| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Birth name | Thor Jørgen Haugland Spurkeland | ||
| Date of birth | 12 May 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Bergen, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right winger, central 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 | 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
editSpurkeland 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f "Spillerprofil: Thor Jørgen Spurkeland" (in Norwegian). SK Brann. n.d. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d Svarstad, Solveig (8 April 2016). ""Spurken" trur på cupbombe mot Brann" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Spurkeland klar for Førde" (in Norwegian). FIRDA. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ebbesvik, Jan Inge (12 November 2009). "Aktuell for Sandefjord" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ Tomasgard, Jørn-arne (6 January 2006). "Tilbys ny Brann-kontrakt" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Leikestue mot Førde" (in Norwegian). Firdaposten. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Fylkeslaget vann over Drillos" (in Norwegian). NRK. 6 September 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Førde - Eid 7-2 (5-0)" (in Norwegian). Haugen Fotball. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "No gjer «Spurken» comeback, men ikkje for klubben du trur" (in Norwegian). Nrodhordland. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Ansatte" (in Norwegian). Viebøen Barnehage SA. n.d. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Utval og medverknad" (in Norwegian). Sunnfjord kommune. 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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