Tormod Kjellsen Explained

Tormod Kjellsen (25 September 1894  - 27 May 1978) was a Norwegian footballer from Larvik. He played for his local club Larvik Turn.

He made his debut for the Norway national team on 11 September 1910 in a 4 - 0 defeat to Sweden in Kristiania (now Oslo). He was the only player in the Norwegian squad to be at a team from outside the capital.[1] His only other international cap was on 14 September 1913 in a 1 - 1 friendly draw against Russia in Moscow.[2]

Kjellsen was aged 15 years and 351 days on his international debut.[3] He held the record as the youngest full Norwegian international for over a century until it was broken by Martin Ødegaard on 27 August 2014.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Norway v Sweden. eu-football.info. 19 August 2014.
  2. Web site: Russia v Norway. eu-football.info. 19 August 2014.
  3. News: Norway call up 15-year-old midfielder. 19 August 2014. BBC Sport. 19 August 2014.
  4. Web site: Ødegaard: Norway's youngest player ever - The Local. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140828204936/http://www.thelocal.no/20140827/martin-odegaard-makes-history-as-norways-youngest-player. 2014-08-28.