Jørgen Neumann (born 2 January 1966) is a

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football manager and former defender. Hailing from

Råholt Råholt is a village in the municipality of Eidsvoll, Norway. Its population (2017) is 13 156, of which 259 people live within the border of the neighboring municipality Ullensaker. Råholt has experienced growth following the airport at Gardermo ...

, he made his debut for

Eidsvold Turn Eidsvold Turnforening is a Norwegian sport club from Eidsvoll, Akershus. It has sections for association football, team handball, track and field, gymnastics and speed skating. The club was founded as ''Eidsvold IL'' on 29 April 1910, and the na ...

as a teenager. Spending almost his entire career in Eidsvold Turn, he achieved the club record of 295 appearances across all competitions. The record stood until 2007. In 1995 he took one season in

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, playing 22

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games. After a period as player-manager of Bjerke, which he led to promotion to the

1998 2. Divisjon In the 1998 2. divisjon, the third highest football league for men in Norway, 22 games were played in 8 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Liv/Fossekallen, Skjetten, Clausenengen and Lofoten were promoted to the First Division t ...

, he took over Grindvoll IL in 2001 and guided them to promotion to the 2002 2. Divisjon. Following the immediate relegation he resigned. He eventually rejoined Eidsvold Turn as a part of the coaching team. In 2009 he joined

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as assistant coach, staying for one season. He was also a sports teacher at

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1966 births Living people Norwegian men's footballers People from Eidsvoll Footballers from Akershus Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball players Eliteserien players Norwegian football managers Norwegian schoolteachers Men's association football defenders {{Norway-footy-defender-stub