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Place of Birth: Verdal, Trøndelag, Norway
About Jon Olav Hjelde
- Jon Olav Hjelde (born 30 April 1972, in Verdal) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a central defender. Hjelde began his career at his local team Vuku, which competed in the Norwegian Third Division.
- He joined Rosenborg in 1994, where he became backup to the team's regular central defenders Erik Hoftun and Bjørn Otto Bragstad.
- Despite not being a regular in the Rosenborg side, Hjelde was signed by Nottingham Forest in 1997.
- He soon became a regular in Forest's first-team. After six seasons at Forest, Hjelde moved to South Korea in 2003, and joined the Busan I'cons.
- He rejoined Forest after one year in Korea, but played only sporadically and was released at the end of the 2004-05 season. At this point, Hjelde was considering moving back to Norway, but instead signed a one-year deal with Forest's lower-league neighbours Mansfield Town in the summer of 2005.
- He played regularly for the Stags, forming a defensive team alongside Alex Baptiste.
- Hjelde indicated that he would move back to Norway at the end of the 2005-06 season, but later changed his mind, and signed a new one-year contract with the Stags.
- In May 2007, he retired from football.
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