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 34)
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Centre midfielder
Youth career
NBK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003—2006 SK Brann[1] 1 (3)
2006 → Løv-Ham (loan) 1 (0)
2006—2007 → Fyllingen (loan) 0 (0)
2008—2017 Førde IL 130 (23)
2019 Askvoll Holmedal 12 (13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct 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 Skvoll 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. ^ a b c d e f "Spillerprofil: Thor Jørgen Spurkeland" (in Norwegian). SK Brann. n.d. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  3. ^ a b c d Svarstad, Solveig (2016-04-08). ""Spurken" trur på cupbombe mot Brann" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  4. ^ "Spurkeland klar for Førde" (in Norwegian). FIRDA. 2008-08-07. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  5. ^ a b c d Bøyum, Mads (2016-04-13). "Barnehagesjefen vant cupen med Brann – nå vil han slå dem ut" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  6. ^ Ebbesvik, Jan Inge (2009-11-12). "Aktuell for Sandefjord" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  7. ^ Tomasgard, Jørn-arne (2006-01-06). "Tilbys ny Brann-kontrakt" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  8. ^ "Leikestue mot Førde" (in Norwegian). Firdaposten. 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  9. ^ "Fylkeslaget vann over Drillos" (in Norwegian). NRK. 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  10. ^ "Førde - Eid 7-2 (5-0)" (in Norwegian). Haugen Fotball. 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  11. ^ "No gjer «Spurken» comeback, men ikkje for klubben du trur" (in Norwegian). Nrodhordland. 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  12. ^ "Ansatte" (in Norwegian). Viebøen Barnehage SA. n.d. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  13. ^ "Utval og medverknad" (in Norwegian). Sunnfjord kommune. 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
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