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Bjørn Tronstad (born 11 April 1957) is a retired Norwegian football player. Tronstad played at
SK Brann Sportsklubben Brann is a Norwegian professional football club based in Bergen. Founded on 26 September 1908, Brann has played in the first tier of Norwegian football for 67 out of 80 seasons, the second most of any club. They play their hom ...
from 1974 to 1979. During his 5 years at Brann Tronstad scored a total of 127 goals during 222 matches, and became one of the top-scoring players in the history of the club. Tronstad was looked upon by many as the new Roald 'Kniksen' Jensen. Tronstad retired when he was only 25 years old because he wanted to study in the United States. It is told that he was a major scorer in the local football teams and college teams. Tronstad had a small comeback in 1981, but he only played 4 games and scored 1 goal.


Collegiate career

Tronstad retired from professional football in 1979 to play
college soccer College soccer, called college football in some countries, is played by teams composed of soccer players who are enrolled in colleges and universities. While it is most widespread in the United States, it is also prominent in Japan, South Kore ...
in the United States at the
University of San Francisco The University of San Francisco (USF) is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit university in San Francisco, California, United States. Founded in 1855, it has nearly 9,000 students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees ...
. While at San Francisco, Tronstad lead the NCAA (U.S. college sports organisation) in scoring during the 1979 season, scoring 29 goals in 26 appearances. Tronstad played three years of collegiate soccer finishing with 40 goals in 73 matches. He is ranked fifth all-time in goals scored for the university.


References

1957 births Living people Men's association football forwards Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Norway men's international footballers Norwegian men's footballers Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Norwegian expatriates in the United States San Francisco Dons men's soccer players SK Brann players 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-footy-forward-stub