Øyvind Bolthof (born March 30, 1977) is a Norwegian

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. His earlier clubs are

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, Bøler IF,

Bækkelagets SK Bækkelagets Sportsklub is a Norwegian sports club from Bekkelaget in southern Oslo, founded in 1909. The club has sections for skiing (including ski jumping and biathlon), orienteering, handball, football, floorball and track and field athletics ...

and Årvoll IL, but he joined Vålerenga already in 1995. After the arrival of

Árni Gautur Arason Árni Gautur Arason (born 7 May 1975 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic former football goalkeeper. Árni is also an educated lawyer from the University of Iceland. Club career He played for Rosenborg between January 1998 and December 2003, also ...

to Vålerenga in 2004, Bolthof has been the second choice keeper and has played mainly on the reserves team. Parallel to his football career, Bolthof has taken the siviløkonom degree at

BI Norwegian Business School BI Norwegian Business School () is a Norwegian specialized university that provides education and conducts research primarily in the fields of business and economics, marketing, strategy, management, and administration. BI is organized as a self ...

Honours

Norwegian Premier League Eliteserien () is a professional association football league in Norway and the highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Norwegian First Division ...

: ** Winner (1): 2005 *

Norwegian Football Cup The Norwegian Football Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament ...

: ** Winner (3): 1997, 2002, 2008

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at the club website * Footballers from Oslo Men's association football goalkeepers Norwegian men's footballers Vålerenga Fotball players BI Norwegian Business School alumni 1977 births Living people {{Norway-footy-goalkeeper-stub