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Pål André Helland

Helland in 2017

Personal information
Full name Pål André Helland
Date of birth 4 January 1990 (age 35)
Place of birth Kyrksæterøra, Hemne, Norway[1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information

Current team

 Ranheim (co-coach)
Youth career
–2006 KIL/Hemne
2006–2008 Rosenborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Rosenborg 2 (0)
2009–2010 → Ranheim (loan) 2 (2)
2011 → Ranheim (loan) 5 (0)
2011 Byåsen 11 (10)
2012–2013 Hødd 39 (11)
2013–2021 Rosenborg 153 (39)
2021–2022 Lillestrøm 28 (3)
2023 Løvenstad 7 (2)
2024 KIL/Hemne 5 (5)
Total 252 (72)
International career‡
2005 Norway U15 1 (0)
2007 Norway U17 8 (3)
2008 Norway U18 8 (2)
2009 Norway U19 3 (1)
2015–2016 Norway 6 (1)
Managerial career
2023 Lillestrøm U19
2025– Ranheim
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 October 2016

Pål André Helland (born 4 January 1990)[2] is a former Norwegian professional footballer, and current co-coach of Ranheim.

A prolific winger, Helland played for both Rosenborg and Lillestrøm in Eliteserien. Helland was also part of the Hødd team that won the 2012 Norwegian Football Cup Final. He played several games for Norway's different youth teams, and was capped six times for the senior team.

Helland came through the ranks at Rosenborg before the 2009 season of the Norwegian top division, when he signed with them a three-year professional contract. He had been part of the youth setup at Rosenborg since summer 2006 and shortly after transfer made his debut with their B team against Molde FK. He continued on B team during the 2007 season and received the captains armband for impressive displays. He got his first minutes for the first team squad in pre-season 2008 in a friendly against FK Bodø-Glimt as a central defender. Although he plays best as a winger, Helland can play in various positions in the midfield and defence.[3]

He left Rosenborg in August 2011 when his contract was not renewed. With lower division IL Hødd, they won the 2012 Norwegian Football Cup, last done fifteen years earlier.

Return to Rosenborg

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In July 2013 he signed a contract with Rosenborg, that originally started as of 1 January 2014, after his contract would expire.[4] On 10 July 2013, however, Rosenborg and Hødd agreed on a deal in the summer transfer window. He joined Rosenborg on 26 July 2013.[5] On 20 November 2016, Helland scored a hat-trick as Rosenborg defeated Kongsvinger 4–0 in the 2016 Norwegian Football Cup final.[6]

After eight seasons at Rosenborg, Helland moved to fellow Eliteserien side Lillestrøm, but because of injuries, only started four games, and only played 340 minutes of Eliteserien football in his first season.[7][8]

In November 2022, Helland decided to retire after two seasons at Lillestrøm. He cited his body not being able to handle the physique needed to play at the top anymore.[9][10]

Only a couple mounts after retiring from football, Helland returned to play for the amateur club Løvenstad in the Norwegian 4. divisjon.[11]

Return to KIL/Hemne

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After one year at Løvenstad, Helland returned to his boyhood club KIL/Hemne ahead of the 2024 season, again playing in the 4. divisjon.[12]

International career

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In 2005 Helland got his first international match, playing for Norway's U15 team. He subsequently made appearances for Norway's U17, U18, and U19 team.[13]

Helland's first senior game came against Sweden in June 2025, replacing Håvard Nielsen in the 69th minute.[14] His first start for Norway came against Iceland in a friendly game, where he also scored his first and only international senior goal.[15]

After his professional retirement, Helland once again joined Lillestrøm, this time as a coach for their U19 squad.[16]

Ahead of the 2024 season, Helland joined Kåre Ingebrigtsen's coaching team in Ranheim as a player developer. When Ingebrigtsen announced he was stepping down as head coach for the club after the season, the club announced that Christian Eggen Rismark would take over as head coach, with Helland filling in the role as co-coach.[17][18]

In September 2021 Viaplay announced that Helland would join them as their newest football pundit. In the beginning he covered the Europan competitions Viaplay had the rights to, before moving over to covering Premier League games when the streamer acquired the rights before the 2022–23 season.[19][20]

In 2024, Helland was one of the contestants of the Norwegian television program Mesternes Mester.[21]

As of match played 12 October 2024[13][22][1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rosenborg 2009 Eliteserien 1 0 3 1 — — 4 1
2010 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Total 2 0 3 1 — — 5 1
Ranheim (loan) 2009 2. divisjon 2 2 0 0 — — 2 2
2010 1. divisjon 3 0 1 0 — — 4 0
2011 2 0 1 0 — — 3 0
Total 7 2 2 0 — — 9 2
Byåsen 2011 2. divisjon 11 10 0 0 — — 11 10
Hødd 2012 1. divisjon 26 10 7 6 — — 33 16
2013 13 1 3 1 2[a] 0 — 18 2
Total 39 11 10 7 2 0 — 51 18
Rosenborg 2013 Eliteserien 11 2 2 0 — — 13 2
2014 21 4 2 2 4[a] 2 — 27 8
2015 21 13 6 8 11[a] 4 — 38 25
2016 20 4 5 4 6[b] 1 — 31 9
2017 22 6 3 1 5[c] 1 1[d] 0 31 8
2018 20 5 4 0 6[e] 0 — 30 5
2019 19 3 2 0 9[f] 3 — 30 6
2020 19 2 — 1[a] 0 — 20 2
Total 153 39 24 15 42 11 1 0 220 65
Lillestrøm 2021 Eliteserien 14 1 1 0 — — 15 1
2022 14 2 3 3 3[g] 0 — 20 5
Total 28 3 4 3 3 0 — 35 6
Løvenstad 2023 4. divisjon 7 2 0 0 — — 7 2
KIL/Hemne 2024 5 5 0 0 — — 5 5
Career total 252 72 43 26 47 11 1 0 343 109
  1. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance in Mesterfinalen
  5. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Six appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, three appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  7. ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
As of match played 8 October 2016[23]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 2015 4 0
2016 2 1
Total 6 1
Norway score listed first, score column indicates score after each Helland goal.
List of international goals scored by Pål André Helland
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 1 June 2016 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway 5  Iceland 2–1 3–2 Friendly

Hødd

Rosenborg

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