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Jan Åge Fjørtoft

{{Short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1967)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jan Åge Fjørtoft

| full_name = Jan Åge Fjørtoft{{cite web |url=https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/person/profil/?fiksId=2733682 |title=Jan Åge Fjørtoft |publisher=Norwegian Football Federation |access-date=18 April 2022 |language=no}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|1|10|df=y}}[http://snl.no/Jan_Åge_Fjørtoft Jan Åge Fjørtoft] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308175711/https://snl.no/Jan_%C3%85ge_Fj%C3%B8rtoft |date=8 March 2016 }} (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 8 April 2013.

| birth_place = Gursken, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

| height = 1.90 m{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/773/Jan-%C3%85ge-Fj%C3%B8rtoft/overview |title=Jan Åge Fjørtoft: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=18 April 2022}}

| position = Centre forward

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Gursken

| youthyears2 = 1982–1983

| youthclubs2 = Hødd

| years1 = 1984–1985

| clubs1 = Hødd

| caps1 = 39

| goals1 = 34

| years2 = 1986–1987

| clubs2 = HamKam

| caps2 = 44

| goals2 = 17

| years3 = 1988–1989

| clubs3 = Lillestrøm

| caps3 = 33

| goals3 = 20

| years4 = 1989–1993

| clubs4 = Rapid Wien

| caps4 = 129

| goals4 = 63

| years5 = 1993–1995

| clubs5 = Swindon Town

| caps5 = 72

| goals5 = 27

| years6 = 1995–1997

| clubs6 = Middlesbrough

| caps6 = 41

| goals6 = 10

| years7 = 1997–1998

| clubs7 = Sheffield United

| caps7 = 34

| goals7 = 19

| years8 = 1998

| clubs8 = Barnsley

| caps8 = 34

| goals8 = 9

| years9 = 1998–2001

| clubs9 = Eintracht Frankfurt

| caps9 = 52

| goals9 = 14

| years10 = 2001

| clubs10 = Stabæk

| caps10 = 15

| goals10 = 6

| years11 = 2002

| clubs11 = Lillestrøm

| caps11 = 4

| goals11 = 0

| totalcaps = 497

| totalgoals = 219

| nationalyears1 = 1984

| nationalteam1 = Norway U19

| nationalcaps1 = 6

| nationalgoals1 = 5

| nationalyears2 = 1985–1987

| nationalteam2 = Norway U21

| nationalcaps2 = 14

| nationalgoals2 = 6

| nationalyears3 = 1986–1996

| nationalteam3 = Norway

| nationalcaps3 = 71

| nationalgoals3 = 20

| image = FC Salzburg gegen Inter Mailand (UEFA Championsleague 2023-11-08) 36.jpg

| caption = Fjørtoft in 2023

}}

Jan Åge Fjørtoft (born 10 January 1967) is a Norwegian former professional footballer. A powerful centre forward with goalscoring ability, he played professionally in Norway, Austria, England and Germany. In total, he scored 308 goals in 614 games in these four different countries. He made 71 appearances for the Norwegian National Team, captaining the squad in 15 of them, and scored 20 goals for the Norway national team. A pinnacle moment in his national team career was the qualification and participation in the 1994 World Cup held in the USA. Notably, this marked Norway's return to the World Cup stage for the first time since 1938. His nickname was Fjøra (lit. "The Feather").

Club career

Fjørtoft started his senior career at Hødd in the second league of Norway as a 17-year-old, scoring 9 league goals in 17 matches in the 1984 season. In the 1985 season, he scored 25 league goals in 22 games.

After starting in Norway with Hødd, HamKam and Lillestrøm and spending four seasons in the Austrian Bundesliga with Rapid Wien – where he became only the second foreigner to be Player of the Year in 1989 – Fjørtoft spent several seasons in England during the 1990s. He joined Swindon Town in the summer of 1993 following their promotion to the Premiership, costing the Wiltshire club a record £500,000. He had a slow start to his career at Swindon and endured a poor start to their first-ever top-division campaign, failing to win any of their first 16 games.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jan/05/jan-age-fjrtoft-i-almost-get-tears-when-i-talk-about-my-first-swindon-goal|title= Jan Åge Fjørtoft: 'I almost get tears when I talk about my first Swindon goal'|date=5 January 2022|work=Guardian|accessdate=8 January 2022}}

