Bjørn Tronstad

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Bjørn Tronstad
Personal information
Full name	Bjørn Tronstad
Date of birth	April 11, 1957 (1957-04-11) (age 51)
Place of birth	Bergen, Norway
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
	SK Brann
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1976-1979	SK Brann	112(62)[1][2]
National team2
1976	Norway	4(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of May 16 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Bjørn Tronstad (born 1957) is a retired Norwegian football player. Tronstad played at SK Brann from 1974 to 1979. During his 5 years at Brann Tronstad scored a total of 127 goals during 222 matches, and became one of the top-scoring players in the history of the club. Tronstad was looked upon by many as the new Roald 'Kniksen' Jensen. Tronstad retired when he was only 25 years old because he wanted to study in the USA. It is told that he was a major scorer in the local football teams and college teams.

Tronstad had a small comeback in 1981, but he only played 4 games and scored 1 goal.

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