Ole Martin Årst

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Ole Martin Årst
Personal information
Full name Ole Martin Årst
Date of birth July 19, 1974 (1974-07-19) (age 33)
Place of birth    Bergen, Norway
Height 1,90 m.
Playing position striker
Club information
Current club Start
Number 25
Youth clubs
Sortland
Brage Trondenes
Fløya
Tromsø
Skarp Tromsø
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1993
1994
1995-1997
1997-1999
1999-2000
2000-2003
2003-2007
2007-		 Mjällby AIF
Skarp Tromsø
Tromsø
Anderlecht
Gent
Standard
Tromsø
Start		 9 (1)
22 (34)
54 (19)
36 (11)
33 (30)
73 (41)
103 (45)
12 (7)   
National team2
2000-present Norway 22 (2)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 14 November 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 14 November 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Ole Martin Årst (born July 19, 1974) is a Norwegian football player who currently plays for I.K. Start. He was transferred from Tromsø I.L. on July 9th 2007.

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[edit] Club career

A tall striker, Årst made his professional debut for Tromsø I.L. on April 22, 1995 against Hamarkameratene at Briskeby Stadion. After the 1997 season he was sold to Anderlecht for 13 million NOK. He then moved to Gent in Belgium and ended up as a top goalscorer in 2000 with 30 goals. Then, Standard Liège signed him for 24 million NOK. He returned to Tromsø I.L. in the summer of 2003 for 5 million NOK.

Årst became the top scorer in the Norwegian Tippeligaen 2005, with 16 goals. After a hat-trick against Start on October 2, 2005 Årst is ranked as the top league scorer of all times in Tromsø I.L. with 51 goals.

[edit] International career

He made his debut for Norway in a January 2000 friendly match against Iceland and earned 22 caps since, scoring 2 goals.

[edit] Honours

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Preceded by
Frode Johnsen		 Norwegian top scorer
2005		 Succeeded by
Daniel Nannskog
Preceded by
Jan Koller		 Belgian League top scorer together with Toni Brogno
30 goals
1999-00		 Succeeded by
Tomasz Radzinski