Thor Jørgen Spurkeland (born 12 May 1987) is an inactive Norwegian footballer who played

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and striker.

Biography

Spurkeland grew up in

Knarvik Knarvik (or Knarrviki) is the administrative centre of Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland, about straight north of Bergen (city), Bergen at the confluence of four fjords: Osterfjorden (heading ...

, Norway and played for NBK's youth team. In 2003, he was transferred to Brann and played his first game on 26 May 2004 against

Norheimsund Norheimsund is the administrative centre of the municipality of Kvam in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern side of the Hardangerfjord, about from the city of Bergen. The village of Øystese lies about to the northeas ...

. Brann won the

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the following season and Spurkeland was given the

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. He scored his first goal on 7 May 2005 in a Norwegian Cup game against Gneist. In 2006, he was loaned to Løv-Ham, then signed a two-year contract with Brann and was sent to play for

Fyllingen Fotball Fyllingen Fotball is a Norwegian association football club from Fyllingsdalen, Bergen, Hordaland. It was founded as a formally independent section of the alliance sports club Fyllingen IL on 1 January 1994. Fyllingen IL was founded on 6 June 1 ...

In 2008, Spurkeland was selected to play for the Firdalaget team and was transferred to

Førde Førde is a former municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative center was the town of Førde which in 2016 had 10,255 inhabitants. Other villages in Før ...

, where he remained until 2017. Following a two-year break from football, Spurkeland signed with Askvoll Holmedal in 2019. He has been teaching kindergarten in

Sunnfjord Sunnfjord ( - in contrast to Nordfjord) is a traditional district in Western Norway located in Vestland county. It includes the municipalities of Askvoll, Fjaler, the southernmost parts of Kinn, Sunnfjord, and the southernmost parts of Brem ...

since 2016.

References

1987 births Living people Norwegian men's footballers 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen SK Brann players Løv-Ham Fotball players Fyllingen Fotball players People from Hordaland Footballers from Bergen Men's association football midfielders {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub