Hallvar Thoresen
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hallvar Thoresen[1] | ||
Date of birth | 12 April 1957 | ||
Place of birth | Larvik, Norway | ||
Position(s) |
Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1971?–1976 | Larvik Turn | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1976–1981 | FC Twente | 135 | (46) |
1981–1988 | PSV Eindhoven | 179 | (106) |
1988–1991 | Frigg | 6 | (0) |
Total | 320 | (152) | |
International career | |||
1978–1987 | Norway | 50 | (9) |
Managerial career | |||
1992 | Strømsgodset IF | ||
1993–1995 | SK Brann | ||
1997 |
Odd Grenland B.K. | ||
1998–2000 | Lillestrøm SK | ||
2000–2002 | Skeid Fotball | ||
2003–2006 | Norway U21 | ||
2007–2015 | FC Twente, scout | ||
2016–2020 | Rosenborg BK, chief scout | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Hallvar Thoresen (born 12 April 1957) is a former
Career
Club
Thoresen started his career in Larvik Turn, but travelled abroad at the age of nineteen,[3] and soon became a regular at FC Twente in the Netherlands. They won the Dutch Cup in 1977 and Thoreson was the club top-scorer in the 1979–80 and 1980–81 seasons. In the summer of 1981 he was sold to PSV Eindhoven for 1.3 million Dutch guilder where he formed a dynamic partnership with Jurrie Koolhof.[4] Helping capturing three league titles, Thoresen was a key player for seven years, serving as captain from 1983 to 1986, until he returned to Norway and played for Frigg in the lower divisions. Troubled by an injury, he was forced to retire from his playing career shortly thereafter. With 152 goals Thoresen is the all-time leading foreign goalscorer in the Eredivisie.[5]
International
He played 50 matches for the
Managerial
He did assume the coaching position at Frigg, later moving on to coach larger clubs like
He is a supporter of Arsenal, to the point where he opened a pub in Oslo, Norway called Highbury.
Acting
Thoresen played the role of Norwegian football player and Allied POW Gunnar Hilsson in the movie Escape to Victory (1981).
References
- ^ "Hallvar Thoresen" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
- ^ "VG 12.5.1976 side 22 Thoresen og Sundby jr. til Twente". VG. 12 May 1976.
- NRC (in Dutch). Amsterdam. 18 November 1986. p. 10 – via Delpher.
- ^ "De 10 buitenlanders met de meeste Eredivisie-goals ooit". Soccernews.nl (in Dutch). 31 January 2017.
- ^ "Hallvar Thoresen, 12.4.1957" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- ^ Trenere – Strømsgodset
- ^ Martin Busk (15 November 2019). "Hallvar Thoresen ferdig i Rosenborg". Nettavisen (in Norwegian).
External links
- Hallvar Thoresen at UEFA
- Hallvar Thoresen at the Norway Football Association (in Norwegian)
- Hallvar Thoresen at EU-Football.info
- Hallvar Thoresen at National-Football-Teams.com
- Hallvar Thoresen at WorldFootball.net
- "Thoresen kåret til tidenes beste norske fotballspiller: – Helt fantastisk". NRK. 24 December 2012.
- "- Det jeg husker aller best er stemninga på Ullevaal". Norges Fotballforbund. 27 November 2019.