Jan Tore Amundsen (born 12 April 1983 in

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) is a Norwegian

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who most recently played for

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Club career

Jan Tore Amundsen came to Odd Grenland from Urædd before the 2002 season. In April 2005 he got his first match for Norway national under-21 football team against Slovakia. In his second match he scored a goal against Belarus after only 6 minutes His only goal for the team came when he scored against

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in 2006. In 2007, Amundsen got voted the third worst player in Tippeligaen by several Norwegian

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s, the worst player and second worst player was Odd Greanland teammates Fernando de Ornelas and

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In February 2009, Jan Tore Amundsen signed a contract with Notodden FK and signed than on 16. December 2009 for

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. After the 2018 season, Amundsen left Ullensaker/Kisa.– Fire svært vellykkede år
, ullkisafotball.no, 3 December 2018

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* * 1983 births Living people Norwegian men's footballers Odds BK players Notodden FK players FK Tønsberg players Strømmen IF players Ullensaker/Kisa IL players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Sportspeople from Kongsvinger Footballers from Innlandet Norway men's youth international footballers Norway men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub