Roar Strand
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 February 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Trondheim, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–2010 | Rosenborg | 416 | (79) |
| 1993 | → Molde (loan) | 23 | (9) |
| Total | 439 | (88) | |
| National team | |||
| 1994–2003 | Norway | 42 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Roar Strand (born 2 February 1970) is a Norwegian retired football player. He played as a midfielder at the Norwegian club Rosenborg. Strand was capped 42 times for the Norwegian national team. He is the player with third most matches in the Norwegian Premier League. He has won the Norwegian Premier League 16 times and the Norwegian Football Cup five times, and he has scored goals in 21 consecutive top flight seasons.
Strand was born in Trondheim and played for Rosenborg his whole career, except for the 1993 season when he was loaned out to Molde FK, from he made his debut in 1989 till he retired in 2010. He mostly played as midfielder but as an allrounder he also played as winger and wingback.
Strand won the Norwegian Premier League 16 times (11 consecutive) as well as the Norwegian Football Cup five times with Rosenborg. He participated in the UEFA Champions League 11 times with Rosenborg and played 71 Champions League matches and 100 matches including the qualification matches. He is third on the list of most appearances in the Norwegian Premier Division.
He is looked upon as a hero among supporters of Rosenborg because he has always been loyal to the club without having played abroad where the salaries are higher. He is also highly respected among both players and fans of other Norwegian clubs.
Roar Strand has played over 400 matches in the Norwegian Tippeliga. Match number 400 was against HamKam on Sunday 21 September 2008. Sunday 19 April 2009 he played match number 600 for Rosenborg BK. That includes Norwegian Premier League, Norwegian Cup, European cups and Royal League.
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