Terje Leonardsen Explained

Terje Leonardsen
Birth Date:23 December 1976
Currentclub:Donn
Clubnumber:2
Position:striker
Years3:–2003
Years4:2002
Years5:2004–2007
Years6:2008–present
Clubs4:Sandefjord (loan)
Clubs6:Donn
Managerclubs1:Tveit (playing coach)

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Terje Leonardsen. 2000. VG. no. 21 April 2009.
  2. Web site: Terje Leonardsen. 100% Fotball, Norwegian Premier League stats. 21 April 2009.
  3. News: Innbytter ordnet elite-kontrakt. Norwegian News Agency. 31 October 1999. no. 21 April 2009.
  4. News: Start-spiller TWAR-smittet. 1 August 2000. VG. no. 21 April 2009.
  5. News: Leonardsen ferdig i Start. Norwegian News Agency. 8 August 2002. no. 21 April 2009.
  6. News: Sandefjord leier Leonardsen. 12 August 2002. VG. no. 21 April 2009.
  7. News: Leonhardsen slutter i Start. Norwegian News Agency. 23 December 2003. no. 21 April 2009.
  8. News: FK Arendal spilte uavgjort. 18 April 2008. Agderposten. no. 21 April 2009.