Torkild Brakstad

Torkild Brakstad (20 September 1945 – 14 May 2021) was a Norwegian football player and manager.

Torkild Brakstad

Personal information
Full name	Torkild Brakstad
Date of birth	(1945-09-20)20 September 1945
Place of birth	Molde, Norway
Date of death	14 May 2021(2021-05-14) (aged 75)
Place of death	Molde, Norway
Position(s)	Central defender
Youth career
	Molde
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962–1973	Molde
1974–1978	Molde	104	(12)
International career
1974	Norway	3	(0)
Managerial career
1969–1974	Molde
1976	Molde
1978	Molde
1983–1984	Tromsø
1986	Rosenborg
1986	Molde
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brakstad played as a central defender for his hometown team Molde FK from 1962 to 1978. Between 1974 and 1978, while Molde was in the Norwegian Premier League, Brakstad played 108 matches and scored 12 goals. Brakstad was capped three times on the Norway national team in 1974.^[1]

Brakstad acted as playing manager of Molde FK from 1969 to 1974 and in 1976 and as a manager from 1980 and 1981 and in 1986.^[2] He was also manager of Tromsø IL 1983–1984 and of Rosenborg BK 1986.

Personal life

He was the brother of former Molde player and coach Erik Brakstad.

He died on 14 May 2021 in his hometown Molde.^[3]

References

1. "Statistics for Torkild Brakstad" (in Norwegian). The Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
2. . Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
3. Brøste, Martin (15 May 2021). "MFK-legende er død: – En bauta for klubben". Romsdals Budstikke (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 May 2021.