Thor Jørgen Spurkeland

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Thor Jørgen Spurkeland
Personal information
Birth name Thor Jørgen Haugland Spurkeland
Date of birth (1987-05-12) 12 May 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Right winger, central midfielder
Youth career
NBK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003—2006 SK Brann [1] 1 (3)
2006 → Løv-Ham (loan) 1 (0)
2006—2007 → Fyllingen (loan) 0 (0)
2008—2017 Førde 130 (23)
2019 Askvoll Holmedal 12 (13)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 January 2008

Thor Jørgen Spurkeland (born 12 May 1987) is an inactive Norwegian footballer who played midfielder and striker. [2] [3]

Biography

Spurkeland grew up in Knarvik, Norway [4] and played for NBK's youth team. [2]

In 2003, he was transferred to Brann [5] [2] [6] and played his first game on 26 May 2004 against Norheimsund. [2]

Brann won the Norwegian Cup the following season and Spurkeland was given the Kniksen Award. [5] [3] [2]

He scored his first goal on 7 May 2005 in a Norwegian Cup game against Gneist. [2]

In 2006, he was loaned to Løv-Ham, then signed a two-year contract with Brann and was sent to play for Fyllingen Fotball [7] [8]

In 2008, Spurkeland was selected to play for the Firdalaget team [9] and was transferred to Førde, where he remained until 2017. [5] [3] [10]

Following a two-year break from football, Spurkeland signed with Askvoll Holmedal in 2019. [11]

He has been teaching kindergarten in Sunnfjord since 2016. [5] [3] [12] [13]

References

  1. ↑ Nielsen, Atle (2008). Sportsklubben Brann: 100 år med tro, håp og kjærlighet (in Norwegian). Bergen: Schibsted Forlagene. pp. 257–258. ISBN   978-82-516-2658-3.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Spillerprofil: Thor Jørgen Spurkeland" (in Norwegian). SK Brann. n.d. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Svarstad, Solveig (8 April 2016). ""Spurken" trur på cupbombe mot Brann" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Spurkeland klar for Førde" (in Norwegian). FIRDA. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Bøyum, Mads (13 April 2016). "Barnehagesjefen vant cupen med Brann – nå vil han slå dem ut" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  6. ↑ Ebbesvik, Jan Inge (12 November 2009). "Aktuell for Sandefjord" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  7. ↑ Tomasgard, Jørn-arne (6 January 2006). "Tilbys ny Brann-kontrakt" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Leikestue mot Førde" (in Norwegian). Firdaposten. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Fylkeslaget vann over Drillos" (in Norwegian). NRK. 6 September 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "Førde - Eid 7-2 (5-0)" (in Norwegian). Haugen Fotball. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  11. ↑ "No gjer «Spurken» comeback, men ikkje for klubben du trur" (in Norwegian). Nrodhordland. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "Ansatte" (in Norwegian). Viebøen Barnehage SA. n.d. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  13. ↑ "Utval og medverknad" (in Norwegian). Sunnfjord kommune. 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.


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