Mats André Kaland
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-05-09) 9 May 1989
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right midfielder
Youth career
Frøya
Fyllingen
Lyngbø
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2009 Lyngbø
2010–2011 Løv-Ham 52 (5)
2012–2014 Hønefoss 73 (9)
2015 Varberg 30 (6)
2016–2017 Fredrikstad 13 (0)
2016Varberg (loan) 13 (1)
2017–2018 Ull/Kisa 47 (2)
2019–2021 Strømmen 73 (4)
2022 Ull/Kisa 2 3 (0)
Managerial career
2022–2023 Ullensaker/Kisa (assistant)
2023 Ullensaker/Kisa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mats André Kaland (born 9 May 1989) is a Norwegian retired footballer and manager.

Club career

Kaland was born in Bergen.[1] He played in the Third Division for Lyngbø.[2] He made his debut for Løv-Ham on 5 April 2010 in the 2–1 victory over Sarpsborg 08.

Before the 2012 season he signed a contract with Hønefoss. He got his debut in a 0–0 draw against Lillestrøm on 24 March 2012. He scored his first goal for Hønefoss against Vålerenga on 19 May 2012; the only goal in the match.

After 2014 season he left the Hønefoss, he later signed with Swedish side Varbergs BoIS for one year.[3] January 2016 he signed a two-year contract with Fredrikstad FK.[4] In Fredrikstad he struggled to get playing time,[5] and he returned to Varberg on loan for the remainder of the 2016-season.[6]

In July 2017 he signed a contract with Ullensaker/Kisa[7] He left the club at the end of 2018.[8]

Career statistics

As of 16 May 2021
Season Club Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2010 Løv-Ham 1. divisjon 25120271
2011 27410284
2012 Hønefoss Tippeligaen 20321224
2013 27420294
2014 1. divisjon 26210272
2015 Varbergs BoIS Superettan 30620326
2016 Fredrikstad 1. divisjon 7030100
2016 Varbergs BoIS Superettan 13110141
2017 Fredrikstad 1. divisjon 601070
Ullensaker/Kisa 15200152
2018 30040340
2019 Strømmen IF 27240312
2020 262262
2021 100010
Career Total 2802723130328

Manager career

Kaland started his manager career as assistant manager for Steffen Landro at Ull/Kisa in 2022. When Landro was sacked in the summer of 2023, Kaland was promoted to manager. He did not steer Ull/Kisa to promotion from the 2023 2. divisjon, and left after the season.[9]

References

  1. "Mats André Kaland". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  2. Mats André Kaland at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  3. "Mats André Kaland" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association.
  4. "Kaland enig med FFK". f-b.no (in Norwegian). 4 January 2016.
  5. "Norskt byte i Bois? Alba ut – Kaland in". hn.se (in Swedish). 19 June 2016.
  6. "Aalbu og Kaland til Sverige". fredrikstadfk.no. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016.
  7. "Kaland klar for Ull/Kisa". ullkisafotball.no.
  8. Overganger i OBOS-ligaen vinter 2019, sportshjornet.com, 13 December 2018
  9. "Kaland takker av" (in Norwegian). Ull/Kisa. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2024.


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