Jan Åge Fjørtoft
Jan Aage Fjörtoft (born 10 January 1967 in Ålesund) is a former Norwegian footballer.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jan Åge Fjørtoft | ||
| Date of birth | 10 January 1967[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Gursken, Møre og Romsdal, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Gursken | |||
| 1982–1983 | IL Hødd | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1985 | IL Hødd | 39 | (34) |
| 1986–1987 | HamKam | 44 | (17) |
| 1988–1989 | Lillestrøm | 33 | (20) |
| 1989–1993 | Rapid Wien | 129 | (63) |
| 1993–1995 | Swindon Town | 72 | (27) |
| 1995–1997 | Middlesbrough | 41 | (10) |
| 1997–1998 | Sheffield United | 34 | (19) |
| 1998 | Barnsley | 34 | (9) |
| 1998–2001 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 52 | (14) |
| 2001 | Stabæk | 15 | (6) |
| 2002 | Lillestrøm | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 497 | (219) | |
| National team | |||
| 1984 | Norway U19 | 6 | (5) |
| 1985–1987 | Norway U21 | 14 | (6) |
| 1986–1996 | Norway | 71 | (20) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ham-Kam | 1986[3][4] | 1. divisjon | 22 | 7 | 3 | 6 | – | – | – | 25 | 13 | |||
| 1987[3][4] | 1. divisjon | 22 | 10 | 6 | 5 | – | – | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 30 | 15 | |||
| Total | 44 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 28 | ||
| Lillestrøm | 1988[3] | 1. divisjon | 22 | 14 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 25 | 16 | |||
| 1989[3] | 1. divisjon | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 8 | |||
| Total | 33 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 24 | ||
| Rapid Wien | 1989–90[5] | Austrian Bundesliga | 34 | 17 | 5 | 3 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 45 | 23 | ||
| 1990–91[5] | Austrian Bundesliga | 33 | 17 | 5 | 4 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 40 | 21 | |||
| 1991–92[5] | Austrian Bundesliga | 34 | 16 | 3 | 6 | – | – | – | 37 | 22 | ||||
| 1992–93[5] | Austrian Bundesliga | 28 | 13 | 4 | 4 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 34 | 19 | |||
| Total | 129 | 63 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 85 | ||
| Swindon Town | 1993–94[6] | Premier League | 36 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 39 | 13 | ||
| 1994–95[6] | First Division | 36 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | – | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 48 | 25 | ||
| Total | 72 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 87 | 38 | ||
| Middlesbrough | 1994–95[7] | First Division | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 3 | ||
| 1995–96[7] | Premier League | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 34 | 8 | |||
| 1996–97[7][8] | Premier League | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 2 | |||
| Total | 41 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 13 | ||
| Sheffield United | 1996–97[8] | First Division | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 20 | 11 | |
| 1997–98[8][9] | First Division | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 22 | 12 | |||
| Total | 34 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 23 | ||
| Barnsley | 1997–98[8] | Premier League | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 6 | ||
| 1998–99[8] | First Division | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | – | – | 25 | 7 | |||
| Total | 34 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 13 | ||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1998–99[10] | Bundesliga | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 17 | 6 | |||
| 1999–00[10] | Bundesliga | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 22 | 7 | ||||
| 2000–01[10] | Bundesliga | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 15 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 52 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 17 | ||
| Stabæk | 2001[3] | Tippeligaen | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 18 | 8 | |||
| Lillestrøm | 2002[3] | Tippeligaen | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| career total | 458 | 185 | 48 | 42 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 548 | 249 | ||
- Appearances in Playoffs
- Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup
- Appearances in 1997 Football League play-offs
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1988 | 4 | 2 | |
| 1989 | 10 | 3 | |
| 1990 | 9 | 3 | |
| 1991 | 6 | 2 | |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1993 | 9 | 5 | |
| 1994 | 11 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 11 | 4 | |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 71 | 20 | |
- Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fjørtoft goal[12]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 July 1988 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Brazil | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 2 | 14 September 1988 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Scotland | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| 3 | 31 May 1989 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Austria | 2–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 4 | 14 June 1989 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| 5 | 25 October 1989 | Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait |  Kuwait | 2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 6 | 7 February 1990 | Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta |  Malta | 1–0 | 1–1 | Rothmans tournament |
| 7 | 31 October 1990 | Bislett Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Cameroon | 4–0 | 6–1 | Friendly |
| 8 | 5–0 | |||||
| 9 | 23 May 1991 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Romania | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 10 | 25 September 1991 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Czechoslovakia | 2–2 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 11 | 30 March 1993 | Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar |  Qatar | 3–0 | 6–1 | Friendly |
| 12 | 4–0 | |||||
| 13 | 5–0 | |||||
| 14 | 28 April 1993 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Turkey | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| 15 | 13 October 1993 | Stadion Miejski, Poznań, Poland |  Poland | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| 16 | 14 December 1994 | Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta | Malta | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier |
| 17 | 26 April 1995 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Luxembourg | 2–0 | 5–0 | UEFAEuro 1996 qualifier |
| 18 | 25 May 1995 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Ghana | 2–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 19 | 3–1 | |||||
| 20 | 7 June 1995 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | Malta | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier |
Honours
Lillestrøm
- 1. divisjon: 1989
Middlesbrough
- Football League First Division: 1994–95
Individual
- 1. divisjon top scorer: 1988
- Player of the year in Austria (Krone-Fußballerwahl): 1989
- Football League First Division Team of the Year: 1994–95
References
- Jan Åge Fjørtoft Archived 8 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- "Jan Åge Fjørtoft: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- "Jan Åge Fjørtoft" (in Norwegian). NFF. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- "Jan Åge Fjørtoft" (in Norwegian). HamKam. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- "Jan Age FJÖRTOFT" (in German). Rapid Wien. Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- "Fjørtoft's Swindon Profile". Swindon Town. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- "Jan-Aage Fjortoft". 11v11.com. Archived from the original on 30 November 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- "Jan-Aage Fjortoft". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 16 November 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- "Jan Åge Fjørtoft". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- "Jan-Aage Fjörtoft". Fussballdaten.de (in German). Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- Søfting, Thomas. "Jan Åge Fjørtoft". Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- "Jan Fjørtoft". EU-Football.info. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
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