Arild Gilbert Sundgot (born 17 April 1978) is a former Norwegian

football striker In the sport of association football, a forward (attacker or striker) is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position which primarily plays further up the pitch than Midfielder, midfielders and Defender (association football), d ...

, who played most of his career for

Lillestrøm Lillestrøm is a municipality in Akershus county. It is located in the traditional district of Romerike. With a population of 85,757 inhabitants, it is the fourth most populated municipality in Viken. It was founded on 1 January 2020 as a merger ...

. He is the younger brother of Ole Bjørn Sundgot, and the son of Otto Sundgot. He was capped several times on youth and under-21 level. He started playing for

in 1997, when he was brought from Hødd by

Even Pellerud Even Jostein Pellerud (born 15 July 1953) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. Career Pellerud played for several clubs, including Vålerenga from 1974 to 1979 and Kongsvinger from 1983 to 1986. He was head coach for the Norway women' ...

, the Lillestrøm manager at that time. He is considered one of the best players in the history of LSK, having scored more than 100 league goals during his 15 years tenure at the club. In the summer of 2012 Sundgot started a tenure as coach in Lillestrøm. He eventually became assistant manager under

Arne Erlandsen Arne Erlandsen (born 20 December 1959) is a Norwegian association football, football manager (association football), manager and former player. He is currently the manager for Skeid Fotball, Skeid. During his own playing career he had relative s ...

. In December 2016 he was announced as the new assistant manager of Hødd. However, he was not able to harmonize the job situation with his family, and thus resigned and promptly signed a new two-year contract in Lillestrøm. Residing in

Jessheim Jessheim is a town in the Ullensaker municipality in Akershus of Norway. History The railway station with the Jessheim station was built in 1854 as part of the Hovedbanen line from Oslo to Eidsvoll. The railroad had at the initial construction o ...

since the mid-2010s, he was hired as assistant manager of local second-tier club Ull/Kisa ahead of the 2021 season. In the summer of 2021 he was promoted to manager, on a contract spanning the rest of 2021. He was sacked on 3 October.

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* 1978 births Living people People from Ulstein Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's youth international footballers Norway men's under-21 international footballers Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players IL Hødd players Lillestrøm SK players Men's association football forwards Norwegian football managers Lillestrøm SK non-playing staff Ullensaker/Kisa IL managers Footballers from Møre og Romsdal Eliteserien managers {{Norway-footy-forward-stub