Terje_Leonardsen

Terje Leonardsen

Terje Leonardsen

Norwegian footballer (born 1976)

Terje Leonardsen (born 23 December 1976) is a Norwegian football striker.

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He started his career in Tveit IL, and also played for IL Flint before joining IK Start.[1] He got ten Norwegian Premier League games in 1996, scoring two goals.[2] Start then spent several seasons in the First Division, but was promoted after the 1999 season, as Leonardsen scored the decisive goal.[3] He scored 7 goals in 24 Premier League games in 2000,[2] despite having contracted TWAR in the summer.[4] In 2002 he scored 4 goals in 15 games,[2] before leaving in the summer, citing disappointment with the new head coach Guðjón Þórðarson.[5] An agreement was soon made with Sandefjord Fotball, who loaned Leonardsen for the remainder of the season.[6]

He returned to Start for the 2003 season, but after the season he left to become playing head coach of Tveit, then a fifth-tier club.[7] In 2008, he joined FK Donn.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Terje Leonardsen" (in Norwegian). VG. 2000. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
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    "Terje Leonardsen". 100% Fotball, Norwegian Premier League stats. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
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    "Innbytter ordnet elite-kontrakt" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 31 October 1999. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
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    "Start-spiller TWAR-smittet". VG (in Norwegian). 1 August 2000. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
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    "Leonardsen ferdig i Start" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 8 August 2002. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
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    "Sandefjord leier Leonardsen". VG (in Norwegian). 12 August 2002. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
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    "Leonhardsen slutter i Start" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 23 December 2003. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
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    "FK Arendal spilte uavgjort". Agderposten (in Norwegian). 18 April 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2009.


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