John Anders Skoglund (born 1 October 1971) is a retired Norwegian

football striker Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to p ...

. He played youth football for

Rælingen FK Rælingen Fotballklubb is a Norwegian association football club from Rælingen. It was founded on 31 March 1930 as ''Rælingen SK''. In 1938 it was merged with the local skiing club, but the merger was dissolved in 1948. Not long after, the club ...

. He later joined Holter IF, and scored 20 goals in the

1996 Norwegian Second Division The 1996 2. divisjon, the third highest association football league for men in Norway. 22 games were played in 6 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Sarpsborg and Runar were promoted to the First Division through playoffs again ...

season. As a result, he was signed by Norwegian Premier League team

Vålerenga IF Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for it ...

. However, he did not become an immediate success, and was loaned out to Skjetten SK in the middle of the 1998 season. Ahead of the 1999 season he joined

Ullensaker/Kisa IL Ullensaker/Kisa IL, commonly referred to as Ull/Kisa, is a Norwegian sports club from Jessheim in Ullensaker. Founded in 1894, it has sections for association football, team handball and athletics. General history The club was founded on 15 De ...

. He left this club after the 2002 season, and was later on the books of

Gjerdrum IL Gjerdrum Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Gjerdrum, Akershus. It has sections for association football, team handball, alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, biathlon, floorball and volleyball. It was founded as ''Gjerdrum IF'' on 25 Januar ...

in the lower divisions.

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1971 births Living people Norwegian footballers Vålerenga Fotball players Skjetten SK players Ullensaker/Kisa IL players People from Akershus Eliteserien players Men's association football forwards Sportspeople from Viken (county) {{Norway-footy-forward-stub