Jonas Faraasen Olsen (born 23 April 1988) is a Norwegian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Kvik Halden FK Kvik Halden FK is a Norwegian football club, founded on 19 June 1906. The club plays in the 2. divisjon after their promotion from the 2018 3. divisjon. In 2010 they contested a playoff to win promotion, and succeeded by beating Eik-Tønsberg ...

Career

He played for Berg IL as a youngster, but joined

as a teenager. He was drafted into the senior team ahead of the 2005 season. In the 2006 season he made his mark as a striker, scoring 20 goals. In 2007, he followed with 24 league goals. In 2008, he improved further, scoring 37 league goals. This also earned him ''

Halden Arbeiderblad ''Halden Arbeiderblad'' is a Norwegian language local newspaper published in Halden, Norway. History and profile ''Halden Arbeiderblad'' was established in 1929 as a Labour Party newspaper, but later became non-partisan. It was stopped between O ...

'''s Silver Ball award, for best footballer in the

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region. After the 2008 season he had a trial with

Hamarkameratene Hamarkameratene (literally ''the Hamar Comrades''), often abbreviated to HamKam or Ham-Kam, is a Norwegian football club based in the town of Hamar. The club was founded in 1918, originally under the name Freidig. HamKam were most recently pr ...

. In July 2009 he joined Dutch side

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. He scored his first league goal for MVV in August 2009, in the 1–1 draw against

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. After returning to Kvik, he went on to IF Birkebeineren ahead of the 2013 season.

Personal life

He is a son of Jan Erik Olsen, a former goalkeeper for Kvik Halden.

References

External links

Voetbal International
1988 births Living people Norwegian men's footballers Sportspeople from Halden Footballers from Østfold Kvik Halden FK players MVV Maastricht players Eerste Divisie players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Men's association football forwards {{Norway-footy-forward-stub