Ole Bjørn Sundgot

Ole Bjørn Sundgot (born 21 March 1972) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a striker, for Molde, Bradford City and Lyn. His brother is Arild Sundgot. Ole Bjørn Sundgot is currently the head coach of Sunndal IL in Norwegian 4th division (5th tier).

Ole Bjørn Sundgot
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-03-21) 21 March 1972
Place of birth Ulsteinvik, Norway
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Striker, Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1990 Hødd
1991–1996 Molde 109 (49)
1995–1996 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 0 (0)
1996–1997 Bradford City 25 (6)
1997–2000 Molde 39 (8)
2000–2004 Lyn 116 (19)
2005 Hønefoss 14 (3)
National team
1995 Norway 1 (0)
Teams managed
2008–2010 Hønefoss
2020- Sunndal IL
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Sundgot was born in Ulsteinvik and began his career at Hødd, before he joined Molde ahead of the 1991 season where he made his breakthrough, forming a striker partnership with Arild Stavrum and Ole Gunnar Solskjær. Solskjær famously moved to Manchester United while Sundgot spent a period on loan at English club Oldham Athletic, but never played a single first-team match due to injury. He was later snapped up by Chris Kamara at Bradford City. 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 Lyn and Hønefoss.

He was capped once by Norway, coming on as a substitute for Jostein Flo in a 1995 friendly against Ghana.[1]

Managing career

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

Personal life

Sundgot comes from a family of footballers, and is the son of former Hødd and Viking player Otto Sundgot and the brother of the former Lillestrøm player Arild Sundgot.[2]

References
  1. Norway v Ghana, 25 May 1995, eu-football.info
  2. Haavik, Yngve (19 June 2004). "Brødreduellen" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 2 November 2012.


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