Rune Lange
Encyclopedia
Rune Lange is a retired Norwegian
football striker.
and joined the club Fløya at the age of five. As a 17-year-old, he became top scorer in the Third Division (level four) with 33 goals in 22 matches, and then moved on to play for Tromsdalen in the First Division (2nd tier). Lange stayed with the club for three seasons, during which he experienced a relegation and a season in the Second Division
(3rd tier). During the summer of 1997, Lange was sold to Tromsø, which played in the Norwegian Premier League
(1st tier). Lange scored seven goals in 11 matches for Tromsø during his first season, and nearly experienced another relegation, but Tromsø survived after having to play qualification matches. Lange also debuted for the Norwegian under-20 football team. In 1998, Lange scored 20 goals in 26 matches, and was almost sold to Coventry City
. Lange stayed at Tromsø, however, as he could not come to an agreement with Coventry on the contract details. In 1999, Lange become top scorer of the Norwegian Premier League, scoring 23 goals. Lange also made his debut for the Norway U21s
that season.
In 2000, Lange started as a player for Tromsø, but was sold to the Turkish
side Trabzonspor
in July. Lange only played 14 matches and scored seven goals in Turkey, before he was sold in April 2001 to Belgian
side Club Brugge, the team where he played until 2006. In 2004, Lange debuted for the Norwegian National Team
, playing against Wales
. In February 2009, Lange signed for Hartlepool United
on a contract until the end of the 2008-09
season.
On his third game for Hartlepool, his shoulder was popped out of place. On 13 March 2009, Lange had surgery on his injured shoulder and will not return to training for at least six weeks.
In September 2009 he signed for Kvik Halden (in the fourth tier of Norwegian football) until the remainder of the season, making four appearances (two league games and both play-off games).
|1993||rowspan="2"|Fløya||rowspan="2"|Third Division||10||6||?||?||||||?||?
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|1994||22||33||?||?||||||?||?
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|1995||rowspan="3"|Tromsdalen||rowspan="2"|Adeccoligaen
||21||4||?||?||||||?||?
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|1996||21||11||?||?||||||?||?
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|1997||rowspan="1"|Second Division
||12||15||?||?||?||?||?||?
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|1997||rowspan="4"|Tromsø||rowspan="4"|Tippeligaen
||9||4||0||0||4||2||13||6
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|1998||26||20||2||1||||||28||21
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|1999||26||12||5||5||||||31||17
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|2000||11||3||1||1||||||12||4
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|-
|2000-01||Trabzonspor
||Süper Lig||12||5||?||?||?||?||?||?
|-
|-
|2000-01||rowspan="6"|Club Brugge||rowspan="6"|Belgian First Division||4||0||?||?||?||?||?||?
|-
|2001-02||33||19||?||?||?||?||?||?
|-
|2002-03||12||4||?||?||?||?||?||?
|-
|2003-04||25||12||?||?||?||?||?||?
|-
|2004-05||32||15||?||?||?||?||?||?
|-
|2005-06||2||2||?||?||?||?||?||?
|-
|-
|2006||rowspan="3"|Vålerenga
||rowspan="4"|Tippeligaen
||6||0||1||0||1||0||8||0
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|2007||11||2||2||0||2||1||15||3
|-
|2008||0||0||0||0||||||0||0
|-
|2008||Tromsø
|||3||0||||||||||3||0
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|-
|2008-09||rowspan="1"|Hartlepool United||rowspan="1"|League 1
||3||1||-||-||||||3||1
|-
178||110||?||?||?||?||?||?
12||5||?||?||?||?||?||?
108||52||18||9||32||12||?||?
3||1||?||?||?||?||?||?
300||168||?||?||?||?||?||?
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...
football striker.
Career
Lange hails from the city of TromsøTromsø
Tromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population...
and joined the club Fløya at the age of five. As a 17-year-old, he became top scorer in the Third Division (level four) with 33 goals in 22 matches, and then moved on to play for Tromsdalen in the First Division (2nd tier). Lange stayed with the club for three seasons, during which he experienced a relegation and a season in the Second Division
Norwegian Second Division
The Norwegian Second Division is the third highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2009, the official name of the league has been Fair Play-ligaen....
(3rd tier). During the summer of 1997, Lange was sold to Tromsø, which played in the Norwegian Premier League
Norwegian Premier League
Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...
(1st tier). Lange scored seven goals in 11 matches for Tromsø during his first season, and nearly experienced another relegation, but Tromsø survived after having to play qualification matches. Lange also debuted for the Norwegian under-20 football team. In 1998, Lange scored 20 goals in 26 matches, and was almost sold to Coventry City
Coventry City F.C.
Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...
. Lange stayed at Tromsø, however, as he could not come to an agreement with Coventry on the contract details. In 1999, Lange become top scorer of the Norwegian Premier League, scoring 23 goals. Lange also made his debut for the Norway U21s
Norway national under-21 football team
The Norwegian national under-21 football team, controlled by the Football Association of Norway, is the national football team of Norway for players of 21 years of age or under at the start of a UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship campaign...
that season.
