Sigbjørn Slinning (born 6 Oktober 1945) is a Norwegian former international football player.

Biography

Born in

Stavanger Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...

, Slinning played for the club

Viking FK Viking Fotballklubb, commonly known as Viking or Viking Stavanger internationally, is a Norwegian football club from the city of Stavanger. The club was founded in 1899. It is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football, having won 8 ...

from his youth and during his whole career. He made his debut on the first team in 1962, 17 years old, and played a total of 523 games for the first team between 1962 and 1976. With Viking, he won the Norwegian football league four times, in

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

and

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

. He was capped on youth and U21 level, and played 42 matches for the Norwegian national team between 1969 and 1976.

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* 1945 births Living people Footballers from Stavanger Norwegian men's footballers Viking FK players Norway men's youth international footballers Norway men's under-21 international footballers Norway men's international footballers Men's association football defenders {{Norway-footy-defender-stub