Arild Sundgot

Arild Gilbert Sundgot (born 17 April 1978) is a former Norwegian football striker, who played most of his career for Lillestrøm.

Arild Sundgot

Arild Sundgot at Viking Stadion in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Arild Gilbert Sundgot
Date of birth	(1978-04-17) 17 April 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Ulsteinvik, Norway
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Hødd
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1996	Hødd
1997–2012	Lillestrøm	312	(108)
International career
1995	Norway U-18	4	(1)
1996	Norway U-19	2	(1)
1996–1997	Norway U-20	3	(2)
1997–1999	Norway U-21	10	(3)
Managerial career
2012–	Lillestrøm (coach)
–2016	Lillestrøm (assistant)
2016–2017	Hødd (assistant)
2017–2019	Lillestrøm (assistant)
2021	Ull/Kisa (assistant)
2021	Ull/Kisa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 March 2009

He is the younger brother of Ole Bjørn Sundgot, and the son of Otto Sundgot.^[1] He was capped several times on youth and under-21 level.^[2] He started playing for Lillestrøm in 1997, when he was brought from Hødd by Even Pellerud, the Lillestrøm manager at that time. He is considered one of the best players in the history of LSK, having scored more than 100 league goals during his 15 years tenure at the club.

In the summer of 2012 Sundgot started a tenure as coach in Lillestrøm.^[3] He eventually became assistant manager under Arne Erlandsen. In December 2016 he was announced as the new assistant manager of Hødd.^[4] However, he was not able to harmonize the job situation with his family, and thus resigned and promptly signed a new two-year contract in Lillestrøm.^[5][6]

Residing in Jessheim since the mid-2010s, he was hired as assistant manager of local second-tier club Ull/Kisa ahead of the 2021 season.^[7] In the summer of 2021 he was promoted to manager, on a contract spanning the rest of 2021.^[8] He was sacked on 3 October.^[9]

References

1. Haavik, Yngve (19 June 2004). "Brødreduellen" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
2. Fotball.no
3. Skeie, Terje (5 July 2012). "Arild Sundgot inn i Lillestrøms trenerteam" (in Norwegian). TV 2.
4. Sødal, Per Morten (10 December 2016). "- Skjønner at det høres veldig rart ut". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). p. 21.
5. Skuseth, Helge (14 January 2017). "- Helt grusomt å gi seg i Hødd alt nå". Sunnmørsposten (in Norwegian). p. 20.
6. "Arild Sundgot fortsetter som Erlandsens assistent i LSK" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 17 January 2017.
7. "Sundgot ny assistenttrener og toppspillerutvikler" (in Norwegian). Ull/Kisa. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
8. "Sundgot blir hovedtrener ut året" (in Norwegian). Ull/Kisa. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
9. "Ferdig som hovedtrener: – Noe måtte gjøres" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

External links

• Arild Gilbert Sundgot at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)