In 2000, Lange started as a player for Tromsø, but was sold to the Turkish
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
side Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor won six championships in Turkish Super League. The Club won their first Championship title in 1975 which is also the Club's initiation year...
in July. Lange only played 14 matches and scored seven goals in Turkey, before he was sold in April 2001 to Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
side Club Brugge, the team where he played until 2006. In 2004, Lange debuted for the Norwegian National Team
Norway national football team
The Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen...
, playing against Wales
Wales national football team
The Wales national football team represents Wales in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Wales , the governing body for football in Wales, and the third oldest national football association in the world. The team have only qualified for a major international...
. In February 2009, Lange signed for Hartlepool United
Hartlepool United F.C.
Hartlepool United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Hartlepool that currently play in League One. The team won promotion to League One in the 2006–07 season...
on a contract until the end of the 2008-09
Football League One 2008–09
The Football League 2008–09 , was the seventeenth season under its current league division format. It began in August 2008 and concluded in May 2009, with the promotion play-off finals....
season.
On his third game for Hartlepool, his shoulder was popped out of place. On 13 March 2009, Lange had surgery on his injured shoulder and will not return to training for at least six weeks.
In September 2009 he signed for Kvik Halden (in the fourth tier of Norwegian football) until the remainder of the season, making four appearances (two league games and both play-off games).
Career statistics
|-|1993||rowspan="2"|Fløya||rowspan="2"|Third Division||10||6||?||?||||||?||?
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|1994||22||33||?||?||||||?||?
|-
|1995||rowspan="3"|Tromsdalen||rowspan="2"|Adeccoligaen
Adeccoligaen
The Norwegian First Division is the second highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2005, the official name of the league has been Adeccoligaen....
||21||4||?||?||||||?||?
|-
|1996||21||11||?||?||||||?||?
|-
|1997||rowspan="1"|Second Division
Norwegian Second Division
The Norwegian Second Division is the third highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2009, the official name of the league has been Fair Play-ligaen....
||12||15||?||?||?||?||?||?
|-
|1997||rowspan="4"|Tromsø||rowspan="4"|Tippeligaen
Tippeligaen
Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...
||9||4||0||0||4||2||13||6
|-
|1998||26||20||2||1||||||28||21
|-
|1999||26||12||5||5||||||31||17
|-
|2000||11||3||1||1||||||12||4
|-
|-
|2000-01||Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor won six championships in Turkish Super League. The Club won their first Championship title in 1975 which is also the Club's initiation year...
||Süper Lig||12||5||?||?||?||?||?||?
|-
|-
|2000-01||rowspan="6"|Club Brugge||rowspan="6"|Belgian First Division||4||0||?||?||?||?||?||?
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|2001-02||33||19||?||?||?||?||?||?
|-
|2002-03||12||4||?||?||?||?||?||?
|-
|2003-04||25||12||?||?||?||?||?||?
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|2004-05||32||15||?||?||?||?||?||?
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|2005-06||2||2||?||?||?||?||?||?
|-
|-
|2006||rowspan="3"|Vålerenga
Vålerenga
Vålerenga is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for its traditional, small wooden houses, and for its football and...
||rowspan="4"|Tippeligaen
Tippeligaen
Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...
||6||0||1||0||1||0||8||0
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|2007||11||2||2||0||2||1||15||3
|-
|2008||0||0||0||0||||||0||0
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|2008||Tromsø
Tromsø
Tromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population...
|||3||0||||||||||3||0
|-
|-
|2008-09||rowspan="1"|Hartlepool United||rowspan="1"|League 1
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
||3||1||-||-||||||3||1
|-
178||110||?||?||?||?||?||?
12||5||?||?||?||?||?||?
108||52||18||9||32||12||?||?
3||1||?||?||?||?||?||?
300||168||?||?||?||?||?||?
Honours
- Belgian First Division (2):
- 2002-03Jupiler League 2002-03The 2002/03 season of the Jupiler League began on August 9, 2002 and ended on May 25, 2003. Club Brugge became champion.-Promoted teams:These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:*K.V. Mechelen...
, 2004-05Jupiler League 2004-05The 2004-05 season of the Belgian First Division began on August 6, 2004 and ended on May 23, 2005. Club Brugge became champion on May 15, 2005 after a decisive game against long-time rival Anderlecht. The season was full of suspense as the champion and the relegated teams were only known on the...
- 2002-03
- Belgian CupBelgian CupThe Belgian Cup is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgian Football Association. The first cup was held in 1911-12. The most successful cup club is Club Brugge KV with 10 titles followed by RSC Anderlecht and R Standard de Liège...
(2):- 2001-02, 2003–04
- Belgian SupercupBelgian SupercupThe Belgian Supercup is a Belgian club competition played on a single match at the league champion venue since 2004 and formerly at the Stade Roi Baudouin, between the winner of the last Belgian Pro League and that of the last Belgian Cup. If both teams are the same, the opponent is declared to...
(4):- 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005