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Bjørn Erik Melland

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Bjørn Erik Melland
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-09-29) 29 September 1974 (age 50)
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) defender
Youth career
Sprova IL
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990-1992 Sprova IL
1993-1997 Steinkjer
1998–2000 Byåsen
2001–2006 Aalesund
2007 Skarbøvik
Managerial career
Aalesund (physio)
2017– Aalesund (director of sports)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2015

Bjørn Erik Melland (born 29 September 1974) is a retired Norwegian football defender who notably played in Tippeligaen for Aalesund.

He started his career in Sprova IL, and also played for Steinkjer before debuting in the Norwegian First Division, the second tier, with Byåsen. He went on to study physiotherapy in Ålesund and play for division colleagues Aalesund in 2001. In 2003 and 2005, he featured for Aalesund on the first tier, Tippeligaen. He was let go after the 2006 season, but after one season in Skarbøvik he was later hired as the Aalesund physio.[1][2] Ahead of the 2017 season he was hired as Aalesund FK's director of sports.[3]

Melland also recorded a 24th place and a 32nd place in the two races of the Norwegian Nordic combined championships of 1992.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "AaFK slipper Melland". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 4 May 2006. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Bjørn Erik Melland. Medisinsk koordinator" (in Norwegian). Aalesunds FK. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  3. ^ Jenshus, Geir (6 March 2017). "Bjørn Erik Melland blir sportslig leder i Aalesund". Trønder-Avisa (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  4. ^ "NM kombinert hopp fredag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 24 January 1992.
  5. ^ "Kombinert: Norgesmesterskapet" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 25 January 1992.