Svein Andreassen

Svein Andreassen
Personal information
Full name	Svein Are Andreassen
Date of birth	3 July 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Stokmarknes, Norway
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–1995	Tromsø
1997	Sogndal
1998–1999	Lillestrøm
1998–1999	→ Portsmouth (loan)
1999	Harstad
2014	Medkila 2
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Svein Are Andreassen (born 3 July 1968) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a forward.

Career

He was born in Stokmarknes, lived in Tromsø from age one to seven before the family settled in Harstad. He played youth football for Kilkameratene and Harstad IL, and made his first-team debut for Harstad around 1986. From 1990 to 1995 he played for Tromsø IL.^[2]

He never fully broke into the first team, and resumed his career at Sogndal in 1996–1997 and Lillestrøm in 1998. For the remained of the 1998–99 season he played for Portsmouth in England. After the season concluded he gave up on professional football, following multiple injuries and twenty-two surgeries.^[2] He did however feature for Harstad IL.^[3]

References

^ "Svein Andreassen". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b Salomonsen, Per; Anthonsen, Hugo (8 April 2010). "Svein Are Andreassen" (in Norwegian). Tromsø IL. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
^ Fotball.no

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[1] "Svein Andreassen". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

[til-2] Salomonsen, Per; Anthonsen, Hugo (8 April 2010). "Svein Are Andreassen" (in Norwegian). Tromsø IL. Retrieved 20 February 2019.

[3] Fotball.no

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