Simen Axel Stamsø-Møller (born 6 September 1988) is a Norwegian former football forward, as well as a football commentator on national television.

Career

Early career

He started his youth career in

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, before he transferred to the local talent club

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, at the age of 10. In Skeid he was overshadowed by his older brother, Julian, and when he started at

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, he chose to study media and communications, instead of elite sports like his brother. He therefore left Skeid, and signed for Kjelsås.

Kjelsås

Møller had his breakthrough in Kjelsås in 2009, scoring 20 of the total 38 goals Kjelsås had that season, preventing relegation from the

2009 Norwegian Second Division The 2009 2. divisjon season was the third highest football (soccer) league for men in Norway. 26 games were played in 4 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Strømmen IF, Strømmen, Follo FK, Follo, Sandnes Ulf and Ranheim Fotball, ...

. The 2010-season started out with injury problems, but he still ended up scoring 16 goals in the league that season. He was then discovered by the Norwegian scout Stig Marius Torbjørnsen, and went to

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on trial.

Tromsø

On 18 October 2010, he signed a three-year contract with the North Norwegian club. Tromsø manager

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described him as a "goalgetter", and that he would be a great addition to his 2011-squad. On 4 January 2011, he travelled up north to continue his football career. He made his debut against

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in a friendly match in January 2011, coming on in the second half and scored two goals. He came on as a substitute against

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in the

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on 30 June for his first official match. Four days later, in an away match against

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he was again brought on as a substitute for his first league match. In 2014, he returned to third-tier Kjelsås. His job outside of playing was that of football commentator, commenting

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for C More. In July 2015 he was hired by TV 2 to work with the

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Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moller, Simen Stamso 1988 births Living people Footballers from Oslo Norwegian footballers Kjelsås Fotball players Tromsø IL players Strømmen IF players Biggleswade United F.C. players Eliteserien players Norwegian association football commentators TV 2 (Norway) people Association football forwards