Magnus Lekven (born 13 January 1988) is a Norwegian former professional

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who played as a

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. He is a former

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Club career

Lekven was born in

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, and started his career for

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where he made his debut when he was 17 years old against

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. On 22 August 2012 Lekven signed a deal with

Esbjerg fB Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Esbjerg fB or EfB in short) is a Danish professional Association football, football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, Jylland, that plays in the Danish 1st Division, 1st division, the sec ...

from 1 January 2013, but a week later the two clubs agreed on a transfer that made it possible for Lekven to move to the Danish club before his contract with Odd Grenland expired. He played an important part in Esbjerg's good spring season form, that saw them finishing 4th in the

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and winning the

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. In the Danish Cup final Lekven was named the Cup Fighter.

International career

Lekven has several national youth matches, and has represented Norway at every level from U16 to U23. Lekven made his debut for the senior national team when he replaced Ruben Yttergård Jenssen as a substitute in the 85th minute in a 1-1 friendly draw against

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on 15 January 2012.

Career statistics

Honours

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Magnus Lekven
on Esbjerg fB * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lekven, Magnus 1988 births Living people Footballers from Skien Footballers from Porsgrunn Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's international footballers Norway men's under-21 international footballers Norway men's youth international footballers Odds BK players Esbjerg fB players Vålerenga Fotball players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Danish Superliga players Norwegian Second Division players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen