Håvard Storbæk (born 5 May 1986) is a

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who plays for

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. He announced at the end of 2019, that he was retiring from professional football. He has previously played for

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and

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. He is the second cousin of Jarl-André Storbæk.

Career

Storbæk was born in

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and grew up in Ljørdalen in

Trysil Trysil is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Innbygda. Other villages in the municipality include Nybergsund, Øs ...

, near the Swedish border, and played football for Østre Trysil and Trysil before he joined

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, where he played for five seasons. In his first season for Nybergsund IL-Trysil he played 25 matches and scored 16 goals. In his second season for Nybergsund IL, Storbæk played 25 matches and scored 7 goals in the First Division.

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's head coach

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wanted to sign Storbæk after his performance in the match between Nybergsund and Odd Grenland on 29 June 2008, where Storbæk scored a goal. Storbæk rejected offers from

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and

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and signed a two-year contract with Odd Grenland on 14 July 2008, and joined the club who had won promotion to

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after the season. Storbæk's first match for Odd Grenland was a friendly match against

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on 23 January 2009 that ended in a 1–1 draw, he was in the starting line-up but was substituted after 73 minutes for Magnus Lekven. Storbæk made his debut in

in Odd Grenland's first match of the 2009 season, he came on as a substitute for Simen Brenne after 87 minutes when Odd lost 3–0 against

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. In the team's first home game of the season, Storbæk scored the 2–0 goal against

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. Storbæk did not want to sign a new contract with Odd Grenland, and could leave the club after the 2011-season as a free agent. In October 2011,

announced that they had signed a three-year contract with Storbæk starting from January 2012. On 20 March 2020 it was confirmed, that Samuelsen had joined

together with his former Odd-teammate

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Career statistics

Club

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Storbaek, Haavard 1986 births Living people People from Trysil Norway youth international footballers Norwegian footballers Nybergsund IL players Odds BK players FK Haugesund players Sandefjord Fotball players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Association football midfielders Sportspeople from Innlandet