Erik Nævdal Mjelde (born 6 March 1984) is a Norwegian former professional

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who played as a

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. Among his previous clubs are

Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a city and the most populous municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on 1 January 1969. On 1 ...

Lillestrøm Lillestrøm is a municipality in Viken county. It is located in the traditional district of Romerike. With a population of 85,757 inhabitants, it is the fourth most populated municipality in Viken. It was founded on 1 January 2020 as a merger be ...

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 ...

and

Løv-Ham Fotball Løv-Ham Fotball is a football club from Fyllingsdalen in Bergen, Norway. Its origins are two local sports teams in Fyllingsdalen called ''Løvåsen'' and ''Hamre''. On 29 December 1975 those clubs were merged, choosing the name Løv-Ham. In Mar ...

. Prior to joining Brann at the age of 16, he played for Fri.

Career

Mjelde made his debut for the Norway U21 national team in 2006 where he played one game. He also played a series of games for other youth national teams (U16, U17, U19). After the 2019 season Mjelde decide to retire. In January 2020 he was hired as director of development for Arna-Bjørnar.

Personal life

He is brother of

Maren Mjelde Maren Nævdal Mjelde (born 6 November 1989) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Chelsea and captains the Norway national team. She previously played for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC of the Swedish Da ...

, who plays for Norway national team.

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* 1984 births Living people Footballers from Bergen Norwegian footballers Association football midfielders Norway under-21 international footballers Norway youth international footballers Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players SK Brann players Løv-Ham Fotball players Sandefjord Fotball players Lillestrøm SK players {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub