Tom Jacobsen

For other uses, see Tom Jacobsen (disambiguation).
Tom Jacobsen
Personal information
Full name Tom Jacbosen
Date of birth (1954-03-17) 17 March 1954
Place of birth Norway
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971-1978 HamKam
1979-1982 Vålerenga
1983-1985 HamKam
National team
1971-1976 Norway U21 7 (0)
1971-1982 Norway 16 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


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,[1] and was capped a total of 16 times.[2]

Coaching career

Jacobsen joined HamKam's coaching staff in 2000, after working at Adidas.[3] Along with his brother, Pål Jacobsen, he was a part of Ståle Solbakken's coaching staff when HamKam played in Tippeligaen.[4] After Solbakken left for FC Copenhagen, Jacobsen continued as Frode Grodås' assistant coach.[5] 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.[3]

References

  1. Juva, Geir. "De 10 yngste A-landslagsdebutantene på herresiden siden 1970". VG Sporten (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang.
  2. "Tom H Jacobsen". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Slutter i HamKam" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  4. "Enestående skuddtrener" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 21 February 2004. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  5. "Solbakken blir trener i FC Københav" (in Norwegian). NRK. 21 October 2005. Retrieved 18 June 2012.



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