Thor Jørgen Spurkeland
Personal information
Birth name Thor Jørgen Haugland Spurkeland
Date of birth (1987-05-12) 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

  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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Spillerprofil: Thor Jørgen Spurkeland" (in Norwegian). SK Brann. n.d. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  3. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 3 4 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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