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Sigurd Rushfeldt
Rushfeldt at Viking Stadion
Personal information
Full name Sigurd Rushfeldt
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Tromsø
Number 10
Youth career
Vadsø Turn
Norild
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991 Norild ? (?)
1992–1996 Tromsø 97 (49)
1995 → Birmingham City (loan) 7 (0)
1996–1999 Rosenborg 74 (75)
1999–2002 Racing Santander 44 (5)
2001 → Rosenborg (loan) 10 (6)
2001–2006 → Austria Vienna (loan) 137 (69)
2006– Tromsø 106 (43)
International career
Norway U-21 2 (0)
1994–2007 Norway 38 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 13, 2009

Sigurd Rushfeldt (born 11 December 1972 in Vadsø) is a Norwegian football player who currently plays for Tromsø IL. He is well known for his strength and for being a prolific goalscorer. Rushfeldt is the all-time top goal scorer of the Tippeligaen.

Club career

Early career and Tromsø

Rushfeldt started his career in Vadsø, where he played for Vadsø Turn and Norild. He was noticed by Tromsø, which signed him in 1992. In Tromsø Rushfeldt got a reputation of being a prolific goalscorer. This sparked interest from other clubs, and in 1995 he went on an unsuccessful loan spell with Birmingham where he scored just once in the League Cup against Tranmere Rovers.[1] It was not until the end of the 1996 season that Rushfeldt would move on. He then signed for Rosenborg, but not before playing in the cup final that would be Rushfeldt's last match for Tromsø in his first spell with the club. Rushfeldt scored Tromsø's second goal in the cup final securing a 2-1 win over rivals Bodø/Glimt.

Rosenborg and move abroad

With Rosenborg Rushfeldt had great success. He won the Norwegian Premier League 4 times, he won the cup once more and also became topscorer of the Norwegian Premier League twice. The last time he won the Norwegian Premier League with Rosenborg in 2001, he was loaned in from Racing de Santander which he had transferred to in 1999. His spell with Santander was not a great success and in 2001 Rushfeldt moved on again, this time to FK Austria Wien. In Vienna he had success and won the league with Austria in 2003 and 2006 and was voted player of the year in the Austrian league 2004/2005. In 2003, 2005 and 2006 he also won the cup with Austria Wien. He scored 3 goals in these finals.

Return to Tromsø

He returned to Tromsø, which he had left in 1996, in July 2006. When his contract with Austria Wien was nearing an end Rushfeldt declared that he wanted to end his career in Norway. Several Norwegian clubs were interested in signing him. He chose to return to Tromsø declaring that he felt drawn to the north, and that he wanted to follow his heart and therefore it had to be Tromsø.[2] In Tromsø, he was again paired up in front with former team-mate Ole Martin Årst, who also played in the 1996 cup final and had enjoyed a career as a professional player outside of Norway before he returned to Tromsø some years earlier. This partnership ended in July 2007, when Årst was sold. Rushfeldt has built up a new partnership upfront with Morten Moldskred. In November 2007 Rushfeldt was selected to be in the Norwegian Premier league team of the year by a group of Norwegian newspapers, stating that he is invaluable as a target man.[3]

Rushfeldt signed a new contract with Tromsø before the 2009 season, a one year extension that would see him take on the role of coach as well. He came off to a good start, scoring 5 goals in 4 appearances, including a brace away against SK Brann, a match that Tromsø went on to win 4-2.

Rushfeldt became the all-time top scorer of the Norwegian Tippeligaen on May 29, 2011 in a home match against SK Brann. In the first half, he equaled Harald Brattbakk's record 166 goals. In the second half, he scored two more goals, completing a perfect hat-trick.

International career

In 1994 he surprisingly got a place in Egil Olsen's squad for the World Cup in USA playing in one game, but Rushfeldt never established himself as a regular having only won a total of 7 caps by 2001, and he did not score his first goal until 2002 in a game against Japan. In 2006 he announced his decision to retire from the national team. However in 2007 he reconsidered his decision and agreed with the national team coach Åge Hareide that he would make himself available for the game against Bosnia because John Carew was unavailable due to injury. He came on as a substitute in the game against Bosnia, making his first national team appearance in 2 years.[4] Norway failed to qualify for the European Championship and retired for good from the national team. He ended his career playing 36 games scoring 7 goals.

International goals

Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Result Competition Scored
1 2002-05-14 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Japan 3-0 Friendly match 1
2 2003-01-28 Bausher, Muscat  Oman 2-0 Friendly match 1
3 2003-02-04 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City  Luxembourg 2-0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying 1
4 2004-04-28 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Russia 3-2 Friendly match 1
5-6 2005-02-09 Ta' Qali Stadium, Attard  Malta 3-0 Friendly match 2
7 2005-10-08 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Moldova 1-0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 1

Career statistics

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  • 1995-96: FA Cup stats is games/goals in League Cup.

Honours

Club

Tromsø

Rosenborg

Austria Wien

Individual

Rosenborg

Rosenborg and Tromsø

Austria Wien

  • Achieved his own piece of Fifa football simulation game Commentary on Fifa 10 "And this is Sigurd Rushfeldt"

References

  1. ^ "Charlery is Blues' darling after double". The Independent. 29 November 1995. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Rushfeldt: - Hjertet sa TIL". aftenposten.no. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
  3. ^ "Se årets lag". tromso.no. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
  4. ^ "Joker nord i 13 år". bt.no. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
  5. ^ "Mestvinnende med RBK" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 April 2009.

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