Kjell Moe (27 October 1909 – 8 December 1999) was a Norwegian

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who played for

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between 1938 and 1945. He won two Norwegian league titles and one

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. He was capped twice and scored one goal for

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in 1945; aged 35 at the time he is the oldest player to make his debut for the Norwegian national team.

Football career

Moe was born in

, and played for Gresvik before he transferred to

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in 1938. Moe was part of the team that won the Norwegian league in the 1937–38 season and the 1938–39 season. He also won the

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where

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was beaten in the final; a journalist from ''

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'' claimed that Moe was one of Fredrikstad's best players in the final. During the

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, no organized football was played, and when the

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was to select a

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squad for the first international match after the war, they decided to primarily call-up players from the reigning Norwegian champions, Fredrikstad. Norway started the match against

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on 26 August 1945, which was dubbed "the independence match", with six Fredrikstad-players with four of them Moe, Thorleif Larsen, Bjørn Spydevold and Reidar Olsen making their international debut. Aged 35 years and 305 days, Moe is the oldest player to make his debut for the Norwegian national team, while Olsen is the second-oldest debutant for

. Moe scored one goal in his debut, which Denmark won 4–2. He also played Norway's next match, which Denmark won 5–1 and this was his last international match. Moe was injured in the first match of the

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Final against

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, and was unable to play the rematch in Sarpsborg which Lyn won. The injury also ended his football career.

Personal life

His brothers

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and

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had been key players for Fredrikstad for several years when Kjell joined the team in 1938, and a fourth brother, Thorleif, played for the team before he emigrated to the United States in 1923. Sverre's son Finn did also play for Fredrikstad' first team. Moe died in 1999.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moe, Kjell 1909 births 1999 deaths Footballers from Fredrikstad Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's international footballers Fredrikstad FK players Men's association football players not categorized by position