Tom Lund

Tom Lund
Tom Lund in September 1977
Personal information
Full name Tom Arne Lund
Date of birth (1950-09-10) 10 September 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth Lillestrøm, Norway
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Lillestrøm SK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1982 Lillestrøm SK 274 (154)
International career
1971–1982[1] Norway 47 (12)
Managerial career
1985–1987 Lillestrøm SK
1990–1991 Lillestrøm SK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tom Lund (born 10 September 1950) is a former Norwegian football coach and striker.[2] He played his entire career at Norwegian club Lillestrøm, taking them from the third division to the first and winning the Double. He never played professionally, despite receiving offers from big international clubs. He is widely considered one of the greatest Norwegian football players of all time.[3][4][5]

In all official competitions, he played 348 matches and scored 197 goals for Lillestrøm (of which 274 matches and 154 goals were recorded in league competition),[6] helping his club win the Norwegian Cup in 1977, 1978 and 1981, and the Norwegian top division in 1976 and 1977. He retired from football in 1982 while still being regarded as one of the best players in Norwegian football.

He won 47 caps with the Norwegian national team.

  1. ^ Søfting, Thomas. "Norway – Record International Players". Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  2. ^ Haaland, Jon (1982). Tommy (in Norwegian Bokmål). Oslo: J.W. Cappelens Forlag. ISBN 8202095948.
  3. ^ "Norges beste fotballspillere gjennom tidene". 433.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 19 December 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Stor VG-kåring: De 125 beste spillerne i Eliteserien siden 1961". www.vg.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 4 May 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Dette er de 10 beste norske fotballspillerne". www.aftenposten.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 21 September 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  6. ^ "LSK : Statistics : Tom Lund". Lskhistorikk.com. Retrieved 2 June 2016.