Player Career
During his active career, Mjelde spent two seasons at FK Austria Wien, two and a half seasons at Lillestrøm SK and a total of 7 seasons at SK Brann.He also played 1 season in Bryne FK - before he went to Lillestrøm. Towards the end of his career, he was loaned out to Sogndal IL in 2001. Mjelde scored 72 goals in 160 matches for SK Brann, earning himself and the team silver medals in 1997 and 2000, bronze medals and a cup silver as losing finalists in 1999 and an advancement to the quarter final in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1997, in which they were eliminated by Liverpool FC. After returning to Brann from Austria in 1996, Mjelde scored 19 goals in 15 league appearances, earning him the Kniksen award as "striker of the year". Mons Ivar played 3 games and scored 2 goals for Norway.
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