Tom Jacobsen
{{Short description|Norwegian footballer and coach (born 1954)}}
{{distinguish|text=Norwegian football goalkeeper Tom Rüsz Jacobsen}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
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|fullname = Tom Jacbosen
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|3|17|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Norway
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|position = Midfielder
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|youthclubs1 =
|years1 = 1971–1978
|clubs1 = HamKam
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|goals1 =
|years2 = 1979–1982
|clubs2 = Vålerenga
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|goals2 =
|years3 = 1983–1985
|clubs3 = HamKam
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|goals3 =
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|nationalyears1 = 1971–1976
|nationalteam1 = Norway U21
|nationalcaps1 = 7
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|nationalyears2 = 1971–1982
|nationalteam2 = Norway
|nationalcaps2 = 16
|nationalgoals2 = 0
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Tom Jacobsen (born 17 March 1954) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. He played as a midfielder for HamKam and Vålerenga and was capped 16 times playing for Norway. He is the brother of Pål Jacobsen.
Player career
Jacobsen played for HamKam from 1971 to 1978 and for Vålerenga from 1979 to 1982, before he returned to HamKam where he played until he retired.
He made his debut for Norway at the age of 17 years and 175 days in 1971,{{cite news |title=De 10 yngste A-landslagsdebutantene på herresiden siden 1970 |work=VG Sporten |publisher=Verdens Gang |language=Norwegian |first=Geir |last=Juva}} and was capped a total of 16 times.{{cite web |url=http://www.fotball.no/Community/Profil/?fiksId=1923231 |language=Norwegian |title=Tom H Jacobsen |work=fotball.no |publisher=Football Association of Norway |accessdate=18 June 2012}}
Coaching career
Jacobsen joined HamKam's coaching staff in 2000, after working at Adidas.{{cite web |url=http://fotball.aftenposten.no/2div4/article182117.ece |language=Norwegian |title=Slutter i HamKam |publisher=Aftenposten |date=5 October 2010 |accessdate=18 June 2012}} Along with his brother, Pål Jacobsen, he was a part of Ståle Solbakken's coaching staff when HamKam played in Tippeligaen.{{cite web |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2004/02/21/391540.html |language=Norwegian |title=Enestående skuddtrener |publisher=Dagbladet |date=21 February 2004 |accessdate=18 June 2012}} After Solbakken left for FC Copenhagen, Jacobsen continued as Frode Grodås' assistant coach.{{cite web |url=http://www.nrk.no/sport/fotball/1.1174251 |language=Norwegian |title=Solbakken blir trener i FC Københav |publisher=NRK |date=21 October 2005 |accessdate=18 June 2012}} Jacobsen later worked in the youth department of HamKam until the end of the 2010 season, when he left the club for a job at the local NAV office while also coaching the fourth-tier side Ottestad IL in his spare time.
References
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Category:Norwegian men's footballers
Category:Norway men's international footballers
Category:Hamarkameratene players
Category:Vålerenga Fotball players
Category:Norwegian football managers
Category:Hamarkameratene non-playing staff
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
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