Kjetil Knutsen

Kjetil Knutsen (born 2 October 1968) is a Norwegian football coach who currently manages FK Bodø/Glimt in Eliteserien.

Kjetil Knutsen
Knutsen in December 2021
Personal information
Full name Kjetil Knutsen
Date of birth (1968-10-02) 2 October 1968
Place of birth Arna, Norway
Club information
Current team
 Bodø/Glimt
Youth career
Team
Brann
Teams managed
Years Team
1995–2004 Hovding
2012 Fyllingsdalen
2014–2016 Åsane
2017 Bodø/Glimt (assistant)
2018– Bodø/Glimt

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
As of match played 1 May 2022
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Bodø/Glimt 1 January 2018 Present 159 89 41 29 055.97
Total 159 89 41 29 055.97

Honours

Bodø/Glimt

Individual

References
  1. "Hovdings fall". Åsane Tidende. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. "Kjetil Knutsen blir hovedtrener i Glimt". Aftenposten. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  3. {{cite news|url=https://www.nrk.no/nordland/bodo_glimt-har-satt-mange-rekorder-i-ar---her-er-10-av-dem-1.15297486 |title=Rekord-bonanza for Bodø/Glimt i Eliteserien – Her er 10 av dem |publisher=nrk.no| date=20 december 2020
  4. "Bodø/Glimt Win Second Norwegian League Title". www.lifeinnorway.net. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  5. Delaney, Miguel (13 April 2022). "Brawl between Roma and Bodo/Glimt coaches caught on video". The Independent. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  6. "Kniksens hederspris til Ingrid Hjelmseth og Bjarne Berntsen". eliteserien.no (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
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