Thor Jørgen Spurkeland
Norwegian footballer (born 1987)
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[needs update] Thor Jørgen Spurkeland (born 12 May 1987) is an inactive Norwegian footballer who played midfielder and striker.[2][3]
| 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) | ||
| Positions | |||
| 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 as of 20 January 2008 | |||
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]
