Morten Svalstad

Morten Svalstad
Personal information
Date of birth	25 September 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Norway
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Nybygda
	Lillestrøm
Senior career*
Years	Team
1987	Lillestrøm
1988–1994	Hamarkameratene
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Morten Svalstad (born 25 September 1969) is a Norwegian former football and later coach, who played for the clubs Lillestrøm and Hamarkameratene.

Club career

Svalstad started his football career at Nybygda IL,^[1] moving on to Lillestrøm, where he did not play any league games at senior level. In 1988 he moved to Hamarkameratene, where he stayed until the end of the 1994 season and played 80 league games, and 91 games in total. ^[2] Hamarkameratene played in Tippeligaen from 1992 to 1995, but for the 1993 season, Svalstad was demoted to second choice behind André Ulla for all matches except the home game against Fyllingen (3–0).^[3]

International career

Svalstad played a number of age group matches for Norway from U-15 to U-21. He played for Norway in numerous youth internationals, including the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship, where Norway finished third in their group. ^[4]

Coaching career

After retiring from football, Svalstad was coach of the women's team at Brumunddal Fotball, along with Kristin Bekkevold.^[5] In 2017 he took over Brumunddal's men's team.^[6]

References

^ "Norges Fotballforbund har tatt ut følgende spillere til nordisk" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 6 July 1985.
^ HamKam.no – Profil, Morten Svalstad Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 22 December 2013)
^ Fotball.no – Kampfakta, Ham-Kam-Fyllingen søndag 17. oktober 1993 (Accessed 22 December 2013)
^ FIFA.com – FIFA World Youth Championship Saudi Arabia 1989, Match report Norway - Spain (Accessed 22 December 2013)
^ Ostlendingen.no – Skal ta Dala til topps (Published 3 November 2011, accessed 22 December 2013)
^ Rosenborg, Ole Ludvig (4 March 2017). "Tidligere toppkeeper skal lede Dala". Ringsaker Blad (in Norwegian). pp. 14–15.

External links

Morten Svalstad at the Norway Football Association (in Norwegian)
Player profile at Altomfotball.no

[1] "Norges Fotballforbund har tatt ut følgende spillere til nordisk" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 6 July 1985.

[2] HamKam.no – Profil, Morten Svalstad Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 22 December 2013)

[3] Fotball.no – Kampfakta, Ham-Kam-Fyllingen søndag 17. oktober 1993 (Accessed 22 December 2013)

[4] FIFA.com – FIFA World Youth Championship Saudi Arabia 1989, Match report Norway - Spain (Accessed 22 December 2013)

[5] Ostlendingen.no – Skal ta Dala til topps (Published 3 November 2011, accessed 22 December 2013)

[6] Rosenborg, Ole Ludvig (4 March 2017). "Tidligere toppkeeper skal lede Dala". Ringsaker Blad (in Norwegian). pp. 14–15.

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