Håvard Storbæk (born 25 May 1986) is a Norwegian football

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who plays for Storms BK. He announced at the end of 2019, that he was retiring from professional football. He has previously played for Nybergsund,

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and Odd. He is the second cousin of Jarl-André Storbæk.

Career

Storbæk was born in

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and grew up in Ljørdalen in

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, near the Swedish border, and played football for Østre Trysil and Trysil before he joined

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, where he played for five seasons. In his first season for Nybergsund IL-Trysil he played 25 matches and scored 16 goals. In his second season for Nybergsund IL, Storbæk played 25 matches and scored 7 goals in the First Division.

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's head coach Dag-Eilev Fagermo wanted to sign Storbæk after his performance in the match between Nybergsund and Odd Grenland on 29 June 2008, where Storbæk scored a goal. Storbæk rejected offers from

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and

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and signed a two-year contract with Odd Grenland on 14 July 2008, and joined the club who had won promotion to

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after the season. Storbæk's first match for Odd Grenland was a friendly match against

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on 23 January 2009 that ended in a 1–1 draw, he was in the starting line-up but was substituted after 73 minutes for Magnus Lekven. Storbæk made his debut in

in Odd Grenland's first match of the 2009 season, he came on as a substitute for Simen Brenne after 87 minutes when Odd lost 3–0 against

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. In the team's first home game of the season, Storbæk scored the 2–0 goal against

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. Storbæk did not want to sign a new contract with Odd Grenland, and could leave the club after the 2011-season as a free agent. In October 2011,

announced that they had signed a three-year contract with Storbæk starting from January 2012. On 20 March 2020 it was confirmed, that Samuelsen had joined Storms BK together with his former Odd-teammate

Jone Samuelsen Jone Samuelsen (born 6 July 1984) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Storms BK. Club career Born in Stavanger, Samuelsen started his professional career with FK Haugesund in the Norwegian first division in 2001, and he was a regular in the ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Storbaek, Haavard 1986 births Living people People from Trysil Norway men's youth international footballers Norwegian men's footballers Nybergsund IL-Trysil players Odds BK players FK Haugesund players Sandefjord Fotball players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Innlandet 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen