?artid=544056|work=VG Nett|language=no}}</ref> In 2011, he coached [[Valestrand Hjellvik FK|Valestrand Hjellvik]] for two games before being snapped up by [[IK Start|Start]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vhfk.no/?aid=1310331788|title=Frå VHFK til Tippeligaen|trans-title=From VHFK to Tippeligaen|last=Vatle|first=Bjarte|date=10 July 2011|publisher=Valestrand Hjellvik FK|language=no|access-date=24 July 2011}}</ref> He was hired as head coach of Start halfway through the 2011 season, but could not save the team from relegation. The next season, Start won the [[Norwegian First Division|Adeccoligaen]] and consequently promotion to the top flight in the 2012 season.

In December 2016, Mjelde was appointed as head coach for Åsane IL, a Norwegian First Division team from Bergen. The parts separate ways, after the club was relegated in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asanefotball.no/nyheter/asane-og-mjelde-avslutter-samarbeidet |title=Åsane og Mjelde avslutter samarbeidet |language=no |website=www.asanefotball.no |publisher=[[Åsane Fotball]] |date=29 November 2018 |access-date=20 September 2020}}</ref>

In September 2020, Mjelde was appointed as head coach for Øygarden FK.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oygardenfk.no/nyheter/mons-ivar-mjelde-ny-hovedtrener |title=Mons Ivar Mjelde ny hovedtrener |language=no |website=oygardenfk.no |publisher=[[Øygarden FK]] |date=18 September 2020 |access-date=20 September 2020}}</ref>


==Career statistics==
==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{{updated|11 January 2015}}
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
|-
!rowspan="2"|Season
!rowspan="2"|Season
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Division
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
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!colspan="2"|Total
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
|-
!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[SK Brann|Brann]]
|[[1989 Norwegian First Division|1989]]
|[[1989 Norwegian First Division|1989]]
|[[Tippeligaen|First Division]]
|rowspan="2" valign="center"|[[SK Brann|Brann]]
|rowspan="1" valign="center"|[[Tippeligaen|First Division]]
|10||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||12||0
|10||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||12||0
|-
|-
|[[1990 Tippeligaen|1990]]
|[[1990 Tippeligaen|1990]]
|rowspan="1" valign="center"|[[Tippeligaen]]
|[[Tippeligaen]]
|21||7||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||21||7
|21||7||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||21||7
|-
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!31!!7!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!33!!7
|-
|[[Bryne FK|Bryne]]
|[[1991 Norwegian First Division|1991]]
|[[1991 Norwegian First Division|1991]]
|[[Norwegian First Division|First Division]]
|rowspan="1" valign="center"|[[Bryne FK|Bryne]]
|||||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||||
|rowspan="1" valign="center"|[[Norwegian First Division|First Division]]
|?||?||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||?||?
|-
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Lillestrøm SK|Lillestrøm]]
|[[1992 Tippeligaen|1992]]
|[[1992 Tippeligaen|1992]]
|rowspan="3" valign="center"|[[Lillestrøm SK|Lillestrøm]]
|rowspan="3"|Tippeligaen
|rowspan="3" valign="center"|[[Tippeligaen]]
|22||7||5||6||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||27||13
|22||7||5||6||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||27||13
|-
|-
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|10||3||2||4||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||12||7
|10||3||2||4||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||12||7
|-
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
|[[1994–95 Austrian Football Bundesliga|1994-95]]
!53!!29!!11!!17!!0!!0!!0!!0!!64!!46
|rowspan="2" valign="center"|[[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]]
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="center"|[[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
|rowspan="3"|[[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]]
|[[1994–95 Austrian Football Bundesliga|1994–95]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Austrian Bundesliga]]
|33||17||0||0||colspan="2"|—||4||0||37||17
|33||17||0||0||colspan="2"|—||4||0||37||17
|-
|-
|[[1995–96 Austrian Football Bundesliga|1995-96]]
|[[1995–96 Austrian Football Bundesliga|1995–96]]
|30||11||0||0||colspan="2"|—||4||3||34||14
|30||11||0||0||colspan="2"|—||4||3||34||14
|-
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!63!!28!!0!!0!!0!!0!!8!!3!!71!!31
|-
|rowspan="7"|Brann
|[[1996 Tippeligaen|1996]]
|[[1996 Tippeligaen|1996]]
|rowspan="6" valign="center"|[[SK Brann|Brann]]
|rowspan="6"|Tippeligaen
|rowspan="7" valign="center"|[[Tippeligaen]]
|15||19||0||0||colspan="2"|—||4||6||19||25
|15||19||0||0||colspan="2"|—||4||6||19||25
|-
|-
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|3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||3||0
|3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||3||0
|-
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!102!!48!!0!!0!!0!!0!!4!!6!!106!!54
|-
|[[Sogndal Fotball|Sogndal]]
|[[2001 Tippeligaen|2001]]
|[[2001 Tippeligaen|2001]]
|Tippeligaen
|rowspan="1" valign="center"|[[Sogndal Fotball|Sogndal]]
|7||1||1||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||9||2
|7||1||1||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||9||2
|-
|-
!colspan="3"|Career Total
!colspan="3"|Career total
!256!!113!!14!!18!!0!!0!!12!!9!!282!!140
!256!!113!!14!!18!!0!!0!!12!!9!!282!!140
|}
|}
==Honours==

===Player===
;Individual
*[[Norwegian top scorers|Norwegian Premier League top scorer]]: [[1993 Norwegian Premier League|1993]]
*[[Kniksen Award]]: [[Kniksen Award#1996|Striker of the Year in 1996]]


==Managerial statistics==
===Head coach===
;Brann
*[[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]]: [[2004 Norwegian Football Cup|2004]]
*[[Norwegian Premier League]]: [[2007 Norwegian Premier League|2007]]
*[[Kniksen Award]]: [[Kniksen Award#2007|Coach of the Year in 2007]]


===Managerial statistics===
All competitive league games (league and domestic cup) and international matches (including friendlies) are included.
All competitive league games (league and domestic cup) and international matches (including friendlies) are included.
{{updated|2 May 2015}}
{{updated|13 December 2020}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |Team
! rowspan="2" |Team
! rowspan="2" |Nat
! rowspan="2" |Year
! rowspan="2" |Year
! colspan="5" |Record
! colspan="5" |Record
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|-
|-
| align="left" |[[SK Brann|Brann]]
| align="left" |[[SK Brann|Brann]]
|{{flagicon|Norway}}
|2003–2008
|2003–2008
{{WDL|182|82|38|62}}
{{WDL|182|82|38|62}}
|-
|-
| align="left" |[[Bryne FK|Bryne]]
| align="left" |[[Bryne FK|Bryne]]
|{{flagicon|Norway}}
|2009
|2009
{{WDL|22|9|7|6}}
{{WDL|22|9|7|6}}
|-
|-
| align="left" |[[IK Start|Start]]
| align="left" |[[IK Start|Start]]
|2011–2015
|{{flagicon|Norway}}
|2015–
{{WDL|130|57|25|48}}
{{WDL|130|57|25|48}}
|-
|-
| align="left" |[[Fredrikstad FK|Fredrikstad]]
| colspan=3 | '''Career Total'''
|2016
{{WDLtot|334|148|70|116}}
{{WDL|11|4|4|3}}
|-
| align="left" |[[Åsane Fotball|Åsane]]
|2016–2018
{{WDL|65|19|19|27}}
|-
| align="left" |[[Øygarden FK|Øygarden]]
|2020
{{WDL|15|3|4|8}}
|-
! colspan="2" | Career total
{{WDLtot|425|174|97|154}}
|}
|}

==Honours==

===Player===
'''Individual'''
*[[Norwegian top scorers|Norwegian top division top scorer]]: [[1993 Tippeligaen|1993]]
*[[Kniksen Award]]: [[Kniksen Award#1996|Striker of the Year in 1996]]

===Head coach===
'''Brann'''
*[[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]]: [[2004 Norwegian Football Cup|2004]]
*[[Tippeligaen]]: [[2007 Tippeligaen|2007]]
*[[Kniksen Award]]: [[Kniksen Award#2007|Coach of the Year in 2007]]


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


{{Norwegian Premier League top scorers}}
{{Eliteserien top scorers}}
{{SK Brann managers}}
{{SK Brann managers}}
{{IK Start managers}}
{{IK Start managers}}
{{IK Start squad}}


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|NAME=Mjelde, Mons Ivar
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|SHORT DESCRIPTION=Norwegian footballer and manager
|DATE OF BIRTH=17 November 1967
|PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Osterøy]], Norway
|DATE OF DEATH=
|PLACE OF DEATH=
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mjelde, Mons Ivar}}
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Latest revision as of 12:56, 16 March 2024

Mons Ivar Mjelde
Mjelde in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-11-17) 17 November 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth Osterøy, Norway
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Åsane (Head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1990 Brann 31 (7)
1991–1992 Bryne 37 (12)
1992–1994 Lillestrøm 53 (29)
1994–1995 Austria Wien 62 (28)
1996–2001 Brann 97 (48)
2001 → Sogndal (loan) 7 (2)
Total 287 (126)
International career
1993 Norway 3 (2)
Managerial career
2002 Brann (reserve team)
2003–2008 Brann
2009 Bryne
2011–2015 Start
2016 Fredrikstad
2016–2018 Åsane
2020 Øygarden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mons Ivar Mjelde (born 17 November 1967) is a Norwegian footballer coach and former player who works as head coach for the Norwegian club Øygarden.

He is notable for having led Brann to the Norwegian top division championship in 2007, breaking the widely supported team's notorious spell of 44 years without a league title. As a player, he was a prolific goalscorer both in the Norwegian top division and the Austrian Bundesliga. He also won three caps for Norway, scoring two goals.

