Jan Fuglset (born 1 October 1945) is a Norwegian former professional football player. Fuglset is known as one of the leading goal-scorers in the Norwegian top division with 109 goals from 1967–1982. He is the brother of Tor Fuglset.
Club career Fuglset started his career in his hometown club Molde FK. From 1967 to 1972 he played for Fredrikstad FK, while he took a teacher-education in Halden. In 1971 he became top goal scorer in the First Division with 17 goals.Toppscoreremenn 1948–2009 , fotball.no In 93 first tier matches for Fredrikstad, he scored 52 goals.
In 1973, he was back in Molde, and played for Molde FK until he retired from football in 1982. In the final game of the 1976 league season, he scored all goals in a 6–0 drubbing of Strømsgodset IF, which saved his club from relegation, and relegated the opposition instead. Six goals in one game is still, as of 2019, a joint record for the Norwegian top division that Fuglset share with Odd Iversen. The six goals made him top goal scorer in 1976 with 17 goals. He became top scorer in the top division for Fredrikstad in 1971 and for Molde in 1976 and is, alongside Thorstein Helstad, Odd Iversen, Frode Johnsen one of only four players who have become top scorer in the Norwegian top flight with two different clubs.
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNorwegian CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsMolde1963Norwegian Third Division94 0–941964Norwegian Third Division12441–1651965Norwegian Third Division141721–16181966Norwegian Third Division141734–17211967Norwegian Third Division11734–1411Total60491210––––7259Fredrikstad1968Norwegian First Division?10????????1969Norwegian First Division?7????????1970Norwegian First Division?6????????1971Norwegian First Division1817????????1972Norwegian First Division?12????????Total 52 Molde1973Norwegian Second Division181841–22191974Norwegian First Division201156–25171975Norwegian First Division1981010–2181976Norwegian First Division201732–23191977Norwegian First Division21811–2291978Norwegian First Division1051021–1361979Norwegian Second Division19644–2125121980Norwegian First Division22643–2691981Norwegian Second Division16343–202261982Norwegian First Division2110–311983Norwegian Second Division0010–10Total1678329203141203105
International career Jan Fuglset was capped 20 times for Norway and scored six international goals. He made his debut against Finland on 17 June 1970. His first two international goals came in his third match in an international friendly against Iceland on 26 May 1971, a game Norway won 3-1. His last international appearance was against Yugoslavia on 30 October 1974.
International goals Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first. + International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competitionNo.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition126 May 1971Brann Stadion, Bergen, Norway32–13–1Friendly23–1325 August 1971Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland81–01–1Nordic Championship426 September 1971Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway101–31–4Nordic Championship53 August 1972Stavanger Stadion, Stavanger, Norway141–04–11974 FIFA World Cup qualification617 September 1972Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway151–11–3Nordic Championship Source:
Coaching career Fuglset served as a player-coach in 1976, and was the head coach of Molde in two periods.
Honours
As player Fredrikstad Norwegian Cup: Runner-up 1969, Runner-up 1971
Individual Norwegian top division top scorer: 1971, 1976
As coach Molde Norwegian Cup: Runner-up 1982
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