# Sigurd Rushfeldt

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Norwegian footballer (born 1972)

Sigurd Rushfeldt Rushfeldt with Tromsø in 2008 Personal information Full name Sigurd Rushfeldt Date of birth (1972-12-11) 11 December 1972 (age 53) Place of birth Vadsø, Norway Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Position Striker Youth career Vadsø Turn Norild Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1992–1996 Tromsø 75 (34) 1995 → Birmingham City (loan) 7 (0) 1996–1999 Rosenborg 66 (67) 1999–2002 Racing Santander 42 (5) 2001 → Rosenborg (loan) 10 (6) 2001–2006 Austria Wien 137 (69) 2006–2011 Tromsø 126 (50) Total 485 (246) International career Norway U-21 2 (0) 1994–2007 Norway 38 (7) Managerial career 2013–2018 Tromsø (assistant) * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**Sigurd Rushfeldt** (born 11 December 1972) is a Norwegian [football](/source/Association_football) coach and former player who works as an assistant coach for [Tromsø](/source/Troms%C3%B8_IL). During his playing career, he played for [Tromsø](/source/Troms%C3%B8_IL), [Birmingham City](/source/Birmingham_City_F.C.), [Rosenborg](/source/Rosenborg_BK), [Racing de Santander](/source/Racing_de_Santander), and [Austria Wien](/source/FK_Austria_Wien). As a [forward](/source/Forward_(association_football)), he is well known for his strength and for being a prolific goalscorer. Rushfeldt is the all-time top goal scorer of [Eliteserien](/source/Eliteserien).

Rushfeldt scored 246 league goals in his career, including a record 172 in Eliteserien.

## Club career

### Early career and Tromsø

Rushfeldt was born in [Vadsø](/source/Vads%C3%B8_(town)), where he started his career in [Vadsø Turn](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vads%C3%B8_TF&action=edit&redlink=1) and [Norild](/source/Norild_IL). He was noticed by [Tromsø](/source/Troms%C3%B8_IL), which signed him in 1992. As a prolific goalscorer, he sparked interest in other clubs. In 1995 he was loaned to [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham_City_F.C.) but scored just once in the League Cup against Tranmere Rovers.[1] It was not until the end of the 1996 season that Rushfeldt would move on. He then signed for [Rosenborg](/source/Rosenborg_BK), but not before playing in the cup final that would be Rushfeldt's last match for Tromsø in his first spell with the club. Rushfeldt scored Tromsø's second goal in the cup final securing a 2–1 win over rivals [Bodø/Glimt](/source/FK_Bod%C3%B8%2FGlimt).

### Rosenborg and move abroad

With Rosenborg, Rushfeldt had great success. He won the [Norwegian Premier League](/source/Norwegian_Premier_League) 4 times, he won the cup once more and also became topscorer of the Norwegian Premier League twice. The last time he won the Norwegian Premier League with Rosenborg in 2001, he was loaned in from [Racing de Santander](/source/Racing_de_Santander) which he had transferred to in 1999. His spell with Santander was not a great success and in 2001 Rushfeldt moved on again, this time to [Austria Wien](/source/FK_Austria_Wien). In Vienna he had success and won the league with Austria in 2003 and 2006 and was voted player of the year in the Austrian league 2004/2005. In 2003, 2005 and 2006 he also won the cup with Austria Wien. He scored 3 goals in these finals.

