Terje Liverød (born 18 July 1955) is a Norwegian player agent and former

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Playing career

Liverød, who lives in Uruguay, was born in Tønsberg, but hails from

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and played more than 100 matches for the local club Sandefjord BK. In 1977, he left his hometown and moved to

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, where he played for various top clubs, including

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(now FC Copenhagen). Liverod also played in Brasil and Singapore, before he returned to

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where he ended his career with Sandefjord BK in 1987.

Career outside football

Liverod has a master's degree in Economics and Business Administration and has been managing

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. He was for a while managing director of the Norwegian company Jordan AS in Latin America and later on Far East and

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. He is among others known in Norway for his relationship with

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; Liverød was Maradona's agent in

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and managed his "Showbol Argentina" tour in 2006. Liverod has been working as a player agent with base in

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and have scouted or assisted several top South-American players being transferred to European clubs, among others Claudio Pizarro who he discovered in

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in 1999 together with

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, José Oscar Flores ("Turu"), Darío Rodríguez, Rafinha,

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when he was 19 years old and

Matias Almeyda Matias is a form of the given name Matthew. In German-speaking Europe it is most often written as Matthias. It appears in this form in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Alternate spellings are: Mathias, Mattias, Mattis, Mats and Matti. Matia ...

. Liverød has worked as scout and South American consultant for various top clubs in Europe, including FC Schalke 04 of Germany. In 2008, he tried to start a cooperation between Schalke and the Norwegian club FK Lyn, but the attempt failed. In 2007 and 2008,

and Liverød attempted to buy the at that time Norwegian top club FC Lyn, where Almeyda had been playing, and later on Sandefjord Fotball, a club from Liverød's hometown. However, both negotiations were unsuccessful. During the

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and

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's, Liverod worked part-time for the Norwegian television station TV 2 and during

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for the state channel NRK (Norway). In connection with

Liverød made a documentary with and about the legend from the

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;

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. The film was shown on TV channels in South America and also used by his friend Maradona on the latter's program "De Zurda" as well as by NRK (Norway) during the

References

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