Håvard Flo (born 4 April 1970) is a Norwegian former professional

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who played as a forward. He played for

Stryn TIL Stryn Turn- og Idrettslag is a Norway, Norwegian multi-sports club from Stryn, Vestland. It has sections for association football, team handball, basketball, track and field, Nordic skiing, alpine skiing, gymnastics, and cycle sport, cycling. The ...

and

Sogndal Fotball Sogndal Fotball is the association football department of Norwegian sports club Sogndal IL from Sogndal in Vestland. The club was founded in 1926. The men's team currently plays in 1. divisjon, the second tier of the Norwegian football league sy ...

, before he left Norway in 1994 and played for AGF,

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, and Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. He returned to Sogndal in 2001. He made a comeback for Sogndal in 2010.

Career

Flo was born in Flo,

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. His most successful spell was in AGF, where he won the Danish Cup in 1996. The same year AGF finished second in the League – behind eventual champions Brøndby. AGF also won a bronze medal in the "Flo-era". Flo is still remembered in Aarhus as one of the best AGF players ever. In 2008, when Flo first announced his retirement, he returned to Aarhus for a final tribute in the half time break. He was a member of the Norwegian squad at the

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in which he also scored in the tie against Scotland, and is a cousin of fellow footballers Jostein Flo,

Tore André Flo Tore André Flo (born 15 June 1973) is a Norwegian former professional football striker and coach who is the manager of 1. divisjon club Sogndal. He was capped 76 times, scoring 23 goals for Norway, and represented his country in 1998 FIFA Worl ...

and Jarle Flo. Håvard Flo's nephew Per Egil Flo also plays for Sogndal. His last match was in the second leg play-off against

Aalesunds FK Aalesunds Fotballklubb, commonly known as Aalesund or AaFK, is a Norwegian football club from the town of Ålesund, that competes in the Eliteserien, the first tier of the Norwegian football league system. The club was founded on 25 June 1914. ...

. Sogndal lost 7–2 on aggregate, but he scored the only Sogndal goal away and got applause even from the Aalesund fans. Flo was a large and physically strong player, who was also renowned for having a good touch, in spite of his size.

Honours

AGF Aarhus *

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: 1995–96 Werder Bremen *

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References

External links

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Living people 1970 births Association football forwards Norwegian expatriate footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Germany Norwegian footballers Norway international footballers 1998 FIFA World Cup players Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players SV Werder Bremen players Sogndal Fotball players Bundesliga players Danish Superliga players Eliteserien players People from Stryn Flo family Sportspeople from Vestland {{Norway-footy-forward-stub