Ole Bjørn Sundgot is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 former footballer who played as a striker

Striker

Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

, for Molde, Bradford City

Bradford City A.F.C.

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 and Lyn. His brother is Arild Sundgot

Arild Sundgot

Arild Gilbert Sundgot is a Norwegian football striker, who currently plays for Lillestrøm.He is the younger brother of Ole Bjørn Sundgot. He started playing for Lillestrøm in 1997, when he was brought from Hødd by Even Pellerud, the Lillestrøm manager at that time...

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Playing career

Sundgot began his career at Molde, spent a season on loan at English club Oldham Athletic

Oldham Athletic A.F.C.

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 and First Division

Adeccoligaen

The Norwegian First Division is the second highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2005, the official name of the league has been Adeccoligaen....

 side Hødd before returning to Molde. He made his breakthrough there, forming a striker partnership with Arild Stavrum

Arild Stavrum

Arild Stavrum is a Norwegian football coach and former player. His playing career included clubs as Brann, Molde, Stabæk, Helsingborg, Aberdeen and Besiktas.-Playing career:...

 and Ole Gunnar Solskjær

Ole Gunnar Solskjær

Ole Gunnar Solskjær is the manager of Norwegian first division side Molde. He is better known as a former footballer who spent most of his career playing for Manchester United. Often dubbed "the baby-faced assassin," he played 366 times for the Red Devils and scored 126 goals during a very...

. Solskjær famously moved to Manchester United

Manchester United F.C.

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 while Sundgot was snapped up by Chris Kamara

Chris Kamara

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 at Bradford City

Bradford City A.F.C.

Bradford City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, playing in League Two....

. He played up front with Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 striker Rob Steiner. Sundgot scored six goals in his first season but just a couple of months into the 1997–98

1997-98 in English football

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 season he moved back to Molde. From there he later moved to Lyn Oslo and Hønefoss.

Managing career

In 2008, he was hired as manager of Hønefoss, his last club as a player.

External links

• Ole Bjørn Sundgot career stats at 100% Fotball, Norwegian Premier League stats
• Ole Bjørn Sundgot career stats at National Football Teams.