### Return to Tromsø

He returned to Tromsø, which he had left in 1996, in July 2006. When his contract with Austria Wien was nearing an end Rushfeldt declared that he wanted to end his career in Norway. Several Norwegian clubs were interested in signing him. He chose to return to Tromsø declaring that he felt drawn to the north, and that he wanted to follow his heart and therefore it had to be Tromsø.[2] In Tromsø, he was again paired up in front with former team-mate [Ole Martin Årst](/source/Ole_Martin_%C3%85rst), who also played in the 1996 cup final and had enjoyed a career as a professional player outside of Norway before he returned to Tromsø some years earlier. This partnership ended in July 2007, when Årst was sold. Rushfeldt has built up a new partnership upfront with [Morten Moldskred](/source/Morten_Moldskred). In November 2007 Rushfeldt was selected to be in the Norwegian Premier league team of the year by a group of Norwegian newspapers, stating that he is invaluable as a [target man](/source/Target_man).[3]

Rushfeldt signed a new contract with Tromsø before the 2009 season, a one-year extension that would see him take on the role of coach as well. He came off to a good start, scoring 5 goals in 4 appearances, including a brace away against [SK Brann](/source/SK_Brann), a match that Tromsø went on to win 4–2.

Rushfeldt became the all-time top scorer of the Norwegian Tippeligaen on 29 May 2011, the day 19 years after his first goal there. In a home match against SK Brann he scored in the first half, equaling [Harald Brattbakk](/source/Harald_Brattbakk)'s record 166 goals. In the second half, he scored two more goals, completing a [perfect hat-trick](/source/Perfect_hat-trick).

Rushfeldt's last appearance as a professional football player came against [IK Start](/source/IK_Start) in 2011. He helped his team to finishing runner-up in the league, equalling Tromsø's best ever season, 1990, when they also finished runners-up.

Rushfeldt was given a [testimonial match](/source/Testimonial_match) which was played at [Alfheim Stadion](/source/Alfheim_Stadion) on 2 June 2012. The match was played between two teams mostly made up of players he had played with during his career at [Tromsø](/source/Troms%C3%B8_IL), [Rosenborg](/source/Rosenborg_BK). and [Austria Wien](/source/FK_Austria_Wien), divided into a "Tromsø All Stars" and a "Rosenborg All Stars" team. Rushfeldt played the first half for Tromsø and most of the second half for Rosenborg, scoring once for each team. The match ended in a 6–4 victory for the Rosenborg team.

### Comeback with Lyngen/Karnes

In May 2014, Rushfeldt announced that he would play for [Lyngen/Karnes IL](/source/Lyngen%2FKarnes_IL) in the Norwegian fourth division (level 5 on the Norwegian football pyramid). In his debut for his new club, he scored twice. Rushfeldt will continue living in [Tromsø](/source/Troms%C3%B8_Municipality) and occasionally play for Lyngen/Karnes (in neighboring [Lyngen Municipality](/source/Lyngen_Municipality)) when his schedule permits it.[4]

## International career

In 1994, he surprisingly got a place in [Egil Olsen](/source/Egil_Olsen)'s squad for the [1994 World Cup](/source/1994_World_Cup) in USA playing in one game, but Rushfeldt never established himself as a regular having only won a total of 7 caps by 2001, and he did not score his first goal until 2002 in a game against Japan. In 2006, he announced his decision to retire from the national team. However, in 2007 he reconsidered his decision and agreed with the national team coach [Åge Hareide](/source/%C3%85ge_Hareide) that he would make himself available for the game against [Bosnia](/source/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_national_football_team) because [John Carew](/source/John_Carew) was unavailable due to injury. He came on as a substitute in the game against Bosnia, making his first national team appearance in 2 years.[5] Norway failed to qualify for the [European Championship](/source/UEFA_Euro_2008) and he retired for good from the national team. He ended his international career playing 38 games scoring 7 goals.[6]

## Coaching career

In October 2013, Rushfeldt was appointed the assistant coach of Tromsø, after [Steinar Nilsen](/source/Steinar_Nilsen) replaced [Agnar Christensen](/source/Agnar_Christensen) as head coach of the club.[7]

