Håvard Storbæk (born 25 May 1986) is a Norwegian football midfielder who plays for Storms BK.

Håvard Storbæk
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-05-25) 25 May 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Elverum, Norway
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Storms
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Østre Trysil
Trysil
2007–2008 Nybergsund 50 (23)
2009–2011 Odd Grenland 81 (11)
2012–2013 Haugesund 23 (2)
2013–2015 Odd 81 (10)
2016–2019 Sandefjord 106 (18)
2020– Storms
International career
2004 Norway U18 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He announced at the end of 2019, that he was retiring from professional football. He has previously played for Nybergsund, FK Haugesund and Odd. He is the second cousin of Jarl-André Storbæk.

Career

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Storbæk was born in Elverum[1] and grew up in Ljørdalen in Trysil, near the Swedish border, and played football for Østre Trysil and Trysil before he joined Nybergsund IL-Trysil, where he played for five seasons.[2] In his first season for Nybergsund IL-Trysil he played 25 matches and scored 16 goals.

In his second season for Nybergsund IL, Storbæk played 25 matches and scored 7 goals in the First Division.[1] Odd Grenland's head coach Dag-Eilev Fagermo wanted to sign Storbæk after his performance in the match between Nybergsund and Odd Grenland on 29 June 2008, where Storbæk scored a goal.[3] Storbæk rejected offers from HamKam and Strømsgodset and signed a two-year contract with Odd Grenland on 14 July 2008,[4] and joined the club who had won promotion to Tippeligaen after the season.

Storbæk's first match for Odd Grenland was a friendly match against Lyn on 23 January 2009 that ended in a 1–1 draw, he was in the starting line-up but was substituted after 73 minutes for Magnus Lekven.[5] Storbæk made his debut in Tippeligaen in Odd Grenland's first match of the 2009 season, he came on as a substitute for Simen Brenne after 87 minutes when Odd lost 3–0 against Viking.[1] In the team's first home game of the season, Storbæk scored the 2–0 goal against Sandefjord.[6]

Storbæk did not want to sign a new contract with Odd Grenland, and could leave the club after the 2011-season as a free agent. In October 2011, FK Haugesund announced that they had signed a three-year contract with Storbæk starting from January 2012.[7]

On 20 March 2020 it was confirmed, that Samuelsen had joined Storms BK together with his former Odd-teammate Jone Samuelsen.[8]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 27 October 2019[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nybergsund 2007 2. divisjon 25 16 4 2 - 29 18
2008 1. divisjon 25 7 0 0 - 25 7
Total 50 23 4 2 - - 54 25
Odd 2009 Eliteserien 27 2 5 0 - 32 2
2010 29 2 6 3 - 35 5
2011 25 7 3 0 - 28 7
Total 81 11 14 3 - - 95 14
Haugesund 2012 Eliteserien 22 2 5 2 - 27 4
2013 1 0 0 0 - 1 0
Total 23 2 5 2 - - 28 4
Odd 2013 Eliteserien 28 5 3 1 - 31 6
2014 27 4 6 1 - 33 5
2015 26 1 5 3 3 0 34 4
Total 81 10 14 5 3 0 98 15
Sandefjord 2016 1. divisjon 26 4 4 1 - 30 5
2017 Eliteserien 27 3 1 0 - 28 3
2018 27 4 2 0 - 29 4
2019 1. divisjon 26 7 3 0 - 29 7
Total 106 18 10 1 - - 116 19
Career total 341 64 47 13 3 0 391 77

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Håvard Storbæk". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Mareritt å komme til Haugesund" (in Norwegian). Karmsund Avis. 30 March 2012. Archived from the original on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Oddrane – Seriekamper 2008". Oddrane. Retrieved 10 June 2009. [dead link]
  4. ^ "Ny spiller klar for Odd". Nettavisen. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  5. ^ "Oddrane.no – Treningskamper". Oddrane.no. Retrieved 10 June 2009. [dead link]
  6. ^ "Oddrane.no – Seriekamper". Oddrane.no. Retrieved 10 June 2009. [dead link]
  7. ^ "Storbæk klar for Haugesund". ta.no (in Norwegian). Telemarksavisa. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  8. ^ En skikkelig gladnyhet for alle... – Storm A-Lag herrer, facebook.com, 20 March 2020
  9. ^ "Håvard Storbæk". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
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