Tom Jacobsen (born 17 March 1954) is a

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coach and former player. He played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

HamKam Hamarkameratene (literally ''the Hamar Comrades''), often abbreviated to HamKam or Ham-Kam, is a Norwegian football club based in the town of Hamar. The club was founded in 1918, originally under the name Freidig. HamKam were most recently pro ...

and

Vålerenga 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 ...

and was capped 16 times playing for

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. He is the brother of Pål Jacobsen.

Player career

Jacobsen played for

from 1971 to 1978 and for

from 1979 to 1982, before he returned to HamKam where he played until he retired. He made his debut for

at the age of 17 years and 175 days in 1971, and was capped a total of 16 times.

Coaching career

Jacobsen joined HamKam's coaching staff in 2000, after working at

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. Along with his brother, Pål Jacobsen, he was a part of

Ståle Solbakken Ståle Solbakken (born 27 February 1968) is a Norwegian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Norway national team. During his playing career, Solbakken was named 1995 Norwegian midfielder of the year, and h ...

's coaching staff when HamKam played in Tippeligaen. After Solbakken left for

FC Copenhagen Football Club Copenhagen ( da, Football Club København, ), commonly known as FC København, FC Copenhagen, Copenhagen or simply FCK, is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on ...

, Jacobsen continued as

Frode Grodås Frode Grodås (born 24 October 1964) is a Norwegian football coach and former national team goalkeeper originally from Hornindal in Sogn og Fjordane. Capped 50 times for his country, he participated at the 1998 FIFA World Cup as well as being an ...

' assistant coach. Jacobsen later worked in the youth department of HamKam until the end of the 2010 season, when he left the club for a job at the local NAV office while also coaching the fourth-tier side Ottestad IL in his spare time.

References

1954 births Living people Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's international footballers Hamarkameratene players Vålerenga Fotball players Eliteserien players Norwegian football managers Hamarkameratene non-playing staff {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub Men's association football midfielders