Rune Medalen

{{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1970)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rune Medalen

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|4|13|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| height = 1.84 m

| position = striker

| youthyears1 =| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = –1992

| clubs1 = Ålgård

| years2 = 1993

| clubs2 = Bryne

| years3 = 1994–1995

| clubs3 = Viking

| caps3 = 36

| goals3 = 6

| years4 = 1996

| clubs4 = Sogndal

| years5 = 1997–2003

| clubs5 = Bryne

| caps5 = 128

| goals5 = 37

}}

Rune Medalen (born 13 April 1970) is a retired Norwegian football striker.

A first cousin of Linda Medalen, he went from third-tier Ålgård FK in 1992 to being Bryne FK's top goalscorer in 1993 and securing a contract with Viking FK in 1994.{{cite news|title=Effektive Viking|date=12 March 1994|author=Sjem, Sturla|work=VG|page=41|language=Norwegian}} In 1996 he was shipped on to Sogndal Fotball,{{cite news|title=Fotball: Eliteseriens spillerstaller|date=28 March 1996|agency=Norwegian News Agency|language=Norwegian}} returning to Rogaland and Bryne FK in 1997.{{NFF|1905337}} The transfer fees went from {{NOK|195,000}} to Viking, {{NOK|170,000}} to Sogndal and {{NOK|175,000}} to Bryne.{{cite news|title=Overgangssummene på plass|last=Hauge|first=Dagfinn|date=14 February 1997|work=Jærbladet|page=4|language=no}}

In 2003, his contract was due to expire at the end of the year, and at the onset of the season Medalen faced long-term injury, meaning that he never returned to professional football.{{cite news|title=Lever godt uten fotballagenter|date=22 February 2003|author=Ellingsen, Øyvind|work=Stavanger Aftenblad|page=31|language=Norwegian}}