Roger Kjendalen

Roger Kjendalen
Personal information
Born (1965-06-06) 6 June 1965
Nationality Norwegian
Height 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Left back, Centre back
Senior clubs
Years Team
1985–1988
 IF Urædd
1988–1991
 TuS Schutterwald
1991–1994
 IL Runar
1994–1996
 VfL Fredenbeck
1996–2000
 SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2000–2001
 GC Amicitia Zürich
2001–2002
 Drammen HK
2002–2008
 Runar Sandefjord
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1998
 Norway 242 (930)
Teams managed
2011–2012
 Runar Sandefjord

Roger Kjendalen (born 6 June 1965) is a Norwegian handball player and coach.[1] He played 242 matches and scored 930 goals for the Norway men's national handball team between 1985 and 1998.[2] He participated at the 1993 World Men's Handball Championship.

Kjendalen was awarded the Håndballstatuetten trophy from the Norwegian Handball Federation in 2011.[3]

Career

Kjendalen started his career at IF Urædd, where he won the Norwegian Championship and Cup in both 1986 and 1987.[1] He then joined German team TuS Schutterwald.[4]

From 1991 to 1994 he returned to Norway, where he played for Runar Sandefjord. Here he won the Norwegian Championship in 1993 and 1994. In 1994 he was also the league top scorer.[5]

He then joined VfL Fredenbeck in the German 2nd Bundesliga. In 1996 he joined SG Flensburg-Handewitt, where he won the EHF Cup with the club in 1997.[1]

In 2000 he joined GC Amicitia Zürich in Switzerland for a single season, before returning to Norway, where he played for Drammen HK and Runar Sandefjord. Back with Sandefjord he won the Norwegian Double three further times, in 2003, 2004 and 2006 and the Norwegian cup in 2007.

In 2011 he was the head coach of Sandefjord, when he was covering for Eivind Ellingsen, who was out with illness.[6]

Titles

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bryhn, Rolf. "Roger Kjendalen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Landskampstatistikk. Totaloversikt for Kjendalen, Roger" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 23 December 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Utmerkelser". handball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Ole Andersen im Wartezimmer: SG hat Kontakte zu Hanning und Kjendalen". bo.de (in German). 8 February 2001.
  5. ↑ www.handball.no Skyttekonger retrieved 12 February 2014
  6. ↑ "Roger Kjendalen ny hjelptrener" (in Norwegian). sb.no. 8 September 2011.
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