Norwegian Football Association Gold Watch
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The Norwegian Football Association Gold Watch (Norwegian: Gullklokka) is an honorary proof that's awarded to all Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 footballers
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 who reaches 25 caps for the Norwegian national football team. The watch is awarded by the Norwegian Football Association. Gunnar Andersen
Gunnar Andersen
Gunnar Andersen was a Norwegian footballer and ski jumper. In 1918 he became the first to receive the Egebergs Ærespris, an award presented to Norwegian athletes who excel at two different sports....

 was the first player to receive the gold watch, when he was capped for the 25th time on 29 June 1919.

In total, 138 male players have received the gold watch, the most recent being Jon Inge Høiland
Jon Inge Høiland
Jon Inge Høiland is a Norwegian football defender who currently plays for Rosenborg in the Norwegian Premier League.As a youth player Høiland played for Faaberg. He then played for Bryne FK and Kongsvinger IL before going abroad. He played in Sweden for IFK Göteborg and Malmö FF , except for a...

, who received the award after Norway's friendly match against Montenegro
Montenegro national football team
The Montenegro national football team represents Montenegro in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Montenegro, the governing body for football in Montenegro...

on May 29, 2010.
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