Thor Jørgen Spurkeland
Personal information | |||
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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 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 | 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
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
- 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.
- "Spillerprofil: Thor Jørgen Spurkeland" (in Norwegian). SK Brann. n.d. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- Svarstad, Solveig (2016-04-08). ""Spurken" trur på cupbombe mot Brann" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- "Spurkeland klar for Førde" (in Norwegian). FIRDA. 2008-08-07. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- Bøyum, Mads (2016-04-13). "Barnehagesjefen vant cupen med Brann – nå vil han slå dem ut" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- Ebbesvik, Jan Inge (2009-11-12). "Aktuell for Sandefjord" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- Tomasgard, Jørn-arne (2006-01-06). "Tilbys ny Brann-kontrakt" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- "Leikestue mot Førde" (in Norwegian). Firdaposten. 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- "Fylkeslaget vann over Drillos" (in Norwegian). NRK. 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- "Førde - Eid 7-2 (5-0)" (in Norwegian). Haugen Fotball. 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- "No gjer «Spurken» comeback, men ikkje for klubben du trur" (in Norwegian). Nrodhordland. 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- "Ansatte" (in Norwegian). Viebøen Barnehage SA. n.d. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- "Utval og medverknad" (in Norwegian). Sunnfjord kommune. 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-24.