Daniel Berg Hestad

Daniel Berg Hestad (born 30 July 1975) is a Norwegian football manager and a former player, who played as a central midfielder, most notably for Molde. He is currently the manager of Molde 2 and the Under-19 squad of Molde. With 666 official appearances, he is the player with most official matches for Molde. He currently holds the record for most matches in Eliteserien with 473. He is three time Norwegian league champion, and four times Norwegian Cup champion. He retired from football after playing the Europa League round of 32 game against Sevilla which Molde won 1–0, the 25th of February 2016, in his 666th match for Molde. He holds the club record for most official matches for Molde.

Club Career

Molde

Berg Hestad debuted for Molde in the Tippeligaen match against Start on 23 May 1993. On 23 October 1994, Hestad was in the starting lineup in Molde's team in the final of the 1994 Norwegian Cup against Lyn. Hestad played 80 minutes in the game Molde won 3–2 and secured the club's first ever major trophy. Hestad became runner-up three times in the league (1995, 1998, 1999) before leaving the club in January 2004.

Heerenveen

On 4 July 2003, Hestad announced that he would leave Molde to join Dutch side Heerenveen on a free transfer from 1 January 2004. He signed a two and a half year contract with the club. Berg Hestad played well in the beginning of his Heerenveen career, and drew attention from several clubs, including Tottenham Hotspur. He played a total of 53 games and scored 5 goals in all competitions during his two seasons at Heerenveen.

Second spell at Molde

Daniel Berg Hestad returned to Molde in July 2005. In his first season back, Hestad helped his team winning the club's second trophy. He scored the third goal in the 2005 Norwegian Cup final which Molde won 4–2 against Lillestrom after extra time. Molde were relegated to 1. divisjon in 2006, thus Hestad played in the second tier, for the first time since t

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