Jan Åge Fjørtoft

**Jan Aage Fjörtoft** (born 10 January 1967 in Ålesund) is a former Norwegian footballer.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Ham-Kam|1986|1. divisjon|22|7|3|6|–|–|–|25|13||||
|1987|1. divisjon|22|10|6|5|–|–|2|0|30|15|||||
|rowspan="3"|Lillestrøm|1988|1. divisjon|22|14|3|2|–|–|–|25|16||||
|1989|1. divisjon|11|6|3|2|–|0|0|–|14|8|||||
|rowspan="5"|Rapid Wien|1989–90|Austrian Bundesliga|34|17|5|3|–|6|3|–|45|23|||
|1990–91|Austrian Bundesliga|33|17|5|4|–|2|0|–|40|21|||||
|1991–92|Austrian Bundesliga|34|16|3|6|–|–|–|37|22||||||
|1992–93|Austrian Bundesliga|28|13|4|4|–|2|2|–|34|19|||||
|rowspan="3"|Swindon Town|1993–94|Premier League|36|12|2|1|1|0|–|–|39|13|||
|1994–95|First Division|36|15|2|1|8|9|–|2|0|48|25||||
|rowspan="4"|Middlesbrough|1994–95|First Division|8|3|0|0|0|0|–|–|8|3|||
|1995–96|Premier League|28|6|0|0|6|2|–|–|34|8|||||
|1996–97|Premier League|5|1|2|1|1|0|–|–|8|2|||||
|rowspan="3"|Sheffield United|1996–97|First Division|17|10|0|0|0|0|–|3|1|20|11||
|1997–98|First Division|17|9|2|2|3|1|–|–|22|12|||||
|rowspan="3"|Barnsley|1997–98|Premier League|15|6|0|0|0|0|–|–|15|6|||
|1998–99|First Division|19|3|0|0|6|4|–|–|25|7|||||
|rowspan="4"|Eintracht Frankfurt|1998–99|Bundesliga|17|6|0|0|–|–|–|17|6||||
|1999–00|Bundesliga|21|5|1|2|–|–|–|22|7||||||
|2000–01|Bundesliga|14|3|1|1|–|–|–|15|4||||||
|Stabæk|2001|Tippeligaen|15|6|3|2|–|–|–|18|8|||||
|Lillestrøm|2002|Tippeligaen|4|0|3|0|–|0|0|–|7|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="11"|Norway|1986|1|0|
|1987|2|0|||
|1988|4|2|||
|1989|10|3|||
|1990|9|3|||
|1991|6|2|||
|1992|4|0|||
|1993|9|5|||
|1994|11|1|||
|1995|11|4|||
|1996|4|0|||

- _Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fjørtoft goal_

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|28 July 1988|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||1–0|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|2|14 September 1988|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||1–1|1–2|1990 FIFA World Cup qualifier||||||||
|3|31 May 1989|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||2–0|4–1|Friendly||||||||
|4|14 June 1989|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||1–2|1–2|1990 FIFA World Cup qualifier||||||||
|5|25 October 1989|Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait||2–2|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|6|7 February 1990|Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta||1–0|1–1|Rothmans tournament||||||||
|7|31 October 1990|Bislett Stadion, Oslo, Norway||4–0|6–1|Friendly||||||||
|8|5–0|||||||||||||
|9|23 May 1991|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||
|10|25 September 1991|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||2–2|2–3|Friendly||||||||
|11|30 March 1993|Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar||3–0|6–1|Friendly||||||||
|12|4–0|||||||||||||
|13|5–0|||||||||||||
|14|28 April 1993|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||2–0|3–1|1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier||||||||
|15|13 October 1993|Stadion Miejski, Poznań, Poland||2–0|3–0|1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier||||||||
|16|14 December 1994|Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta||1–0|1–0|UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier||||||||
|17|26 April 1995|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||2–0|5–0|UEFAEuro 1996 qualifier||||||||
|18|25 May 1995|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||2–1|3–2|Friendly||||||||
|19|3–1|||||||||||||
|20|7 June 1995|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||1–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier||||||||

## Honours

**Lillestrøm**
- 1. divisjon: 1989

**Middlesbrough**
- Football League First Division: 1994–95

**Individual**
- 1. divisjon top scorer: 1988
- Player of the year in Austria (Krone-Fußballerwahl):  1989
- Football League First Division Team of the Year: 1994–95

## Infobox (football biography)

- **playername**: Jan Åge Fjørtoft
- **image**: Jan Åge Fjørtoft.jpg
- **image size**: 250px
- **fullname**: Jan Åge Fjørtoft
- **birth place**: Gursken, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
- **height**: 1.90 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Centre forward
- **youthclubs1**: Gursken
- **youthyears2**: 1982–1983
- **youthclubs2**: IL Hødd
- **years1**: 1984–1985
- **clubs1**: IL Hødd
- **caps1**: 39
- **goals1**: 34
- **years2**: 1986–1987
- **clubs2**: HamKam
- **caps2**: 44
- **goals2**: 17
- **years3**: 1988–1989
- **clubs3**: Lillestrøm SK, Lillestrøm
- **caps3**: 33
- **goals3**: 20
- **years4**: 1989–1993
- **clubs4**: SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Wien
- **caps4**: 129
- **goals4**: 63
- **years5**: 1993–1995
- **clubs5**: Swindon Town F.C., Swindon Town
- **caps5**: 72
- **goals5**: 27
- **years6**: 1995–1997
- **clubs6**: Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough
- **caps6**: 41
- **goals6**: 10
- **years7**: 1997–1998
- **clubs7**: Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United
- **caps7**: 34
- **goals7**: 19
- **years8**: 1998
- **clubs8**: Barnsley F.C., Barnsley
- **caps8**: 34
- **goals8**: 9
- **years9**: 1998–2001
- **clubs9**: Eintracht Frankfurt
- **caps9**: 52
- **goals9**: 14
- **years10**: 2001
- **clubs10**: Stabæk Fotball, Stabæk
- **caps10**: 15
- **goals10**: 6
- **years11**: 2002
- **clubs11**: Lillestrøm SK, Lillestrøm
- **caps11**: 4
- **goals11**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 497
- **totalgoals**: 219
- **nationalyears1**: 1984
- **nationalteam1**: Norway national under-19 football team, Norway U19
- **nationalcaps1**: 6
- **nationalgoals1**: 5
- **nationalyears2**: 1985–1987
- **nationalteam2**: Norway national under-21 football team, Norway U21
- **nationalcaps2**: 14
- **nationalgoals2**: 6
- **nationalyears3**: 1986–1996
- **nationalteam3**: Norway national football team, Norway
- **nationalcaps3**: 71
- **nationalgoals3**: 20