Fjetland was born in
Stavanger and started his career in the local club
Vidar. Vidar experienced its heyday in the mid 80's, when they were playing at the
second tier and fighting for promotion. Fjetland was one of the key-members in Vidar's team, and in the
promotion-playoff in 1986 Vidar won the first match against
Drøbak-Frogn. However, Fjetland was sent off and couldn't help his team in the second match against
Tromsø, which Vidar lost and missed out on promotion. In total Fjetland played 235 matches and scored 113 goals for Vidar. Fjetland played for
Viking from 1989 to 1992 where he played a total of 92 matches (including friendlies) scoring 21 goals for the club, and was together with Ingve Bøe and
Børre Meinseth Viking's joint topscorer with 4 goals in 1992. With Viking, Fjetland won the
Norwegian Cup in
1989 and
Tippeligaen in
1991. ==International career==