Gard Kristiansen (born 3 May 1972) is a retired

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. He grew up in the club

Holter IF Holter Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Holter in Nannestad. It has sections for association football and team handball. It was founded on 3 June 1918. In 1941 it incorporated the AIF club ''Holter AIL''. The men's football tea ...

and was bought by the regional greats

Lillestrøm SK Lillestrøm Sportsklubb is a Norwegian professional football club from the city of Lillestrøm, just outside of the capital Oslo. Lillestrøm SK is a Norwegian football club based in Lillestrøm, playing in Eliteserien. The club was founded in 1 ...

in 1995 to play first-tier football. Not quite breaking into the first team, in 1997 he took one season on the second tier with

Sarpsborg FK Sarpsborg Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from Sarpsborg, Viken. It was founded on 8 May 1903. Sarpsborg is one of the most successful teams in the Norwegian Football Cup, with six titles and twelve finals in total. In 2007, the club m ...

, before playing nine seasons in

Moss FK Moss Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club, founded on 28 August 1906. They play in the 2. divisjon, the third highest division in the Norwegian football league system. They played in the Norwegian top flight between 1937-1939, 1953-1954, 1 ...

, on the first and second tier interchangeably. He played league games. Ahead of the 2007 season he joined then-seventh-tier club

SK Rapid Sportsklubben Rapid was a Norwegian association football club located in Moss, Norway that was founded on 25 August 1925. The club played in Hovedserien, the top league of Norwegian football, in 1955–56, 1956–57, 1959–60 and 1960–61. ...

as playing coach. In the latter half of 2007 he was loaned out to Eidsvoll TF. He then continued in Rapid until the latter half of the 2010 season, when he was recruited by Moss again to provide routine in training sessions for an injury-stricken team. Outside of football he worked as a schoolteacher. He should not be confused with Gard Hellgren Kristiansen, who also played in the city of

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, for local rivals Sprint-Jeløy.

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1972 births Living people People from Nannestad Footballers from Akershus Norwegian men's footballers Lillestrøm SK players Sarpsborg FK players Moss FK players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Men's association football defenders {{Norway-footy-defender-stub