Jan Birkelund (10 November 1950 – 28 February 1983) was a
Norwegian footballer.
Club career
A tall and strong central defender, at club level he played for
Skeid
Skeid is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Nordre Åsen, Oslo. It has sections for association football (one for elite and one for grassroots football), Nordic skiing and bandy.
General history
The club was founded as ''IK Skeid'' on 5 De ...
and
Lillestrøm. Birkelund won the Norwegian championship, the
cup champion with Skeid in 1974, and won "The Double" with Lillestrøm in 1977. Lifting the Championship trophy in 1978 as well, the cup final turned out to be his last match. Shortly before the start of the 1979 season, Birkelund was diagnosed with a heart defect, and retired from football on the advice of his doctors. Four years later, Birkelund died as a result of cardiac arrest.
He played a total of 130 games in the
First Division.
Internationals career
In addition, he was capped 33 times for
Norway.
Norway - Record International Players
- RSSSF
References
External links
1950 births
1983 deaths
Footballers from Oslo
Norwegian men's footballers
Norway men's international footballers
Skeid Fotball players
Lillestrøm SK players
Eliteserien players
Men's association football central defenders
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