Sten Ove Eike

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Sten Ove Eike
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-08-10) 10 August 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Skudenes, Norway
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Skudenes UIL
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2011 Haugesund
2011 Sandefjord 9 (6)
2013–2017 Skudenes UIL
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sten Ove Eike (born 8 October 1981) is a former Norwegian football forward, who played for Haugesund most of his career.

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Career

Eike was born in Skudenes, [2] and played for the local club Skudenes UIL before he joined Haugesund in 2004. [1]

Eike suffered from a heart attack after a match against Stavanger on 27 September 2009, [3] but he made his comeback in the 2011 Tippeligaen. [4] He played 124 matches and scored 20 goals for Haugesund. [5]

On 15 August 2011, Eike signed a half-year contract with the 1. divisjon club Sandefjord. [6] With the help of Eike's six goals in nine matches, Sandefjord came third in 2011 Norwegian First Division, but missed out on the promotion to Tippeligaen. After the season, he decided to step down from the professional football career, and got a job as director of football and janitor in his youth club Skudenes, but he admitted that he would probably play some matches for the team in the Norwegian Fifth Division. [5] Until 2017 he played some Skudenes games every season, being a prolific goalscorer. [7]

Career statistics

SeasonClubDivisionLeagueCupTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2006 Haugesund 1. divisjon 14400144
2007 Haugesund 1. divisjon 13200132
2008 Haugesund 1. divisjon 18200182
2009 Haugesund 1. divisjon 14621167
2010 Haugesund Tippeligaen 14040180
2011 Haugesund Tippeligaen 7031101
2011 Sandefjord 1. divisjon 960096
Career Total8920929822

Source: [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sten Ove Eike". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Sten Ove Eike profile". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen.
  3. "Eike fikk hjerteinfarkt". Haugesunds Avis (in Norwegian). 28 September 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  4. "Haugesund-spiller tilbake etter hjerteinfarkt". tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV2. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  5. 1 2 "Sørum til cupfinale - Eike vender hjem". Haugesunds Avis (in Norwegian). 30 October 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  6. "Han er SFs nye spiss". Sandefjords Blad (in Norwegian). 15 August 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  7. Sten Ove Eike at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)