He spent most of his career at Vidar, with the exception of 1989 when he played for Viking and won the Norwegian Cup.
He played 500 matches[1] and scored 289 goals for the club[2] during the 1980s, when Vidar was competing for promotion to the top league,[3] and the beginning of the 1990s until he retired in 1994.
[6] Fjetland was nicknamed "Postmannen" during his time at Viking, because he was working as a postman in addition to playing football.
Fjetland scored the first goal when Molde was beaten 2–1, and together with Alf Kåre Tveit he was Viking's best player in the match.
[8] Fjetland scored in his international debut at youth level, in Norway U16's match against Sweden U16 on 29 September 1979.