Arild Sundgot

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Arild Sundgot

| image = Arild Sundgot.jpg

| caption = Arild Sundgot at Viking Stadion in 2008

| fullname = Arild Gilbert Sundgot

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|4|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ulsteinvik, Norway

| height = 1.90 m

| currentclub =

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Hødd

| years1 = 1995–1996 | clubs1 = Hødd

| years2 = 1997–2012 | clubs2 = Lillestrøm

| caps2 = 312 | goals2 = 108

| nationalyears1= 1995 | nationalteam1 = Norway U-18

| nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2= 1996 | nationalteam2 = Norway U-19

| nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 1

| nationalyears3= 1996–1997 | nationalteam3 = Norway U-20

| nationalcaps3 = 3 | nationalgoals3 = 2

| nationalyears4= 1997–1999 | nationalteam4 = Norway U-21

| nationalcaps4 = 10 | nationalgoals4 = 3

| manageryears1 = 2012– | managerclubs1 = Lillestrøm (coach)

| manageryears2 = –2016 | managerclubs2 = Lillestrøm (assistant)

| manageryears3 = 2016–2017| managerclubs3 = Hødd (assistant)

| manageryears4 = 2017–2019| managerclubs4 = Lillestrøm (assistant)

| manageryears5 = 2021 | managerclubs5 = Ull/Kisa (assistant)

| manageryears6 = 2021 | managerclubs6 = Ull/Kisa

| manageryears7 = 2024– | managerclubs7 = Kolbotn (women)

| pcupdate = 15 March 2009

}}

Arild Gilbert Sundgot (born 17 April 1978) is a former Norwegian football striker, who played most of his career for Lillestrøm.

He is the younger brother of Ole Bjørn Sundgot, and the son of Otto Sundgot.{{cite news |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2004/06/19/400943.html |language=Norwegian |title=Brødreduellen |publisher=Dagbladet |first=Yngve |last=Haavik |date=19 June 2004 |accessdate=2 November 2012}} He was capped several times on youth and under-21 level.[https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/person/profil/?p=n&fiksId=3045523 Fotball.no] He started playing for Lillestrøm in 1997, when he was brought from Hødd by Even Pellerud, the Lillestrøm manager at that time. He is considered one of the best players in the history of LSK, having scored more than 100 league goals during his 15 years tenure at the club.

In the summer of 2012 Sundgot started a tenure as coach in Lillestrøm.{{cite news|title=Arild Sundgot inn i Lillestrøms trenerteam|last=Skeie|first=Terje|date=5 July 2012|publisher=TV 2|language=Norwegian}} He eventually became assistant manager under Arne Erlandsen. In December 2016 he was announced as the new assistant manager of Hødd.{{cite news|title=- Skjønner at det høres veldig rart ut|last=Sødal|first=Per Morten|date=10 December 2016|work=Romerikes Blad|language=Norwegian|page=21}} However, he was not able to harmonize the job situation with his family, and thus resigned and promptly signed a new two-year contract in Lillestrøm.{{cite news|title=- Helt grusomt å gi seg i Hødd alt nå|last=Skuseth|first=Helge|date=14 January 2017|work=Sunnmørsposten|language=Norwegian|page=20}}{{cite news|title=Arild Sundgot fortsetter som Erlandsens assistent i LSK|date=17 January 2017|agency=Norwegian News Agency|language=Norwegian}}

Residing in Jessheim since the mid-2010s, he was hired as assistant manager of local second-tier club Ull/Kisa ahead of the 2021 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.ullkisafotball.no/nyheter/sundgot-ny-assistenttrener-og-toppspillerutvikler|title=Sundgot ny assistenttrener og toppspillerutvikler|date=14 December 2020|publisher=Ull/Kisa|language=no|access-date=5 July 2021}} In the summer of 2021 he was promoted to manager, on a contract spanning the rest of 2021.{{cite news|url=https://www.ullkisafotball.no/nyheter/sundgot-blir-hovedtrener-ut-aret|title=Sundgot blir hovedtrener ut året|date=1 July 2021|publisher=Ull/Kisa|language=no|access-date=5 July 2021}} He was sacked on 3 October.{{cite news|url=https://www.eurosport.no/fotball/obos-ligaen/2021/ferdig-som-hovedtrener-noe-matte-gjores_sto8569561/story.shtml|title=Ferdig som hovedtrener: – Noe måtte gjøres|date=3 October 2021|publisher=Eurosport|language=no|access-date=5 October 2021}}