Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mats Selmer Thornes | ||
Date of birth | 25 August 2002 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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.
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]