Vemund Brekke Skard

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Vemund Brekke Skard
Personal information
Full name Vemund Brekke Skard
Date of birth (1981-09-11) 11 September 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Norway
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward, midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2006 Brumunddal 2 (0)
2006 Ipswich Town 3 (0)
2006–2007 CE L'Hospitalet
2007–2010 Raufoss 10 (1)
2008 → Hødd (loan) 16 (0)
2010–2014 Brumunddal 42 (0)
2012 Brumunddal 2 4 (0)
2014–2015 Stabæk Fotball 2 2 (0)
Total79(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vemund Brekke Skard (born 11 September 1981) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward or midfielder.

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Career

Born in Brumunddal, Skard signed his first professional contract having joined from Norwegian Second Division side Brumunddal FK in October 2005, where he played part-time whilst also training to be a teacher. He signed for Ipswich Town in 2005 but was released early in the 2006–07 season after just three appearances for the club. [1]

He later played for Catalan team CE L'Hospitalet,[ citation needed ] Raufoss IL in Adeccoligaen (2007) and IL Hødd (2008). After several seasons in his native Brumunddal he featured briefly for Stabæk Fotball 2 in 2014. [2] Developing as a football coach, in 2017 he studied for the UEFA A Licence. [3]

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