Torgeir Bjarmann (born 24 June 1968) is a former

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Playing career

Bjarmann played for

Lillestrøm SK Lillestrøm Sportsklubb is a Norwegian professional football club from the city of Lillestrøm, just outside of the capital Oslo. Lillestrøm SK is a Norwegian football club based in Lillestrøm, playing in Eliteserien. The club was founded in ...

throughout his professional career, except for a short loan period in

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when he teamed up alongside compatriot Geir Frigård. His 306

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matches is a Lillestrøm club record; so are his 564 games in all competitions. He was never capped for

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. Bjarmann was a rough but fair centre back. He won the Kniksen award as defender of the year in 2001. Bjarmann retired after the 2003 season, but made some appearances in the lower leagues, mostly for the B and C teams of Lillestrøm SK. In late 2007 it was announced that he will play occasionally for

Skedsmo FK Skedsmo FK is a Norwegian football club from Skedsmokorset. It was founded in 1980, when the multi-sports club ''Skedsmo IF'' was split into several entities. The club colors are red and white. The men's team currently resides in the Third Di ...

in the 2008 season. In 2010 it was announced that he had transferred to

Flisbyen BK Flisbyen Ballklubb is a Norway, Norwegian football (soccer), football club from Lillestrøm. It was founded in 1991. The men's team currently resides in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian football. In 2011 Norwegian Third Division, ...

Honours

Kniksen award The Kniksen Award ( no, Kniksenprisen), established in 1990, honors the best players in the Norwegian football premiership. The award is named after the legendary Norwegian football player Roald Jensen, nicknamed "Kniksen". Categories Categ ...

as defender of the year

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...

Non-playing career

Off the field he worked for some time as a commentator in the

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football show, "4-4-2". Autumn 2005, Bjarmann was hired as sport director in

FC Lyn Oslo Lyn 1896 Fotballklubb () is a Norwegian football club and a department of the sports club Ski- og Fotballklubben Lyn based in Oslo, whose members also participate in Nordic skiing and orienteering. Until 2010, SFK Lyn had two football depart ...

. He stayed with FC Lyn until September 2008, before being appointed Director of Football at Lillestrøm SK.

References

1968 births Living people Norwegian footballers Lillestrøm SK players Eliteserien players LASK players Kniksen Award winners Expatriate footballers in Austria Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Norwegian expatriate footballers {{Norway-footy-defender-stub Association football defenders Lillestrøm SK non-playing staff