Øivind Tomteberget (born 4 August 1953, in

Kongsvinger Kongsvinger () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger. Other settlements in the municipality include Aust ...

) is a retired Norwegian

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. Tomteberget played for his local club

Kongsvinger IL Kongsvinger Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from the city of Kongsvinger in Hedmark, founded in 1892. Its men's football team is well-known, and it has teams for several other sports. Athletics Kongsvinger IL has an athletics section. Until ...

until 1977, but joined

Lillestrøm SK Lillestrøm Sportsklubb is a Norwegian professional football club based in the city of Lillestrøm, just outside of the capital Oslo. Lillestrøm SK is a Norwegian football club based in Lillestrøm, playing in Eliteserien. The club was founde ...

ahead of the 1978 season. He only spent one season at Lillestrøm, and returned to Kongsvinger in 1979, helping KIL achieve promotion to the

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for the first time in the club's history in 1982. In 1983, Tomteberget was called up to the

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, making his international debut in a match against

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on 15 June 1983. In total, he won four caps for Norway. Between 1983 and late 1988, he missed only two Premier League games. In total he played 660 games (cup matches and friendlies included) for Kongsvinger, a club record.

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* 1953 births Living people Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's international footballers Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball players Lillestrøm SK players Men's association football midfielders Sportspeople from Kongsvinger Footballers from Innlandet 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub