Erling Meirik

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Erling Meirik
Personal information
Date of birth (1948-12-17) 17 December 1948 (age 75)
Place of birth Levanger, Norway
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1970–76 Rosenborg 123 (13)
International career
1972–1975 Norway 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Erling Meirik (born 17 December 1948) is a Norwegian former football and football executive. Born in Levanger, he played for Rosenborg between 1970 and 1976, being capped 134 times and scoring 14 goals. [1] He was Rosenborg's top scorer in the 1970 season with five goals. [2] He also represented the Norway national team on 13 occasions between 1972 and 1975. [3] He was later hired as president of Rosenborg. He withdrew as president in 1983 as a consequence of the unsuccessful hiring of Tommy Cavanagh as manager. [4]

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  1. "Erling Meirik" (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  2. "Toppscorere" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 11 March 2010. Archived from the original on 3 August 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  3. Erling Meirik at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian) OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  4. Svardal: 155