Fjørtoft failed to find the net until after Christmas but scored 13 goals from his final 17 games, including a hat-trick in a 3–1 win against Coventry City on 5 February 1994.{{cite news |last=Slot |first=Owen |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/football-the-age-of-fjortoft-1392428.html |title=The age of Fjortoft |date=6 February 1994 |access-date=13 July 2009 |work=The Independent|location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103155406/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/football-the-age-of-fjortoft-1392428.html |archive-date=3 November 2012 |url-status=live}} However, it was not enough to prevent Swindon from going down in bottom place with a mere five league wins having conceded 100 league goals.{{cite web|url=http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/History/0,,10341~2066558,00.html |title=World Cup Connections: Jan Åage Fjørtoft |publisher=Swindon Town F.C |date=15 June 2010 |access-date=26 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005211927/http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10341~2066558%2C00.html |archive-date= 5 October 2011 }}

Fjørtoft continued to score frequently during the 1994–95 season and helped Swindon reach the League Cup semi-finals, but their league form was disastrous once more and he transferred to Middlesbrough on 23 March 1995 for £1.3 million.{{cite web |url=http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=FJORTOFJ |title=Fjørtoft's Swindon Profile |publisher=Swindon Town |access-date=8 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919003648/http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=FJORTOFJ |archive-date=19 September 2012 |url-status=live}} By this stage, he had scored 25 goals in all competitions for the Robins and was one of the highest scorers in the English league that season.

Meanwhile, Fjørtoft was a regular player for Middlesbrough as soon as he joined the club, and helped them finish the season as First Division champions. Due to a restructuring of the league, they were the only team to gain automatic promotion to the Premiership in 1995. He was a regular player throughout the 1995–96 campaign and, as the Norwegian partnered Brazilian playmaker Juninho, Boro finished in a respectable 12th place; although they had occupied fourth place in late autumn, a disastrous run of form coinciding with an injury crisis during mid-season sabotaged their hopes of European qualification or a title challenge. Fjørtoft had scored six goals from 26 Premier League games.{{cite web | url = http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=39931 | title = Jan-Aage Fjortoft | publisher = sporting-heroes.net | access-date = 26 May 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101220105325/http://sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=39931 | archive-date = 20 December 2010 | url-status = live}}

However, the arrival of Italian forward Fabrizio Ravanelli pushed him down the pecking order for the 1996–97 season, and he was sold to First Division promotion chasers Sheffield United for £700,000 on 31 January 1997. In his final game for Middlesbrough Fjørtoft scored a crucial goal against Hednesford Town in the fourth round of the FA Cup.{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-hednesford-held-at-bay-1285369.html | title=Hednesford held at bay | work=The Independent| date=27 January 1997 | access-date=23 March 2010 | location=London | first=Simon | last=Turnbull | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107020758/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-hednesford-held-at-bay-1285369.html | archive-date=7 November 2012 | url-status=live}} Boro would go on to reach the final after his departure.

After the Blades lost to Crystal Palace in the playoff final, he played at United until 15 January 1998, when he joined newly promoted Barnsley to have another crack at the Premiership. He was unable though, to prevent Barnsley's only season at Premier League level ending in relegation, although scoring a respectable six goals in 15 Premiership games. He left Barnsley in November 1998 to join Eintracht Frankfurt, calling time on his five-year spell in England.

Fjørtoft's next stop came in Germany with Eintracht Frankfurt, where he spent three years (25 November 1998 – 31 May 2001). He became a cult hero for the club, scoring a decisive 89th-minute goal in the final game of the 1998–99 season, saying to himself melancholically: "probably the best goal this season", keeping Eintracht up.{{cite web|url=http://www.eintracht.de/eintracht/rueckblick/saisonrueckblicke/1999-2000/ |title=1999-2000 |publisher=Eintracht Frankfurt |language=de |access-date=26 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314041831/http://www.eintracht.de/eintracht/rueckblick/saisonrueckblicke/1999-2000/ |archive-date=14 March 2012 }} He returned home to Norway with Stabæk, and finished his career with Lillestrøm in 2002, retiring at the age of 35.

