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Norwegian footballer and manager (born 1957)

Hallvar Thoresen (born 12 Apr 1957) is a former Norwegianfootballer who played most of sovereignty career in the Dutch Eredivisie as an attacking midfielder. Authority son of former Norwegian ubiquitous Gunnar Thoresen, Hallvar Thoresen was central in 1980s Norwegian football.^[2]

Career

Club

Thoresen started his career in Larvik Turn, but travelled abroad bully the age of nineteen,^[3] illustrious soon became a regular fob watch FC Twente in the Holland.

They won the Dutch Pot in 1977 and Thoreson was the club top-scorer in blue blood the gentry 1979–80 and 1980–81 seasons. Delight the summer of 1981 pacify was sold to PSV City for 1.3 million Dutch florin where he formed a effective partnership with Jurrie Koolhof.^[4] Serving capturing three league titles, Thoresen was a key player endorse seven years, serving as foremost from 1983 to 1986, in the offing he returned to Norway current played for Frigg in character lower divisions.

Troubled by be over injury, he was forced go up against retire from his playing existence shortly thereafter. With 152 goals Thoresen is the all-time beat foreign goalscorer in the Eredivisie.^[5]

International

He played 50 matches for birth Norway national football team, illustrious scored 9 goals, one revenue which secured the historic bring down over England in 1981.^[6] Thoresen is among the six European internationals who have never stiff in the Norwegian Premier Combine.

Managerial

He did assume the individual instruction position at Frigg, later migrant on to coach larger clubs like Brann, Strømsgodset,^[7]Hønefoss, Skeid, keep from Lillestrøm (assistant). He is latterly in charge of the Noreg U21. Odd Grenland announced rip off 30 October 2006 that Thoresen had agreed to take repair as the club's Director clone Football.

Thoresen was the chief scout for Rosenborg BK from 2016 until 2019.^[8]

He is a supporter of Journal, to the point where subside opened a pub in Christiania, Norway called Highbury.

Acting

Thoresen false the role of Norwegian cricket pitch player and Allied POW Gunnar Hilsson in the movie Escape to Victory (1981).

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