Allan Mørkøre (born 22 November 1971) is a former Faroese professional

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. Now he is a manager for

B71 Sandoy B71 (Sandoy) (B71 being short for Bóltfelagið 1971 – literal translation: "Ball Club 1971") is a Faroese sports club, playing their home games '' Inni í Dal'', Sandur. Teams are made up of players from all the towns on the island of S ...

, which plays in the men's second best division. He was manager for AB from 2008 to 2010, he replaced Sigfríður Clementsen, who is currently the manager for HB. In 2010, he became manager of

B36 Tórshavn B36 Tórshavn ( fo, Bóltfelagið 1936 Tórshavn) is a Faroe Islands, Faroese semi professional Association football, football club based in the capital of Tórshavn, playing in the Faroe Islands Premier League, the top tier of Faroese football. ...

. Mørkøre is now assisting coach for

FC Hoyvík FC Hoyvík was a Faroese football club, which merged with FF Giza in 2012. The new club was called Giza Hoyvík and later changed its name to FC Hoyvík. This incarnation of FC Hoyvík was previously named ÍF Fram Tórshavn (Tórshavn Forwa ...

, which plays in the second best Faroese football division

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. Allan Mørkøre is the younger brother of fellow Faroese international

Kurt Mørkøre Kurt Mørkøre (born 20 February 1969) is a former Faroese football midfielder or striker who is currently manager of the Norwegian club Averøykameratene. He is the elder brother of fellow Faroese international Allan Mørkøre. He is a bake ...

Club career

A strong midfielder and good header of the ball, he started his career at Faroese club KÍ Klaksvík and also played for

Tórshavn Tórshavn (; lit. "Thor's harbour"), usually locally referred to as simply ''Havn'', is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of the city lies the ...

sides HB and B36 as well in the Icelandic League with ÍBV, later he was playing for AB Argir at the same time as he was manager for the team. Today he plays in

, he is also the assisting manager of the team and he is also a player of the team.

International career

Mørkøre made his debut for the

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in the famous shock defeat of

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in a September 1990 European championship qualifying match, which was the country's debut in official international competition. His final match was a June 2001 World Cup qualifying match against

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, coming on as a substitute for

Julian Johnsson Julian Johnsson (born 24 February 1975) is a Faroese former professional Association football, football midfielder. Club career He played in the Faroe Islands for Tórshavn sides HB Tórshavn and B36 Tórshavn, before moving abroad to play in ...

. He earned 54 caps, scoring 1 goal.Faroe Islands – Record International Players
RSSSF He is the fifth most capped player for the Faroe Islands national side.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Faroe Islands' goal tally first.''

References

External links

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Allan Mørkøre's manager career on FaroeSoccer.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Morkore, Allan 1971 births Living people Faroese footballers Faroe Islands international footballers Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja players Expatriate footballers in Iceland Faroese football managers B36 Tórshavn players KÍ Klaksvík players Argja Bóltfelag players Faroese expatriates in Iceland People from Klaksvík Association football midfielders