International career

Between 1986 and 1996, Fjørtoft collected 71 caps for the Norway national team, being part of the nation's squad in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where he appeared as a starter against Mexico (1–0) and Italy (0–1).

Post-playing career

After retiring from professional football, Jan Åge Fjørtoft transitioned into various roles within the football industry and beyond, including broadcasting, front office, strategic consultancy, government advisory, ambassador roles, philanthropy and educational initiatives, and podcasting. In 2004, he assumed the Director of Football position at Lillestrøm (LSK), where he served for four and a half years until the end of the 2008 season. This included two cup final appearances (lost in 2005, won in 2007), three consecutive top-four league finishes, and a Royal League final appearance.

= Media career =

While playing in England, Jan Åge Fjørtoft was a guest and worked regularly for Sky as they were developing a new way of presenting football on TV. Both at the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2002, Jan Åge worked as a pundit for NRK in Norway. After he retired in 2002, he signed with NRK, becoming the first full-time pundit on Norwegian TV. During this period, he also pursued his coaching badges, stating, "Not because I want to be a coach, but because I want to systematize what I have learned and experienced throughout my career. Whatever path I choose, this sort of education will help me." While undertaking the position of Director of Football at Lillestrøm Sportsklubb, he concurrently joined Viaplay in 2004. Serving as both host and pundit, he contributed to their Champions League, FA Cup, League Cup, and World Cup broadcasts. Presently, he maintains an active role at Viaplay, as a senior pitch-side reporter for their Premier League broadcasts.

During the 2021/2022 season, he produced a documentary titled "Haaland – The Big Decision," providing an intimate portrayal of Erling Haaland's journey, particularly during his transition from Borussia Dortmund. The documentary, which followed Erling in his private moments, was released after Erling signed with Manchester City.

Fjørtoft has been a constant presence in the media landscape since 2002, contributing to various TV channels such as Viaplay, Sky Germany, ESPN, and ServusTV in various punditry roles. In 2011–14, he worked as a football pundit on Sky Germany. He later became a pundit on ESPN FC{{cite web|date=13 August 2018|title=Real Madrid must give Martin Odegaard time to develop - Jan Aage Fjortoft|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/club/real-madrid/86/blog/post/3595869/real-madrid-must-give-martin-odegaard-time-to-develop-jan-aage-fjortoft|website=ESPN}} and according to a January 2022 segment he did, he believes his goal scoring statistics on Wikipedia are incorrect and wishes them to be corrected.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4rnrMHKGko | title=Will Mikel Arteta's treatment of Aubameyang & Ozil haunt him? | ESPN FC Extra Time - YouTube | website=YouTube }} He also shares his insights through columns, notably for Bild Zeitung in Germany. In collaboration with his son, Markus Fjørtoft, he runs "The German Fussball Podcast."

= Strategic Consultant and Advisor =

Jan Åge Fjørtoft runs his own Strategic Communication Company, offering consultation to companies and CEOs in Norway and internationally. His strategic insights were sought after by the Norwegian Olympic, the Confederation of Sport, and WADA, where he served as a Strategic Advisor from 2016 to 2019.

His advisory roles extended to The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sport, where he notably served as a close advisor to Secretary General Inge Andersen during the preparation and execution of the Youth Olympic Games in Norway.

From 2016 to 2019, he served as a Strategic Advisor alongside Rune Andersen for the vice president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Linda Hofstad Helleland. In this capacity, he collaborated closely with the Council of Europe, IOC, FIFA, and various governments worldwide.

A noteworthy achievement during this period was a collaborative effort with Helleland, conceptualizing and executing an Anti-Doping Conference at the White House in Washington D.C. This event witnessed the participation of nine governments and athletes from around the world.

Since 2008, Fjørtoft has served as an advisor to the Norwegian Football Association, actively participating in the "Handshake for Peace" initiative from its inception when the founder, Kjetil Siem, conceived the idea. In April 2014 Fjørtoft was named Team manager of the National Team, working close with the national coach, Per-Mathias Høgmo.

= Government Advisor and Ambassador =

In 2015, Fjørtoft was appointed by the Minister for Sport of Norway to lead a Strategic Group advising the government on optimal sport utilization for society. He delivered the group's findings in 2017. Serving as Eintracht Frankfurt's Ambassador in Germany, Fjørtoft, in collaboration with the club, founded the Norway-Forum in 2021, fostering stronger ties between the Frankfurt region and Norway.

