Trace Akino Murray (born 31 January 1993) is a Norwegian professional

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who plays as a right back for Hødd.

Career

Born in

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, Murray came to Norway at the age of 5. Settling in

Hønefoss __NOTOC__ Hønefoss is a town and the administrative center of the municipality of Ringerike in Buskerud county, Norway. Hønefoss is an industrial center of inner Østlandet, containing several factories and other industry. As of 1 January 2022 ...

, he joined the youth system of

Hønefoss BK Hønefoss Ballklubb is a Norwegian football club from Hønefoss, founded in 1895. The club was a part of the multi-sports club L/F Hønefoss, which folded in 2008. After 11 years in 1. divisjon, the second tier of Norwegian football, Hønefoss ...

around the age of 7. His team became local league champions in the U-15 age group. When the time came to attend upper secondary school, Murray chose

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. After commuting to Oslo and playing for Hønefoss, he ultimately joined the U20 team of Skeid. He made his senior debut for Skeid in the summer of 2012. Murray spent his first three senior years in another Oslo-based club,

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on the third tier. In 2016 Murray was given the chance to trial for his childhood club Hønefoss, and ended up being signed, incidentally with two of his former U15 teammates. His breakthrough came after he signed for Grorud again in 2018, and helped the team win promotion from the 2019 2. divisjon and survive the 2020 1. divisjon without being relegated. However, Murray then chose to sign for

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in 2021, who had been relegated, but historically was a much larger club than Grorud. He described the team as being more professional, with the team's former back

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reaching the national team. Experiencing success in Kongsvinger, the team was promoted from the 2021 2. divisjon and reached the promotion playoff final of the 2022 1. divisjon. In the winter of 2023, Murray was on trial with

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and Aalesund before signing a two-year contract with the latter. He thus made his top-tier debut at the age of 30. After one season at Aalesund, Murray moved on to Hødd and signed a one-year contract with the club.

Personal life

He is an older brother of Travis Hernes.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Murray, Trace 1993 births Living people People from Ringerike (municipality) Footballers from Buskerud Norwegian men's footballers Jamaican emigrants to Norway Men's association football forwards Norwegian Third Division players Norwegian Second Division players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Skeid Fotball players Grorud IL players Hønefoss BK players Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball players Aalesunds FK players IL Hødd players 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen