Sigbjørn Slinning
{{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1945)}}
{{use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sigbjørn Slinning
|fullname = Sigbjørn Slinning
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|10|6|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Stavanger, Norway
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|currentclub =
|position = Left back
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|youthyears1=
|youthclubs1= Viking
|years1= 1962–1978
|clubs1= Viking
|caps1= 523 | goals1 =
|nationalyears1= 1963
|nationalteam1= Norway U19
|nationalcaps1= 2 | nationalgoals1 = 1
|nationalyears2= 1965–1968
|nationalteam2= Norway U21
|nationalcaps2= 3 | nationalgoals2 = 1
|nationalyears3= 1969–1976
|nationalteam3= Norway
|nationalcaps3= 42 | nationalgoals3 = 1
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Sigbjørn Slinning (born 6 Oktober 1945) is a Norwegian former international football player.
Biography
Born in Stavanger, Slinning played for the club Viking FK from his youth and during his whole career. He made his debut on the first team in 1962, 17 years old, and played a total of 523 games for the first team between 1962 and 1976. With Viking, he won the Norwegian football league four times, in 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Sigbjørn Slinning |first1=Jan |last1=Holm |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Sigbjørn_Slinning |language=no |access-date=13 April 2021}}
He was capped on youth and U21 level, and played 42 matches for the Norwegian national team between 1969 and 1976.{{cite web |url=https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/person/profil/?p=n&fiksId=1876793 |website=fotball.no |title=Sigbjørn Slinning |language=no |access-date=13 April 2021}}
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Category:Footballers from Stavanger
Category:Norwegian men's footballers
Category:Norway men's youth international footballers
Category:Norway men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Norway men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
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