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Jørgen Tengesdal (born 5 April 1979) is a Norwegian former professional
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who later worked as coach. Tengesdal played for
Viking Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.Roesdahl, pp. 9� ...
most of his career, but also spent time at
Tromsø Tromsø is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is the administrative centre of the municipality as well as the administrative centre of Troms county. The city is located on the is ...
, Skeid,
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and
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. He represented Norway at under-17 and under-21 level. Tengesdal was head coach of Randaberg after he retired, and later worked in
Egersund Egersund is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Eigersund municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town is located along the southwestern coast of Norway, about south of the city of Stavanger (city), Stavanger. The town is situat ...
's coaching staff.


Club career

Tengesdal was born in
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, and grew up in
Egersund Egersund is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Eigersund municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town is located along the southwestern coast of Norway, about south of the city of Stavanger (city), Stavanger. The town is situat ...
where he played for
Egersund Egersund is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Eigersund municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town is located along the southwestern coast of Norway, about south of the city of Stavanger (city), Stavanger. The town is situat ...
until 1997 and joined
Viking Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.Roesdahl, pp. 9� ...
ahead of the 1998 season. He played 18 league-matches in his three first season at Viking, and replaced Gunnar Aase as a substitute after 111 minutes in the 2000 Norwegian Football Cup Final when Viking lost 2–1 against
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. In the 2001 season, Tengesdal spent six weeks at
Tromsø Tromsø is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is the administrative centre of the municipality as well as the administrative centre of Troms county. The city is located on the is ...
on loan during the summer. He scored two goals in his first match for Tromsø when
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was beaten 3–0 on 10 June 2001. Tengesdal played five league-games and two cup-games for Tromsø before he returned to Viking. Tengesdal scored the goal that sent Viking to the 2001 Norwegian Football Cup Final in the last minute of the semi-final against Odd Grenland, and a few days later he was involved in both of Viking's goals when
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was eliminated from the
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. Tengesdal's contract expired on 30 October 2001, five days before the final, and Viking's head coach Benny Lennartsson did not want to sign Tengesdal for another season. Tengesdal played in the Final when the local rivals
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were beaten 3–0, after Viking extended his contract by a week. Tengesdal joined
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side Skeid as a
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ahead of the 2002 season, and scored on his debut for the club when
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was beaten 2–1 on 21 April 2004. In June 2002, Skeid released their best-paid players, Patrick Holtet, Børge Hernes and Tengesdal, due to the financial difficulties. Tengesdal then signed a contract lasting until the end of the season with
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, where he made his debut against
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on 27 June 2012. He played seven league-matches and one cup match for Lyn, all as a substitute. Tengesdal signed for Viking ahead of the 2003 season, one year after he left the club. Under
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's command, Tengesdal was playing regularly on the right back and received praise for his performances, and also played for Viking in the
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. After he retired, Tengesdal said he was at his best during the time with Hodgson as manager. While playing for
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in 2008, Tengesdal got an offer from the First Division side
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, which he turned down. He played one season in Randaberg before he retired because of problems with a hip. Tengesdal was diagnosed with
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, and replaced both his hips at the age of 33. By that time, virtually all the cartilage in his hip socket had disappeared, which meant that there was no shock absorption between the hip bone and the hip socket and bone against bone in every movement caused him excruciating pain. Two weeks after the surgery, he threw away his crutches.


International career

Tengesdal played five matches for Norway U17 in 1997, and seven matches for Norway U21 between 2000 and 2001.


Coaching career

Tengesdal was the manager of Randaberg alongside Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim in 2009. He joined the coaching staff of his childhood club Egersund ahead of the 2011 season. He left the position as assistant to
Bengt Sæternes Bengt Sæternes (born 1 January 1975) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a centre forward from 1991 until 2011. He began his playing career at local clubs Egersund and Eiger, whilst he had spells at Viking, Odd Grenland ...
in 2013 to become an adviser in
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.


References

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