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Tor Fuglset

b. 1951

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Born 1951. Tor Fuglset is a Norwegian association football player.

Tor Fuglset (born 23 April 1951) is a former football midfielder. Fuglset played for the clubs Molde FK, Odda IL, Fredrikstad FK, FK Lyn and FC Den Haag, and Norway national football team before he retired from football in young age. He is the brother of Jan Fuglset.

Club career Fuglset started his career in his hometown-club Molde FK. In 1968, Molde played in the third tier in Norway, and 17-year-old Fuglset played regularly on Molde's team. Molde met Fredrikstad FK, the club where Tor Fuglset's brother Jan Fuglset where playing, in the quarter-final of 1968 Norwegian Football Cup. The younger brother Tor scored Molde's first goal, while the elder brother Jan provided the final goal in a match Fredrikstad won 4–3.

Fuglset had a short spell in Odda IL, before moving to Fredrikstad FK in 1969, where he scored six goals in his first nine league-games. He scored one goal in the 1969 Cup Final, which Fredrikstad lost against Strømsgodset IF. He played for Fredrikstad for two seasons, and scored eight goals in twenty-seven matches before he moved on to FK Lyn.

Fuglset moved on to the Dutch club FC Den Haag in 1973, where he experienced big success. In fact, big European clubs was ready to sign Fuglset, but he had to retire due to a heart defect.

After being medically cleared by doctors, Fuglset announced his comeback for Molde FK in 1979. He trained with the club, and appeared in a couple of friendlies, but never played any league or cup matches.

International career Tor Fuglset was capped 9 times for Norway, scoring two goals, and made his debut against Sweden in September 1970 in a game that Sweden won 4–2, but after the match the Norwegian media agreed that Fuglset made the best national team debut since Roald "Kniksen" Jensen in 1960.

He also played for five matches for Norway national under-19 football team and scored three goals in six matches for Norway national under-21 football team

Honours Fredrikstad FK Norwegian Football Cup: Runner-up 1969

FK Lyn Norwegian First Division: Runner-up 1971

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When was Tor Fuglset born?

Tor Fuglset was born on 23 April 1951 in Molde Municipality.

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Tor Fuglset is an association football player.

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Tor Fuglset is Norwegian.

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· Wikipedia: Tor Fuglset

· Wikidata: Q3993554

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