Rune Lange

{{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

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Fløya

| years1 = 1993–1994

| clubs1 = Fløya

| caps1 = 32

| goals1 = 39

| years2 = 1995–1997

| clubs2 = Tromsdalen

| caps2 = 54

| goals2 = 30

| years3 = 1997–2000

| clubs3 = Tromsø

| caps3 = 72

| goals3 = 50

| years4 = 2000

| clubs4 = Trabzonspor

| caps4 = 12

| goals4 = 5

| years5 = 2001–2006

| clubs5 = Club Brugge

| caps5 = 108

| goals5 = 52

| years6 = 2006–2008

| clubs6 = Vålerenga

| caps6 = 17

| goals6 = 2

| years7 = 2008

| clubs7 = → Tromsø (loan)

| caps7 = 3

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2009

| clubs8 = → Hartlepool United (loan)

| caps8 = 3

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2009

| clubs9 = Kvik Halden

| caps9 = 2

| goals9 = 1

| totalcaps = 303

| totalgoals = 200

| nationalyears1 = 1997

| nationalteam1 = Norway U20

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1998–1999

| nationalteam2 = Norway U21

| nationalcaps2 = 18

| nationalgoals2 = 2

| nationalyears3 = 2004

| nationalteam3 = Norway

| nationalcaps3 = 1

| nationalgoals3 = 0

}}

Rune Lange (born 24 June 1977) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Career

Lange hails from the city of Tromsø and joined the club 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 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, 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. Lange stayed at Tromsø, however, as he could not come to an agreement with Coventry on the contract details. In 1999, Lange become top scorer of the Norwegian top division, scoring 23 goals. Lange also made his debut for the 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, the team where he played until 2006.

In 2004, Lange debuted for the Norway national team, playing against Wales.

In February 2009, Lange signed for Hartlepool United on loan until the end of the 2008-09 season.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hartlepool_united/7865383.stm |title=Pools bring in Norwegian striker |date=2 February 2009 |accessdate=2 February 2009 |publisher=BBC Sport}}{{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}} 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 (in the fourth tier of Norwegian football) until the remainder of the season,{{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}} 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.{{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}}

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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	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	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	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	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	League 1	3	1	colspan="2"\|–			3	1
colspan="3"\|Career total !300	180