Tor Henning Hamre

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Tor Henning Hamre
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Full name Tor Henning Hamre
Date of birth (1979-04-24) 24 April 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–1999 Kvinesdal 61 (52)
2000–2001 Mandalskameratene 38 (30)
2002–2003 Flora Tallinn 50 (62)
2004 Vålerenga 4 (0)
2004 Vålerenga 2 16 (32)
2005–2006 Mandalskameratene 41 (11)
2006 Herfølge 9 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tor Henning Hamre (born 24 April 1979) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a striker.

In 2003, he scored an impressive 39 goals, which saw him win the Meistriliiga top scorer award, and even put him in contention for the ESM Golden Boot. [1] He also scored in 15 consecutive games, tallying 21 goals in that streak, a record in world football before Lionel Messi surpassed him by netting in 21 straight league games during the 2013–14 season. [2] [3]

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  2. ↑ "Scoring Streaks". RSSSF . Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Josef Martinez approaching world record for league scoring streak". MLS. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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