Ole Bjørn Sundgot (born 21 March 1972) is a Norwegian former professional

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who played as a striker, for

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and

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. His brother is

Arild Sundgot Arild Gilbert Sundgot (born 17 April 1978) is a former Norwegian football striker, who played most of his career for Lillestrøm. He is the younger brother of Ole Bjørn Sundgot, and the son of Otto Sundgot. He was capped several times on yo ...

. Ole Bjørn Sundgot is currently the head coach of Sunndal IL in Norwegian 4th division (5th tier).

Playing career

Sundgot was born in

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and began his career at Hødd, before he joined

ahead of the 1991 season where he made his breakthrough, forming a striker partnership with

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and

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. Solskjær famously moved to

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while Sundgot spent a period on loan at English club

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, but never played a single first-team match due to injury. He was later snapped up by

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. He played up front with Swedish striker Rob Steiner. Sundgot scored six goals in his first season but just a couple of months into the 1997–98 season he moved back to Molde. From there he later moved to

and

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. He was capped once by

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, coming on as a substitute for

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in a 1995 friendly against

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.Norway v Ghana, 25 May 1995
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Managerial career

In 2008, he was hired as manager of

, his last club as a player.

Personal life

Sundgot comes from a family of footballers, and is the son of former Hødd and

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player Otto Sundgot and the brother of the former

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player

References

External links

Ole Bjørn Sundgot career stats
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