Torgeir Børven
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Torgeir Børven[1] | ||
Date of birth | 3 December 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Øystese, Norway | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Odd | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
Øystese | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2012 | Odd | 61 | (24) |
2012–2013 | Vålerenga | 39 | (11) |
2014–2017 | FC Twente | 39 | (4) |
2014–2015 | Jong FC Twente | 4 | (0) |
2016 | → Brann (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Brann | 23 | (3) |
2018–2020 | Odd | 55 | (32) |
2020 | Rosenborg | 14 | (4) |
2020–2021 | Ankaragücü | 29 | (10) |
2021–2022 | Gaziantep | 15 | (0) |
2022–2024 | Vålerenga | 37 | (6) |
2024– | Odd | 13 | (2) |
International career | |||
2010–2013 | Norway U21 | 9 | (1) |
2012–2015 | Norway U23 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2024 |
Torgeir Børven (born 3 December 1991) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eliteserien club Odd. He has previously played for FC Twente, Brann, Vålerenga, Odd and Rosenborg, and has represented his country at under-21 level.
Club career
[edit]Børven was born in Øystese,[2] where he also grew up but moved to Skien in 2007 to begin at elite sports high school in Telemark and play for Odd Grenland, which has a partnership with the school. He distinguished himself as a prolific goalscorer, and scored eight goals in one reserve match. Børven got his first-team debut and scored his first goal against Vestfossen in the 2009 Norwegian Football Cup.
Børven made his league debut away to against Brann on 28 September 2009, where he scored one goal and had one assist. In 2010, his first full season as a member of Odd Grenland's first team, he scored eight goals in the Norwegian Premier League, including four goals in Odd's 5–0 win against Sandefjord on 26 September 2010.
Odd Grenland wanted to sell Børven ahead of the 2012 season due to economic difficulties, and made an agreement with Aalesund on a transfer for Børven. Børven however, did not want to move to Aalesund and rejected their offer.[3] After scoring eight goals for Odd Grenland in the 2012 season, Børven signed a 4+1⁄2-year contract with Vålerenga on 17 August 2012. He scored a total of 24 goals in 63 matches for Odd Grenland in Tippeligaen.[4]
International career
[edit]On 17 November 2010, Børven made his debut for the Norway under-21 national team, in a 2–1 win against the Republic of Ireland. He scored his first goal for the U21 team against Azerbaijan on 6 October 2011.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 15 September 2024[6]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Odd | 2009 | Tippeligaen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 2 | ||
2010 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 25 | 10 | ||||
2011 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 7 | ||||
2012 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 8 | ||||
Total | 61 | 24 | 8 | 3 | – | – | 69 | 27 | ||||
Vålerenga | 2012 | Tippeligaen | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 2 | ||
2013 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 7 | – | – | 33 | 16 | ||||
Total | 39 | 11 | 4 | 7 | – | – | 43 | 18 | ||||
Twente | 2013–14 | Eredivisie | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 3 | ||
2014–15 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 23 | 1 | |||
2015–16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||||
2016–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 40 | 4 | |||
Brann (loan) | 2016 | Tippeligaen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||
Brann | 2017 | Eliteserien | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | |
Odd | 2018 | Eliteserien | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 5 | ||
2019 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 34 | 23 | ||||
2020 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 6 | ||||
Total | 55 | 32 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 60 | 34 | ||||
Rosenborg | 2020 | Eliteserien | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | 16 | 6 | |
Ankaragücü | 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 29 | 10 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 10 | ||
Gaziantep | 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | ||||
Vålerenga | 2022 | Eliteserien | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 5 | ||
2023 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 30 | 3 | ||||
Total | 37 | 6 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 43 | 8 | ||||
Odd | 2024 | Eliteserien | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 2 | ||
Total | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 2 | ||||
Career total | 322 | 96 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 355 | 113 |
Honours
[edit]Individual
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Torgeir Børven" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "Torgeir Børven". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ Wegard Bakkehaug; Øystein Reistadbakk (2 March 2012). "Børven takket nei til Aalesund" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ Steinar Andre Danielsen (17 August 2012). "Torgeir Børven klar for Vålerenga" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ "Oddgrenland.no profile". Oddgrenland.no. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ "Torgeir Børven". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
External links
[edit]- Torgeir Børven at WorldFootball.net
- Voetbal International profile (in Dutch)
- Torgeir Børven at Soccerway
- 1991 births
- Living people
- People from Kvam
- Norwegian men's footballers
- 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen
- Men's association football midfielders
- Men's association football forwards
- Norway men's under-21 international footballers
- Odds BK players
- Vålerenga Fotball players
- Jong FC Twente players
- FC Twente players
- SK Brann players
- MKE Ankaragücü footballers
- Eliteserien players
- Eredivisie players
- Süper Lig players
- Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Footballers from Vestland