Tor Egil "Toro" Johansen (born 8 August 1950) is a retired
Norwegian footballer
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.
He was born in
Oslo
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. A
midfielder
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with 52 caps and 7 goals for
his country
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Education
* Hangzhou International School, ...
,
he was even the national team captain in 14 matches during the 1970s.
Johansen played 327 matches for
Skeid
Skeid is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Nordre Åsen, Oslo. It has sections for association football (one for elite and one for grassroots football), Nordic skiing and bandy.
General history
The club was founded as ''IK Skeid'' on 5 De ...
, of which 166 came in the
Norwegian Premier League
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. He won the cup title in 1974 before getting signed by
Lillestrøm SK
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in 1976. Spending two seasons with LSK, he would lift the two league titles as well as the 1977 cup title. The next year he returned to Skeid, finishing his career there.
References
1950 births
Living people
Norwegian men's footballers
Norway men's international footballers
Skeid Fotball players
Lillestrøm SK players
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Men's association football midfielders
Footballers from Oslo