## Career statistics

### Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8] Club Season League Cup Continental Total Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Tromsø 1992 Tippeligaen 16 4 6 2 0 0 22 6 1993 21 9 5 5 0 0 26 14 1994 22 13 4 8 0 0 26 21 1995 16 8 3 2 1 0 20 10 Total 75 34 18 17 1 0 94 51 Birmingham (loan) 1995–96 First Division 7 0 1 1 0 0 8 1 Tromsø 1996 Tippeligaen 22 15 8 12 0 0 30 27 Rosenborg 1997 Tippeligaen 25 25 5 3 3 1 33 29 1998 26 27 3 5 2 0 31 32 1999 15 15 4 4 0 0 19 19 Total 66 67 12 12 5 1 83 80 Racing Santander 1999–2000 La Liga 24 2 1 0 0 0 25 2 2000–01 18 3 0 0 0 0 18 3 Total 42 5 1 0 0 0 43 5 Rosenborg (loan) 2001 Tippeligaen 10 6 0 0 7 2 17 8 Austria Wien 2001–02 A-Bundesliga 16 11 3 2 0 0 19 13 2002–03 25 5 4 2 1 0 30 7 2003–04 33 25 3 2 0 0 36 27 2004–05 30 19 1 1 0 0 31 20 2005–06 33 9 3 2 0 0 36 11 Total 137 69 14 9 1 0 152 78 Tromsø 2006 Tippeligaen 13 7 1 1 0 0 14 8 2007 21 8 2 3 0 0 23 11 2008 22 8 3 3 0 0 25 11 2009 25 9 3 3 6 4 34 16 2010 20 8 1 1 0 0 21 9 2011 25 10 2 0 0 0 27 10 Total 126 50 12 11 6 4 144 65 Career total 485 246 66 62 20 7 571 316

### International goals

- *Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rushfeldt goal.*

List of international goals scored by Sigurd Rushfeldt No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 14 May 2002 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway Japan 2–0 3–0 Friendly 2 28 January 2003 Bausher, Muscat, Oman Oman 2–1 2–0 Friendly 3 2 April 2003 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Luxembourg 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying 4 28 April 2004 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway Russia 2–0 3–2 Friendly 5 9 February 2005 Ta' Qali Stadium, Attard, Malta Malta 1–0 3–0 Friendly 6 2–0 7 8 October 2005 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway Moldova 1–0 1–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

## Honours

**Tromsø**

- [Norwegian Cup](/source/Norwegian_Football_Cup): [1996](/source/1996_Norwegian_Football_Cup)

**Rosenborg**

- [Tippeligaen](/source/Tippeligaen): [1997](/source/1997_Tippeligaen), [1998](/source/1998_Tippeligaen), [1999](/source/1999_Tippeligaen)[9]

- [Norwegian Cup](/source/Norwegian_Football_Cup): [1999](/source/1999_Norwegian_Football_Cup)

**Austria Wien**

- [Austrian Bundesliga](/source/Austrian_Bundesliga): [2002–03](/source/Austrian_Football_Bundesliga_2002-03), [2005–06](/source/Austrian_Football_Bundesliga_2005-06)

- [Austrian Cup](/source/Austrian_Cup): [2002–03](/source/2002%E2%80%9303_Austrian_Cup), [2004–05](/source/2004%E2%80%9305_Austrian_Cup), [2005–06](/source/2005%E2%80%9306_Austrian_Cup)

**Individual**

- [Tippeligaen top scorer](/source/Norwegian_top_scorers): [1997](/source/1997_Tippeligaen#Top_goal_scorers), [1998](/source/1998_Tippeligaen#Top_goal_scorers)

- [Knicksen](/source/Kniksen_award) Striker of the Year: [1998](/source/Kniksen_award#1998)

- [Austria Wien](/source/Austria_Wien) Player of the Season: 2003–04

- [Kniksen's Honour Award](/source/Kniksen_award): 2011

**Record**

- [Tippeligaen all-time top scorer](/source/Tippeligaen#Most_goals_scored): 172 goals[10]