Mjelde has won the Kniksen award both as a player and as a head coach.

Playing career[edit]

Mjelde was born in Osterøy. During his active career, He spent two seasons at Austria Wien, two and a half seasons at Lillestrøm and a total of seven seasons at Brann. He also played one season in Bryne – before he went to Lillestrøm. Towards the end of his career, he was loaned out to Sogndal in 2001. Mjelde scored 72 goals in 160 matches for Brann, earning himself and the team silver medals in 1997 and 2000, bronze medals and a cup silver as losing finalists in 1999 and an advancement to the quarter final in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1997, in which they were eliminated by Liverpool. After returning to Brann from Austria in 1996, Mjelde scored 19 goals in 15 league appearances, earning him the Kniksen award as "striker of the year". Mons Ivar played three games and scored two goals for Norway.

Coaching career[edit]

His first four years as a head coach saw Mjelde win both the league and the cup in Norway. Retiring as a player after the 2001 season, Mjelde became the new coach for Brann's reserve team in the Norwegian Second Division. The year after, Brann's head coach, Teitur Thordarson left the club. In January 2003, after only one year's experience as a coach, Mons Ivar Mjelde was appointed head coach in SK Brann. The season resulted in Brann finishing 6th, a major improvement from the previous year. The following year he guided Brann to a bronze medal in the premiership. They also won the cup, the first trophy in 22 years.

In the 2005 season, Brann finished 6th. 2006 was a better season for Mjelde and Brann, who finished as runners-up to Rosenborg. In 2007, his coaching career hit new heights as he took Brann to their first league title in 44 years, six points ahead of Stabæk. On 7 October 2008, Mons Ivar Mjelde announced that the 2008 season would conclude his spell in Brann.[1]

Mjelde was officially appointed as head coach for Bryne on 1 June 2009.[2] In 2011, he coached Valestrand Hjellvik for two games before being snapped up by Start.[3] He was hired as head coach of Start halfway through the 2011 season, but could not save the team from relegation. The next season, Start won the Adeccoligaen and consequently promotion to the top flight in the 2012 season.

In December 2016, Mjelde was appointed as head coach for Åsane IL, a Norwegian First Division team from Bergen. The parts separate ways, after the club was relegated in 2018.[4]

In September 2020, Mjelde was appointed as head coach for Øygarden FK.[5]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Season Club League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brann 1989 First Division 10 0 2 0 — — 12 0
1990 Tippeligaen 21 7 0 0 — — 21 7
Total 31 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 33 7
Bryne 1991 First Division 0 0 — —
Lillestrøm 1992 Tippeligaen 22 7 5 6 — — 27 13
1993 21 19 4 7 — — 25 26
1994 10 3 2 4 — — 12 7
Total 53 29 11 17 0 0 0 0 64 46
Austria Wien 1994–95 Austrian Bundesliga 33 17 0 0 — 4 0 37 17
1995–96 30 11 0 0 — 4 3 34 14
Total 63 28 0 0 0 0 8 3 71 31
Brann 1996 Tippeligaen 15 19 0 0 — 4 6 19 25
1997 26 16 0 0 — — 26 16
1998 16 4 0 0 — — 16 4
1999 18 3 0 0 — — 18 3
2000 24 6 0 0 — — 24 6
2001 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
Total 102 48 0 0 0 0 4 6 106 54
Sogndal 2001 Tippeligaen 7 1 1 1 — — 9 2
Career total 256 113 14 18 0 0 12 9 282 140

Managerial statistics[edit]

All competitive league games (league and domestic cup) and international matches (including friendlies) are included.

As of 13 December 2020
Team Year Record
G W D L Win %
Brann 2003–2008 182 82 38 62 045.05
Bryne 2009 22 9 7 6 040.91
Start 2011–2015 130 57 25 48 043.85
Fredrikstad 2016 11 4 4 3 036.36
Åsane 2016–2018 65 19 19 27 029.23
Øygarden 2020 15 3 4 8 020.00
Career total 425 174 97 154 040.94

Honours[edit]

Player[edit]

Individual

Head coach[edit]

Brann

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dette er Mons Ivar Mjelde [This is Mons Ivar Mjelde"] (in Norwegian). VG Nett. 7 October 2008.
  2. ^ Eriksen, Klaus (1 June 2009). "Mjelde presentert som Bryne-trener" [Mjelde unveiled as the new Bryne head coach]. VG Nett (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  3. ^ Vatle, Bjarte (10 July 2011). "Frå VHFK til Tippeligaen" [From VHFK to Tippeligaen] (in Norwegian). Valestrand Hjellvik FK. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Åsane og Mjelde avslutter samarbeidet". www.asanefotball.no (in Norwegian). Åsane Fotball. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Mons Ivar Mjelde ny hovedtrener". oygardenfk.no (in Norwegian). Øygarden FK. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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