Bjørnar Pettersen Holmvik (born 2 June 1985) is a

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coach and former player. As a player, Holmvik played as a defender and winger. He is currently head coach at Vidar. He played for Stabæk from 2003 to 2008 and for

SK Brann Sportsklubben Brann (commonly known as Brann, and less often as SK Brann) is a Norwegian professional football club, founded 26 September 1908, from Bergen. Brann had been in the Eliteserien, Norway's Premier Division of Football, since 1987, bar ...

from 2009 to 2011.Stabæk profile
SK Brann did not wish to renew Bjørnar Holmvik's contract and he went on to sign with newly promoted Tippeliga-club

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. On 28 July he signed a contract with the Swedish club

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. In 2015, he joined Bryne. Seeing through his two-year contract, in 2017 he went on to third-tier club

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. In July 2018, Holmvik returned to Sandnes Ulf. After the end of the 2019 season, Holmvik retired as player and became head coach of

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club Vidar. After the 2020. 3. divisjon was cancelled because of the

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, Holmvik played his first Vidar match as a substitute in the second round of the

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Career statistics

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Honours

Norway

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(runner-up)

References

1985 births Living people Footballers from Oslo Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's youth international footballers Norway men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders Stabæk Fotball players SK Brann players Sandnes Ulf players Kalmar FF players Fredrikstad FK players Bryne FK players FK Vidar players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Norwegian Second Division players Allsvenskan players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Norwegian football managers FK Vidar managers {{Norway-footy-defender-stub