## References

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Rushfeldt: – Hjertet sa TIL"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080822024212/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/article54601.ece). *aftenposten.no*. Archived from [the original](http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/article54601.ece) on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2007.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Joker nord i 13 år"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110716223209/http://fotball.bt.no/em/article92329.ece). *bt.no*. Archived from [the original](http://fotball.bt.no/em/article92329.ece) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2007.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Sigurd Rushfeldt"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100726120351/http://www.home.no/greenriver/players/rushfeldt.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.home.no/greenriver/players/rushfeldt.html) on 26 July 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Disse tar over Tromsø"](http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/fotball/article3687762.ece) (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. Norwegian News Agency. 1 October 2013. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20131103214835/http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/fotball/article3687762.ece) from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Single source here, if player is inactive. If player has not retired, move source next to "Updated" template.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Mestvinnende med RBK"](http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_trondelag/sport_nrk_trondelag/rbk/1.1065148) (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 October 2006. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090220171012/http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_trondelag/sport_nrk_trondelag/rbk/1.1065148) from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Rushfeldt breaks Norwegian top-flight goal record"](https://www.uefa.com/news/0257-0deebfc17725-801d2a7de876-1000--rushfeldt-breaks-norwegian-top-flight-goal-record/). *UEFA*. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

## External links

- [Rushfeldt profile](https://statistikk.til.no/spiller/sigurd-rushfeldt) at www.til.no (in Norwegian)

- [Sigurd Rushfeldt](https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/person/profil/?fiksId=3843710) at the [Norwegian Football Federation](/source/Norwegian_Football_Federation) (in Norwegian)

v t e Norway squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Thorstvedt 2 Halle 3 Johnsen 4 Bratseth (c) 5 Bjørnebye 6 Flo 7 Mykland 8 Leonhardsen 9 Fjørtoft 10 Rekdal 11 Jakobsen 12 Grodås 13 By Rise 14 Nilsen 15 Løken 16 Sørloth 17 Eggen 18 Håland 19 Strand 20 Berg 21 Rushfeldt 22 Bohinen Coach: Olsen

v t e Eliteserien top scorers 1948–49: Havnås 1949–50: Dørum 1950–51: Sveinsson 1951–52: Tangen 1952–53: Thoresen & Jacobsen 1953–54: Thoresen 1954–55: Hennum 1955–56: Fossli 1956–57: Kristoffersen 1957–58: Hennum 1958–59: Sundby 1959–60: Kristoffersen 1960–61: Kristoffersen 1961–62: Pedersen 1963: L. Eriksen 1964: Stavrum 1965: H. Berg 1966: Kristoffersen 1967: Iversen 1968: Iversen 1969: Iversen 1970: Pettersen 1971: Fuglset 1972: Solberg & Vold 1973: Karlsen 1974: O. Berg 1975: Dokken 1976: Fuglset 1977: Johannessen 1978: Lund 1979: Iversen 1980: Dokken 1981: Jacobsen 1982: Granerud & Johannessen 1983: Nysæter 1984: Brandhaug 1985: Andersen 1986: Seland 1987: Fjærestad 1988: Fjørtoft 1989: Jakobsen 1990: Dahlum 1991: Løken 1992: Kaasa 1993: Mjelde 1994: Brattbakk 1995: Brattbakk 1996: Brattbakk 1997: Rushfeldt 1998: Rushfeldt 1999: Lange 2000: Helstad 2001: Helstad, Johnsen & Zane 2002: Brattbakk 2003: Brattbakk 2004: Johnsen 2005: Årst 2006: Nannskog 2007: Helstad 2008: Nannskog 2009: Prica 2010: Fall 2011: Mos 2012: Kovács & Ondrášek 2013: Johnsen 2014: Kjartansson 2015: Søderlund 2016: Gytkjær 2017: Bendtner 2018: Boli 2019: Børven 2020: Junker 2021: Omoijuanfo 2022: Pellegrino 2023: Pellegrino 2024: K. Eriksen 2025: Karlsbakk

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