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 Faroe Islands, Faroese football Football team, club, playing their home games ''Inni í Dal'', Sandur (Faroe Islands), Sandur. Teams are made u ...

, 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 () is a Faroese football club based in the capital of Tórshavn, playing in the Faroe Islands Premier League, the top tier of Faroese football. B36 Tórshavn has always played its home games in Gundadalur. Today B36 Tórshavn i ...

. Mørkøre is now assisting coach for

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, which plays in the second best Faroese football division 1. deild. Allan Mørkøre is the younger brother of fellow Faroese international Kurt Mørkøre.

Club career

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

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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

in 1. deild, he is also the assisting manager of the team and he is also a player of the team.

International career

Mørkøre made his international debut for the

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in the famous shock defeat of

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in a September 1990, at a 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. He earned 54 caps, scoring 1 goal.Faroe Islands – Record International Players
().

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. 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 men's footballers Faroe Islands men's international footballers Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja players Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Faroese football managers B36 Tórshavn players Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag players Argja Bóltfelag players Faroese expatriate sportspeople in Iceland People from Klaksvík Men's association football midfielders