= Philanthropy and Educational Initiatives =

Beyond professional engagements, Jan Åge Fjørtoft is dedicated to promoting sports accessibility. Since 1990, he has run sports schools, ensuring the last five years have been free for pupils. His commitment extends globally, with schools organized not only in Norway but also in England and Scotland. He chaired MTG's foundation "MTG United for Peace" and later held a similar role at Millicom. Additionally, from 2008 onwards, he advised the Norwegian Football Association, playing a vital role in the "Handshake for Peace" initiative.

Personal life

Fjørtoft's son, Markus, was a professional footballer.{{cite web|date=18 April 2019|title=Hamilton Accies: Markus Fjortoft, son of Jan Age, to sign in summer|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47976931|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420150803/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47976931|archive-date=20 April 2019|access-date=18 April 2019|publisher=BBC Sport}}

Career statistics

=Club=

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"|National cup

!colspan="2"|League cup

!colspan="2"|Europe

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="3"|Ham-Kam

|1986{{cite web|url=http://www.fotball.no/Community/Profil/?fiksId=2733682 |title=Jan Åge Fjørtoft |publisher=NFF |access-date=8 April 2013 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118115136/http://www.fotball.no/Community/Profil/?fiksId=2733682 |archive-date=18 January 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://v1.hamkam.no/presentation/_spiller.asp?spiller_id=152&showall=true |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130903043046/http://v1.hamkam.no/presentation/_spiller.asp?spiller_id=152&showall=true |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 September 2013 |title=Jan Åge Fjørtoft |publisher=HamKam |access-date=2 September 2013 |language=no }}

|1. divisjon

|22

736colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–2513
1987

|1. divisjon

|22

1065colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–2{{efn|Appearances in Playoffs}}03015
colspan="2"|Total

!44

179110000205528
rowspan="3"|Lillestrøm

|1988

|1. divisjon

|22

1432colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–2516
1989

|1. divisjon

|11

632colspan="2"|–00colspan="2"|–148
colspan="2"|Total

!33

20640000003924
rowspan="5"|Rapid Wien

|1989–90{{cite web |url=http://www.rapidarchiv.at/spieler/fjoertoft_jan_age.html |title=Jan Age FJÖRTOFT |publisher=Rapid Wien |access-date=8 April 2013 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808005641/http://www.rapidarchiv.at/spieler/fjoertoft_jan_age.html |archive-date=8 August 2013 |url-status=live}}

|Austrian Bundesliga

|34

1753colspan="2"|–63colspan="2"|–4523
1990–91

|Austrian Bundesliga

|33

1754colspan="2"|–20colspan="2"|–4021
1991–92

|Austrian Bundesliga

|34

1636colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–3722
1992–93

|Austrian Bundesliga

|28

1344colspan="2"|–22colspan="2"|–3419
colspan="2"|Total

!129

631717001050015685
rowspan="3"|Swindon Town

|1993–94

|Premier League

|36

122110colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–3913
1994–95

|First Division

|36

152189colspan="2"|–2{{efn|Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup}}04825
colspan="2"|Total

!72

27429900208738
rowspan="4"|Middlesbrough

|1994–95{{cite web |url=http://www.11v11.com/players/jan-aage-fjortoft-34219/ |title=Jan-Aage Fjortoft |work=11v11.com |access-date=2 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131130040435/http://www.11v11.com/players/jan-aage-fjortoft-34219/ |archive-date=30 November 2013 |url-status=live}}

|First Division

|8

30000colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–83
1995–96

|Premier League

|28

60062colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–348
1996–97{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2533 |title=Jan-Aage Fjortoft |work=Soccerbase |access-date=8 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061116223955/http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=2533 |archive-date=16 November 2006 |url-status=live}}

|Premier League

|5

12110colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–82
colspan="2"|Total

!41

10217200005013
rowspan="3"|Sheffield United

|1996–97

|First Division

|17

100000colspan="2"|–3{{efn|Appearances in 1997 Football League play-offs}}12011
1997–98{{NFT player|id=14065|name=Jan Åge Fjørtoft |accessdate=8 April 2013}}

|First Division

|17

92231colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–2212
colspan="2"|Total

