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Arild Gulden

Norwegian footballer and handball player (1941–2024) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Arild Gulden (4 December 1941 – 9 October 2024) was a Norwegian international handball and football player.[1]

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Handball career

Gulden made his Norway men's national handball team debut in 1958, and played 52 matches at that level from 1958 to 1971.[2] He participated at the 1961,[3] 1964[4] and 1967 World Men's Handball Championship.[5]

With the club SK Arild he won the Norwegian indoor championship in 1958.[1]

He played between 1963 and 1970 and again between 1972 and 1977 for the Grasshopper Club Zürich.[6] He won nine indoor championships.[7]

Gulden was awarded the Håndballstatuetten trophy from the Norwegian Handball Federation in 1999.[8]

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Football career

Gulden was capped nine times while with team Norway. He was with FK Lyn when they won the 1964 1. divisjon.[1]

He played only in the Norwegian winter break for Grasshopper Club Zürich.[9] He won with the Grasshoppers nine indoor championships.[7]

Personal life

Gulden was born on 4 December 1941.[1] His son Bjørn Gulden is a former professional footballer, and chief executive of Adidas.[10]

Death

Gulden died in Bærum on 9 October 2024, at the age of 82.[11]

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