Roger Albertsen was a Norwegian football midfielder.
11 Facts About Roger Albertsen
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Roger Albertsen was regarded as a promising talent, and represented Norway several times at youth level.
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Roger Albertsen spent three years at the club, doing the dirty work in midfield, before his old friend Arne Dokken persuaded him to return home and play for Rosenborg.
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So, in the summer of 1985, after a decade abroad, Roger Albertsen played his first-ever top division game in the Norwegian league.
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Roger Albertsen was a member of the Rosenborg side that won the title in dramatic fashion in 1985, and played two more years at the Trondheim club before retiring because of injury at the end of the 1987 season.
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Roger Albertsen was capped 25 times for Norway, having debuted in 1976.
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Roger Albertsen made his international debut in a World Cup qualifier against Switzerland in 1976.
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Roger Albertsen is credited with scoring the equaliser in Norway's win over England in 1981.
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Roger Albertsen was credited with the goal, but television replays seem to indicate that Roger Albertsen did not make contact with the ball before it crossed the line.
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Roger Albertsen now got an extended run in the national side, and scored two more goals in a pair of summer friendlies.
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Roger Albertsen was a hard-working and hard-tackling midfielder who never truly established himself as a first-choice in the Norway lineup, but he was a dependable player who did a fine job whenever he got the chance.