!34

19223100314223
rowspan="3"|Barnsley

|1997–98

|Premier League

|15

60000colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–156
1998–99

|First Division

|19

30064colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–257
colspan="2"|Total

!34

9006400004013
rowspan="4"|Eintracht Frankfurt

|1998–99{{cite web |url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/fjoertoftjanaage/2001/ |title=Jan-Aage Fjörtoft |work=Fussballdaten.de |access-date=8 April 2013 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006002412/http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/fjoertoftjanaage/2001/ |archive-date=6 October 2013 |url-status=live}}

|Bundesliga

|17

600colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–176
1999–00

|Bundesliga

|21

512colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–227
2000–01

|Bundesliga

|14

311colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–154
colspan="2"|Total

!52

14230000005417
Stabæk

|2001

|Tippeligaen

|15

632colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–188
Lillestrøm

|2002

|Tippeligaen

|4

030colspan="2"|–00colspan="2"|–70
colspan="3"|career total

!458

1854842251610571548249

{{notelist}}

=International=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year{{cite web | url = http://www.home.no/greenriver/players/fjortoft.html | title = Jan Åge Fjørtoft | access-date = 19 July 2013 | first = Thomas | last = Søfting | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131014133122/http://www.home.no/greenriver/players/fjortoft.html | archive-date = 14 October 2013 | url-status = live}}

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="11"|Norway

|1986

10
198720
198842
1989103
199093
199162
199240
199395
1994111
1995114
199640
colspan="2"|Total7120

:Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fjørtoft goal{{cite web|title=Jan Fjørtoft|url=http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=6039|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909213116/http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=6039|archive-date=9 September 2013|access-date=19 July 2013|publisher=EU-Football.info}}

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Jan Åge Fjørtoft

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|1align="center"|28 July 1988Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway{{fb|BRA|1968}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|1–1Friendly
align="center"|2align="center"|14 September 1988Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway{{fb|SCO}}align="center"|1–1align="center"|1–21990 FIFA World Cup qualifier
align="center"|3align="center"|31 May 1989Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway{{fb|AUT}}align="center"|2–0align="center"|4–1Friendly
align="center"|4align="center"|14 June 1989Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway{{fb|YUG}}align="center"|1–2align="center"|1–21990 FIFA World Cup qualifier
align="center"|5align="center"|25 October 1989Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait{{fb|KUW}}align="center"|2–2align="center"|2–2Friendly
align="center"|6align="center"|7 February 1990Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta{{fb|MLT}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|1–1Rothmans tournament
align="center"|7rowspan="2" align="center"|31 October 1990rowspan="2"|Bislett Stadion, Oslo, Norwayrowspan="2"|{{fb|CMR}}align="center"|4–0rowspan="2" align="center"|6–1rowspan="2"|Friendly
align="center"|8align="center"|5–0
align="center"|9align="center"|23 May 1991Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway{{fb|ROM}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|1–0Friendly
align="center" |10align="center"|25 September 1991Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway{{fb|TCH}}align="center"|2–2align="center"|2–3Friendly
align="center"|11rowspan="3" align="center"|30 March 1993rowspan="3"|Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatarrowspan="3"|{{fb|QAT}}align="center"|3–0rowspan="3" align="center"|6–1rowspan="3"|Friendly
align="center"|12align="center"|4–0
align="center"|13align="center"|5–0
align="center"|14align="center"|28 April 1993Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway{{fb|TUR}}align="center"|2–0align="center"|3–11994 FIFA World Cup qualifier
align="center"|15align="center"|13 October 1993Stadion Miejski, Poznań, Poland{{fb|POL}}align="center"|2–0align="center"|3–01994 FIFA World Cup qualifier
align="center"|16align="center"|14 December 1994Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta{{fb|MLT}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|1–0UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier
align="center"|17align="center"|26 April 1995Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway{{fb|LUX}}align="center"|2–0align="center"|5–0UEFAEuro 1996 qualifier
align="center"|18rowspan="2" align="center"|25 May 1995rowspan="2"|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norwayrowspan="2"|{{fb|GHA}}align="center"|2–1rowspan="2" align="center"|3–2rowspan="2"|Friendly
align="center"|19align="center"|3–1
align="center"|20align="center"|7 June 1995Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway{{fb|MLT}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|2–0UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier

Honours

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