Career
Helstad started his career in his local club FL Fart, before being snapped up by the biggest club in the district, HamKam at the age of 18. Helstad played for HamKam in the Norwegian First Division from 1995 until 1997, when the Norwegian Premier League club Brann signed the talented youngster. In Brann, Helstad showed the whole country his talent and potential, and it was in Bergen that Helstad experienced his biggest success on the football field. While Helstad was in the club, Brann won league bronze and cup silver in 1992. In addition, Helstad also became the Tippeliga top scorer in both 2005 (18 goals in 24 matches) and in 2001 (17 goals in 23 matches) and won a Kniksen award. Helstad was sold to the Austrian side Austria Wien in 2002, but despite winning the Austrian Bundesliga, the Austrian Cup and the Austrian Supercup, his stay in central Europe was a modest success, and in 2004, Helstad returned home to Norway and the league champions Rosenborg. Helstad never managed to gain a regular spot in the first squad, often said to be a result of him have to play winger in a 4–3–3 system, instead of playing striker in a 4–4–2 system.
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