Strand was born in
Trondheim and played for
Rosenborg his whole career, except for the 1993 season when he was loaned out to
Molde FK, from he made his debut in 1989 till he retired in 2010. He mostly played as
midfielder but as an allrounder he also played as
winger and
wingback. Strand won the
Norwegian top division 16 times (11 consecutive) as well as the
Norwegian Football Cup five times with Rosenborg. He participated in the
UEFA Champions League 11 times with Rosenborg and played 71 Champions League matches and 100 matches including the qualification matches. He is third on the list of most appearances in the Norwegian Premier Division. Respected among players, fans of other Norwegian clubs as well as Rosenborg fans for only playing within Norway, the number 6 jersey he used in Rosenborg was retired in his honor. This is the only time Rosenborg has retired a jersey number. Roar Strand has played over 400 matches in the Norwegian Tippeliga. Match number 400 was against
HamKam on Sunday 21 September 2008. Sunday 19 April 2009 he played match number 600 for Rosenborg BK. That includes Norwegian top division, Norwegian Cup, European cups and
Royal League. Strand shares a European record with
Manchester United's
Ryan Giggs of scoring in 21 consecutive top flight seasons. That equals
Pelé, but is behind
Romario, who scored in 23 consecutive seasons. Strand is one of only 19 players in Champions League history to have made 100 or more appearances in the competition for the same club. ==International career==