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 37)
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Right winger, central midfielder
Youth career
NBK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003—2006 SK Brann[1] 1 (3)
2006Løv-Ham (loan) 1 (0)
2006—2007Fyllingen (loan) 0 (0)
2008—2017 Førde 130 (23)
2019 Askvoll Holmedal 12 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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

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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

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  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 24 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d 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. ^ a b c d 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.