Jan Fuglset
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Jan Fuglset is a former professional football player. Fuglset is known as one of the leading goal-scorers in Norwegian top division with 109 goals from 1967-1982. He is the brother of Tor Fuglset
Tor Fuglset
Tor Fuglset is a former football midfielder. Fuglset played for the clubs Molde FK, Odda IL, Fredrikstad FK, FK Lyn and FC Den Haag, and Norway national football team before he retired from football in young age. He is the brother of Jan Fuglset.-Club career:Fuglset started his career in his...

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Club career

Fuglset started his career in his hometown-club Molde FK. From 1967 to 1972 he played for Fredrikstad FK, while he took a teacher
Teacher
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-education in Halden
Halden
is a both a town and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The seat of the municipality, Halden is a border town located at the Tista river delta on the Iddefjord, the southernmost border crossing between Norway and Sweden.-History:...

. In 1971 he became top goal scorer in First Division
Tippeligaen
Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

 with 17 goals. In 93 top league matches for Fredrikstad, he scored 52 goals.

In 1973 he was back in Molde, and played for Molde FK until he retired from football in 1982. He was top scorer in Molde FK and Fredrikstad FK. In the final game of the 1976 league season, he scored all goals in a 6-0 drubbing of Strømsgodset IF, which saved his club from relegation, and relegated the opposition instead. Six goals in one game is still the record for the Norwegian top league. The six goals made him top goal scorer in 1976 with 17 goals.

International career

Jan Fuglset was capped 20 times for Norway
Norway national football team
The Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen...

, scoring six goals. He made his debut against Finland
Finland national football team
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 on 17 June 1970.
His first two international goals came in his third national match against Iceland
Iceland national football team
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, in a Friendly
Exhibition game
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 match on 26 May 1971, a game Norway won 3-1.
His last international appearance was against Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia national football team
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 on 30 October 1974.

International goals

Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Result Competition Scored
1-2 26 May 1971 Bergen
Bergen
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3–1 Friendly match
Exhibition game
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2
3 25 August 1971 Helsinki
Helsinki
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1–1 Friendly match
Exhibition game
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4 26 September 1971 Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 
1–4 Friendly match
Exhibition game
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1
5 3 August 1972 Stavanger
Stavanger
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4–1 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
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6 17 September 1972 Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 
1–3 Friendly match
Exhibition game
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Coaching career

Fuglset served as a player-coach
Player-coach
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 in 1976, and was the head coach of Molde in two periods.

As player

Fredrikstad FK:
  • Norwegian Football Cup
    Norwegian football cup
    The Norwegian Football Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament is commonly known as Cupen or NM, an acronym formed...

    : Runner-up 1969, Runner-up 1971

As coach

Molde FK:
  • Norwegian Football Cup
    Norwegian football cup
    The Norwegian Football Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament is commonly known as Cupen or NM, an acronym formed...

    : Runner-up 1982
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