Jan Fuglset (born 1 October 1945) is a Norwegian former professional

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player. Fuglset is known as one of the leading goal-scorers in the

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with 109 goals from 1967–1982. He is the brother of Tor Fuglset.

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-education in

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. In

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he became top goal scorer in the First Division with 17 goals.Toppscoreremenn 1948–2009
, fotball.no In 93 first tier 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. 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, as of 2019, a joint record for the Norwegian top division that Fuglset share with

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. The six goals made him top goal scorer in 1976 with 17 goals. He became top scorer in the top division for Fredrikstad in 1971 and for Molde in 1976 and is, alongside

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, Odd Iversen,

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one of only four players who have become top scorer in the Norwegian top flight with two different clubs.

Career statistics

International career

Jan Fuglset was capped 20 times for Norway and scored six international goals. He made his debut against Finland on 17 June 1970. His first two international goals came in his third match in an international friendly against Iceland on 26 May 1971, a game Norway won 3-1. His last international appearance was against Yugoslavia on 30 October 1974.

International goals

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Coaching career

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

Honours

As player

Fredrikstad * Norwegian Cup: Runner-up 1969, Runner-up 1971 Individual *

top scorer:

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As coach

Molde *Norwegian Cup: Runner-up 1982

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fuglset, Jan Living people 1945 births People from Molde Molde FK players Fredrikstad FK players Norwegian footballers Norway international footballers Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Norwegian football managers Molde FK managers Association football forwards Sportspeople from Møre og Romsdal