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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 35)
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

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