{{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1977)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Rune Lange | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|6|24|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Tromsø]], Norway | height = 1.87 m | currentclub = | position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [[IF Fløya|Fløya]] | years1 = 1993–1994 | clubs1 = [[IF Fløya|Fløya]] | caps1 = 32 | goals1 = 39 | years2 = 1995–1997 | clubs2 = [[Tromsdalen UIL|Tromsdalen]] | caps2 = 54 | goals2 = 30 | years3 = 1997–2000 | clubs3 = [[Tromsø IL|Tromsø]] | caps3 = 72 | goals3 = 50 | years4 = 2000 | clubs4 = [[Trabzonspor]] | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 5 | years5 = 2001–2006 | clubs5 = [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]] | caps5 = 108 | goals5 = 52 | years6 = 2006–2008 | clubs6 = [[Vålerenga Fotball|Vålerenga]] | caps6 = 17 | goals6 = 2 | years7 = 2008 | clubs7 = → [[Tromsø IL|Tromsø]] (loan) | caps7 = 3 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2009 | clubs8 = → [[Hartlepool United F.C.|Hartlepool United]] (loan) | caps8 = 3 | goals8 = 1 | years9 = 2009 | clubs9 = [[Kvik Halden FK|Kvik Halden]] | caps9 = 2 | goals9 = 1 | totalcaps = 303 | totalgoals = 200 | nationalyears1 = 1997 | nationalteam1 = Norway U20 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 1998–1999 | nationalteam2 = [[Norway national under-21 football team|Norway U21]] | nationalcaps2 = 18 | nationalgoals2 = 2 | nationalyears3 = 2004 | nationalteam3 = [[Norway national football team|Norway]] | nationalcaps3 = 1 | nationalgoals3 = 0 }} '''Rune Lange''' (born 24 June 1977) is a Norwegian former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[striker (association football)|striker]].
==Career== Lange hails from the city of [[Tromsø]] and joined the club [[IF Fløya|Fløya]] at the age of five. As a 17-year-old, he became top scorer in the [[3. divisjon]] (fourth tier) with 33 goals in 22 matches, and then moved on to play for [[Tromsdalen UIL|Tromsdalen]] in the [[1. divisjon]] (2nd tier). Lange stayed with the club for three seasons, during which he experienced a relegation and a season in the [[2. divisjon]] (3rd tier).
During the summer of 1997, Lange signed for [[Tromsø IL|Tromsø]], which played in the [[Tippeligaen]] (first tier). He scored seven goals in 11 matches for Tromsø during his first season, and nearly experienced another relegation, but Tromsø survived after having to play qualification matches. Lange also debuted for the Norway under-20 football team. In 1998, Lange scored 20 goals in 26 matches, and was almost sold to [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]]. Lange stayed at Tromsø, however, as he could not come to an agreement with Coventry on the contract details. In 1999, Lange become [[Norwegian football top scorers|top scorer]] of the Norwegian top division, scoring 23 goals. Lange also made his debut for the [[Norway national under-21 football team|Norway U21s]] that season.
In 2000, Lange started as a player for Tromsø, but was sold to the Turkish side [[Trabzonspor]] in July. Lange only played 14 matches and scored seven goals in Turkey.
In April 2001 he moved to Belgian side [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]], the team where he played until 2006.
In 2004, Lange debuted for the [[Norway national football team|Norway national team]], playing against [[Wales national football team|Wales]].
In February 2009, Lange signed for [[Hartlepool United F.C.|Hartlepool United]] on loan until the end of the [[Football League One 2008–09|2008-09]] season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hartlepool_united/7865383.stm |title=Pools bring in Norwegian striker |date=2 February 2009 |access-date=2 February 2009 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.vif-fotball.no/article2507286.ece |title = Vålerenga-spiller fristilt |date = 17 January 2009 |accessdate = 8 February 2009 |publisher = Vålerenga Fotball |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090129190442/http://www.vif-fotball.no/article2507286.ece |archivedate = 29 January 2009 |df = dmy-all}}</ref> In his third game for Hartlepool, his shoulder was dislocated. On 13 March 2009, Lange had surgery on his injured shoulder and was scheduled not to return to training for at least six weeks.
