Arnfinn Engerbakk (born 22 March 1964) is a retired Norwegian

football midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

. He represented the Norway national team on four occasions in 1987. He started his career in Nordre Trysil IL, and signed for

Kongsvinger IL Kongsvinger Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from the city of Kongsvinger in Hedmark, founded in 1892. Its men's football team is well-known, and it has teams for several other sports. Athletics Kongsvinger IL has an athletics section. Until ...

just after the 1985 season. He was ever-present in the

Norwegian Premier League Eliteserien () is a professional association football league in Norway and the highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Norwegian First Division ...

in his first season, and became a club legend. By late 1997 he had played in every position except for

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, and therefore got to tend the goal for a few minutes during his final home match. He did not concede any goals. He retired after the season. In 1999, he made a comeback for the newly established, low-level club Vinger FK. He has later coached Raumnes & Årnes IL.

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* 1964 births Living people Norwegian men's footballers Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball players People from Hedmark Norwegian football managers Eliteserien players Men's association football midfielders Norway men's international footballers Footballers from Innlandet 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub