Svein Grøndalen

Svein Grøndalen (born 8 February 1955) is a Norwegian former footballer.

Svein Grøndalen

Personal information
Full name	Svein Grøndalen[1]
Date of birth	(1955-02-08) 8 February 1955 (age 70)
Place of birth	Halden, Norway
Youth career
	Kvik Halden
0000–1971	Raufoss
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1974	Raufoss
1975–1980	Rosenborg	123	(6)
1981–1984	Moss	84	(3)
1985–1986	Ås
1987	Moss	4	(0)
International career
1973–1984	Norway	77	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was born in Halden,^[2] and as a youngster, he lived in Halden, Drammen, Halden again, and Hunndalen. He played youth football for Kvik Halden and Raufoss,^[3] and senior football for Raufoss, Rosenborg, Moss, and Ås. In total, he got 77 caps for Norway,^[2] between 1973 and 1984.^[3]

Grøndalen played left back or central defender and was noted for his "physical" style of play. Many people remember him best for a brutal tackle that injured Swede Ralf Edström during a 1977 international match.^[3] He is also remembered for missing a World Cup qualification match due to a bizarre injury, while running in the forest before the game Grøndalen ran into a moose and injured himself so badly he couldn't play the next game.^[4]

He took education at the Norwegian Institute of Technology.^[3]