Jan Birkelund

Jan Birkelund
Personal information
Full name Jan Birkelund
Date of birth (1950-11-10)10 November 1950
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Date of death 28 February 1983(1983-02-28) (aged 32)
Playing position central defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968-1976 Skeid 223 (?)
1977-1978 Lillestrøm 44 (9)
National team
1973-1978 Norway 33 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Jan Birkelund (10 November 1950 – 28 February 1983) was a Norwegian footballer.

Club career

A tall and strong central defender, at club level he played for Skeid and Lillestrøm. Birkelund won the Norwegian championship, the cup champion with Skeid in 1974, and won "The Double" with Lillestrøm in 1977. Lifting the Championship trophy in 1978 as well, the cup final turned out to be his last match. Shortly before the start of the 1979 season, Birkelund was diagnosed with a heart defect, and retired from football on the advice of his doctors. Four years later, Birkelund died as a result of cardiac arrest.

He played a total of 130 games in the First Division.[1]

Internationals career

In addition, he was capped 33 times for Norway.[2]

References


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