Eirik Markegård

Eirik Markegård (born 13 February 1984) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a striker for the Norwegian fifth Division side Jardar. He has previously played for Stabæk and Strømsgodset in Tippeligaen as well as Hønefoss, Sandefjord, Tønsberg and Follo in lower leagues. Markegård was runner-up in the Norwegian Cup in 2010 with Follo.

Eirik Markegård
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-02-13) 13 February 1984
Place of birth Hemsedal, Norway
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Jardar
Number 9
Youth career
Hemsedal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2007 Stabæk 42 (6)
2006 → Hønefoss (loan) 19 (8)
2008–2009 Sandefjord 14 (2)
2009 → Tønsberg (loan) 26 (23)
2010 Follo 27 (13)
2011 Strømsgodset 11 (0)
2012–2013 Follo 39 (21)
2013 Bærum 10 (1)
2014– Jardar 4 (4)
International career‡
2005 Norway U-21 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 January 2005

Career

Hailing from Hemsedal in Buskerud, Markegård was both a talented alpine skier and footballer,[1] but chose to focus on his footballing career in Hemsedal IL before he moved to Stabæk ahead of the 2002 season. He made his Tippeligaen debut in a 4–2 win against Molde on 20 October 2002,[2] replacing Marel Baldvinsson in the 86th minute.[3] He scored his first goal against Brann, on 20 May 2004, only 3 minutes after he came on a substitute.[4] In the 2006 season, Markegård was loaned out to the First Division club Hønefoss.[5] After having scored 8 goals in 19 games, he chose to return to Stabæk to try to oust Tippeligaen top two strikers, Veigar Páll Gunnarsson and Daniel Nannskog.

Markegård scored six goals in his 42 matches for Stabæk,[1] and after his contract with the club expired he joined Sandefjord Fotball on a free transfer ahead of the 2008 season. After playing 14 matches and scoring 2 goals for Sandefjord on the second tier, He was loaned out to third-tier club FK Tønsberg in the 2009 season. In March 2010 he was released from the contract with Sandefjord and was signed by Follo, where he scored 13 goals in 27 games in the 2010 season. After missing the first round of the 2010 Norwegian Cup, he scored six goals in the next five rounds,[1] which made him top goal-scorer in the cup that year,[6] and was a key contributor as Follo came to the final, where they lost to Strømsgodset. After the final, Follo was relegated to the Second Division,[7] and Markegård was released from his contract. He was wanted by Sandnes Ulf,[8] but signed for Strømsgodset[9]

Despite scoring a lot of goals for Strømsgodset's reserve team in the Second Division, he did not get a lot of chances for the first team in Tippeligaen. In March 2012 he was released by the club, and Markegård moved back to Follo.[10] Markegård won promotion to the First Division with Follo in 2012, and half-way through the 2013 season he joined the Second Division side Bærum where he signed a contract till the end of the season.[11]

Career statistics
Season Club Division League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2002 Stabæk Tippeligaen 1000--10
2003 1000--10
2004 1123041183
2005 Adeccoligaen 25442--296
2006 Hønefoss 19800--198
2007 Stabæk Tippeligaen 4021--61
2008 Sandefjord Adeccoligaen 14200--142
2009 Tønsberg 2. divisjon 2623??--2623
2010 Follo Adeccoligaen 271366--3319
2011 Strømsgodset Tippeligaen 1103000140
2012 Follo 2. divisjon 251911002620
2013 Adeccoligaen 1422300165
2013 Bærum 2. divisjon 1010000101
2014 Jardar 5. Divisjon 44000044
Career Total 1927721134121791

Honours

References
  1. Vik, Marius (13 November 2010). "Slik ble han toppspiss igjen" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  2. "Eirik Markegård". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian).
  3. "Match Report Stabæk-Molde 20 October 2002". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian).
  4. "Match Report Stabæk-Brann 20 May 2004". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian).
  5. "Markegård til Hønefoss" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 3 January 2006. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012.
  6. "Toppscorerliste NM Cup 2010". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen.
  7. "Sandnes Ulf berget plassen i Adeccoligaen" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 5 November 2010.
  8. "Sandnes Ulf vil ha Markegård" (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. 29 November 2010. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012.
  9. "Klare for Godset" (in Norwegian). Drammens Tidende. 11 February 2011.
  10. Ruud, Terje (21 May 2012). "Markegård byttet ut gullkandidat i Tippeligaen med Follo FK". oblad.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  11. Kristiansen, Jørgen Dahl (7 August 2013). "Eirik Markegård klar for Bærum" (in Norwegian). Budstikka. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  12. nifs.no
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