Finn Seemann
Finn Seemann (1968) | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Finn Ludvig Seemann | ||
Date of birth | 18 October 1944 | ||
Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
Date of death | 7 September 1985 | (aged 40)||
Place of death | Dovre, Norway | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Lyn | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1962–1965 | Lyn | 45 | (30) |
1965–1968 | Dundee United | 46 | (11) |
1968–1971 | DWS | 93 | (21) |
1971–1973 | Utrecht | 25 | (4) |
1975 | Lyn | 16 | (4) |
1976 | Bækkelaget | ||
International career | |||
1963–1970 | Norway | 15 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Finn Ludvig Seemann (18 October 1944 – 7 September 1985) was a Norwegian footballer who played as a striker.
Seemann was born in Oslo.[1] He started his football career in Lyn,[2] where he became league champion in 1964. In 1965, he became professional in the Scottish club Dundee United.[3][4] After two seasons in Scotland he went to the Netherlands, where he played for DWS[5] and FC Utrecht, and also lived in the United States in a period before he returned to Lyn in 1975. He has also played in Vålerenga, Sarpsborg and Bækkelaget.
He was capped 15 times and scored four goals for Norway.[6] Seemann was also capped three times for Norway in bandy. He appeared in pre-season games as a placekicker for the Houston Oilers in 1973 and 1974.[7]
He died in a car accident in 1985, on the E6 highway near Dovre.
References
[edit]- ^ "Finn Seemann". Home.no. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ "Finn Seemann". Lynfotball.net. 18 October 1944. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ "Dundee United : 1946/7 - 2013/4". Neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ "Voetbal International". Vi.nl. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ "Finn Seemann - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ "Triumph And Tragedy: The Soccer Stars That Chased Football Glory In Texas". The Soccer Observer. 12 February 2014. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- Norwegian men's footballers
- 1944 births
- 1985 deaths
- Footballers from Oslo
- Men's association football forwards
- Lyn Fotball players
- Dundee United F.C. players
- AFC DWS players
- FC Utrecht players
- Vålerenga Fotball players
- Sarpsborg FK players
- Eredivisie players
- Norway men's international footballers
- Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Norwegian bandy players
- Road incident deaths in Norway
- American football placekickers
- Footballers who switched code
- Norwegian players of American football
- Houston Oilers players
- Scottish Football League players
- Norwegian football forward stubs
- Bandy biography stubs
- Norwegian winter sports biography stubs