Svein Grøndalen (born 8 February 1955) is a Norwegian former
footballer
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.
He was born in
Halden
Halden (), between 1665 and 1928 known as Fredrikshald, is both a town and a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The municipality borders Sarpsborg to the northwest, Rakkestad to the north and Aremark to the east, as well as the Swedish m ...
,
and as a youngster he lived in Halden,
Drammen
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, Halden again, and
Hunndalen. He played youth football for
Kvik Halden
Kvik Halden FK is a Norwegian football club, founded on 19 June 1906.
The club plays in the 2. divisjon after their promotion from the 2018 3. divisjon. In 2010 they contested a playoff to win promotion, and succeeded by beating Eik-Tønsberg ...
and
Raufoss
Raufoss is the administrative centre of Vestre Toten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located about south of the larger town of Gjøvik. The village area is located along the municipal border with the neighboring Gjøv ...
,
and senior football for Raufoss,
Rosenborg,
Moss
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and
Ã…s. In total he got 77 caps for
Norway
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,
[ between 1973 and 1984.][
Grøndalen played left back or central defender, and was noted for his "physical" style of play. Many people remember him best for a brutal tackle which injured Swede ]Ralf Edström
Ralf Sigvard Edström (born 7 October 1952) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward. Widely regarded as Sweden's best player in the 1970s, he started off his career with Degerfors IF in the late 1960s and went on t ...
during a 1977 international match.[ He is also remembered for missing a World Cup qualification match due to a bizarre injury, while running in the forest before the game Grøndalen ran into a moose and injured himself so badly he couldn't play the next game.][ ]
He took education at the Norwegian Institute of Technology
The Norwegian Institute of Technology (Norwegian: ''Norges tekniske høgskole'', NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was m ...
.[
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References
Svein Grøndalen
on Playerhistory.com
1955 births
Living people
People from Halden
Sportspeople from Gjøvik
Norwegian footballers
Norway international footballers
Raufoss IL players
Rosenborg BK players
Moss FK players
Eliteserien players
Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni
Association football defenders
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