Terje Leonardsen

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Terje Leonardsen
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-12-23) 23 December 1976 (age 47)
Position(s) striker
Team information
Current team
Donn
Number 2
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Tveit
Flint
0000–2003 Start
2002Sandefjord (loan)
2004–2007 Tveit
2008–present Donn
Managerial career
Tveit (playing coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Terje Leonardsen (born 23 December 1976) is a Norwegian football striker.

He started his career in Tveit IL, and also played for IL Flint before joining IK Start. [1] He got ten Norwegian Premier League games in 1996, scoring two goals. [2] Start then spent several seasons in the First Division, but was promoted after the 1999 season, as Leonardsen scored the decisive goal. [3] He scored 7 goals in 24 Premier League games in 2000, [2] despite having contracted TWAR in the summer. [4] In 2002 he scored 4 goals in 15 games, [2] before leaving in the summer, citing disappointment with the new head coach Guðjón Þórðarson. [5] An agreement was soon made with Sandefjord Fotball, who loaned Leonardsen for the remainder of the season. [6]

He returned to Start for the 2003 season, but after the season he left to become playing head coach of Tveit, then a fifth-tier club. [7] In 2008, he joined FK Donn. [8]

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References

  1. "Terje Leonardsen" (in Norwegian). VG. 2000. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 "Terje Leonardsen". 100% Fotball, Norwegian Premier League stats. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
  3. "Innbytter ordnet elite-kontrakt" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 31 October 1999. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
  4. "Start-spiller TWAR-smittet". VG (in Norwegian). 1 August 2000. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
  5. "Leonardsen ferdig i Start" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 8 August 2002. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
  6. "Sandefjord leier Leonardsen". VG (in Norwegian). 12 August 2002. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
  7. "Leonhardsen slutter i Start" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 23 December 2003. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
  8. "FK Arendal spilte uavgjort". Agderposten (in Norwegian). 18 April 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2009.