Mats Thornes

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Mats Thornes
Personal information
Full name Mats Selmer Thornes
Date of birth (2002-08-25) 25 August 2002 (age 23)
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bryne
Number 7
Youth career
2007–2020 Vidar
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 Vidar 20 (1)
2021 Øygarden 23 (1)
2022–2024 Åsane 34 (5)
2024– Bryne 28 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 September 2025

Mats Selmer Thornes (born 25 August 2002) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bryne FK.

Career

Despite hailing from Sola, Thornes started his youth career in Stavanger club FK Vidar at the age of 4. [2] He made his senior debut in the 2018 2. divisjon. He played more often in 2019, but the team was relegated. In 2020 he only played youth football, as the leagues below the Second Division were cancelled. [3] He was picked up by Øygarden FK on the second tier in 2021, moving to Loddefjord in Bergen. After one season there, he went on to Bergen club Åsane. [4]

Thornes lost almost the entirety of 2023 due to injury; for a long time, the nature of the injury was not even known. He eventually underwent surgery in February 2024. [5] Thornes was bought by Bryne FK in the summer of 2024. [6] [7] He helped secure promotion from the 2024 1. divisjon, [2] and made his Eliteserien debut in 2025. Thornes was able to establish himself as a regular in Bryne's team. [8] [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Mats Thornes". Bryne FK. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 Eftestøl, Kristian (6 November 2024). "Ny Vidargutt til Eliteserien!" (in Norwegian). FK Vidar. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  3. ↑ Mats Thornes at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. ↑ Haugland, Mats (28 January 2022). "Lokalt talent hentet av Kåre Ingebrigtsen – vil gjøre som Viking-stjerneskudd". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Mats (21) har gått et år uten å vite hva som er galt". Åsane Tidende (in Norwegian). 12 February 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  6. ↑ Sel, Tarjei (22 July 2024). "Bryne har signert lokal 21-åring". Jærbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  7. ↑ Sel, Tarjei (8 August 2024). "– Det blir spesielt, for å si det sån". Jærbladet (in Old Norse). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  8. ↑ Sel, Tarjei (14 July 2025). "Fra vinterlig frustrasjon til sommerlig glede". Jærbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  9. ↑ Lagmannsveen, Eivind (16 July 2025). "Bryne-talentet hanglet i flere år. Nå er det for alvor i ferd med å løsne". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
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