In September 2009 he signed for [[Kvik Halden FK|Kvik Halden]] (in the fourth tier of Norwegian football) until the remainder of the season,<ref>{{cite news |url = http://fotball.folkebladet.no/england/article151132.ece |title = Lange gjør comeback |date = 24 September 2009 |accessdate = 29 May 2010 |work = Folkebladet.no |first = Per Christian |last = Johansen |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090927074607/http://fotball.folkebladet.no/england/article151132.ece |archivedate = 27 September 2009 |df = dmy-all}}</ref> making four appearances (two league games and both play-off games).
As of March 2011 he was working as a scout for his former employer, Club Brugge.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/2730/Club-Brugge/article/detail/1229538/2011/03/01/Clement-Brylle-en-Van-der-Heyden-in-technische-staf-Club.dhtml |title=Clement, Brylle en Van der Heyden in technische staf Club |date=1 March 2011 |accessdate=11 July 2012 |publisher=HLN}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Fløya||1993||rowspan="2"|[[3. divisjon]]||10||6||||||colspan="2"|—|||| |- |1994||22||33||||||colspan="2"|—|||| |- !colspan="2"|Total !32!!39!!!!!!!!!!!! |- |rowspan="4"|[[Tromsdalen UIL|Tromsdalen]]||1995||rowspan="2"|[[1. divisjon]]||21||4||||||colspan="2"|—|||| |- |1996||21||11||||||colspan="2"|—|||| |- |1997||[[2. divisjon]]||12||15||||||colspan="2"|—|||| |- !colspan="2"|Total !54!!30!!!!!!!!!!!! |- |rowspan="5"|[[Tromsø IL|Tromsø]]||1997||rowspan="4"|[[Tippeligaen]]||9||4||0||0||4||2||13||6 |- |1998||26||20||2||1||colspan="2"|—||28||21 |- |1999||26||23||5||5||colspan="2"|—||31||28 |- |2000||11||3||1||1||colspan="2"|—||12||4 |- !colspan="2"|Total !72!!50!!8!!7!!4!!2!!84!!59 |- |[[Trabzonspor]]||2000–01||[[Süper Lig]]||12||5||||||colspan="2"|—|||| |- |rowspan="7"|[[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]]||2000–01||rowspan="6"|[[Belgian First Division]]||4||0||0||0||0||0||4||0 |- |2001–02||33||20||6||3||7||4||46||27 |- |2002–03||11||4||0||0||6||2||17||6 |- |2003–04||26||12||6||2||7||3||40||17 |- |2004–05||32||15||6||4||10||3||49||23 |- |2005–06||2||2||0||0||2||0||4||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !108!!53!!18!!9!!32!!12!!160!!75 |- |rowspan="4"|[[Vålerenga Fotball|Vålerenga]]||2006||rowspan="3"|Tippeligaen||6||0||1||0||1||0||8||0 |- |2007||11||2||2||0||2||1||15||3 |- |2008||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !17!!2!!3!!0!!3!!1!!23!!3 |- |[[Tromsø]]||2008||Tippeligaen||3||0||||||colspan="2"|—||3||0 |- |[[Hartlepool United]]||2008–09||[[Football League One|League 1]]||3||1||colspan="2"|–||||||3||1 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !300!!180!!!!!!!!!!!! |}
==Honours== '''Club Brugge''' * [[Belgian First Division]]: [[2002–03 Belgian First Division|2002–03]], [[2004–05 Belgian First Division|2004–05]] * [[Belgian Cup]]: 2001–02, 2003–04 * [[Belgian Supercup]]: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerbase}}
{{Eliteserien top scorers}}
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