Tommy Knarvik

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Tommy Knarvik

| image = Tommy Knarvik.jpg

| image_size = 200

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|11|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bergen, Norway

| height = {{height|m=1.76}}

| currentclub = Sotra SK (manager)

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| position = Midfield

| youthyears1= 1992–1995 | youthyears2 = 1995–1998

| youthclubs1 = IL Skjergard | youthclubs2 = Leeds United

| nationalyears1= 2001

| nationalteam1= Norway U21

| nationalcaps1= 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2014 | managerclubs1 = Nest-Sotra (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2015–2016 | managerclubs2 = Stord IL

| manageryears3 = 2017–2019 | managerclubs3 = Sotra SK

| manageryears4 = 2021– | managerclubs4 = Øygarden FK

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Tommy Knarvik (born 1 November 1979) is a Norwegian football coach and a former player who is the manager of Øygarden FK.

As a player he came through the academy at Leeds United and also represented Norway U21s at international level.

Career

He most known for his period in SK Brann. In his early years, Knarvik was a junior player at Leeds United, where he won the FA Youth Cup in 1997. He was awarded the title of "Young Player of the Year" at Leeds, despite competition from such players as Jonathan Woodgate and Harry Kewell. Knarvik only made one appearance for the senior team: as a substitute against Portsmouth in the FA Cup on 23 January 1999.{{cite news

|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-defeat-fails-to-silence-pompey-fans-1076264.html

|title=Defeat fails to silence Pompey fans

|work=The Independent

|date=23 January 1999 |accessdate=10 March 2010

| location=London

| first=Glenn

| last=Moore}}

He had a trial at Hartlepool United in November 2000.{{Cite news |date=7 November 2000 |title=Pool in Norse raid again as they take young star on trial |language=en |work=The Northern Echo |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7126271.pool-norse-raid-take-young-star-trial/ |access-date=7 November 2020}}

After a few good seasons in Brann, his performance dropped. He was loaned out to Bryne FK but the manager there did not offer a regular contract. Brann then let him go, and Knarvik got a chance in the Adeccoliga club Sogndal. Once again, he did not perform as expected and played only one season in Sogndal. He afterwards played for Sandefjord Fotball.

On 14 November 2007 Tromsø announced that they had signed Knarvik on a four-year contract.{{cite web|url=http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=185513|title=Knarvik klar for Tromsø|work=vg.no|date=14 November 2007 |accessdate=14 November 2007}}

He stayed at Tromsø until 14 March 2011, when he signed for Viking FK.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tv2.no/a/3440339/|title=Tommy Knarvik enig med Viking|last=AS|first=TV 2|work=TV 2|access-date=6 June 2018|language=no-nb}}

In 2012 he signed for Bodø/Glimt where he played two more seasons before retiring as a player.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/sport/tommy-knarvik-til-glimt/63470355|title=Tommy Knarvik til Glimt|date=12 January 2012|work=Dagbladet.no|access-date=6 June 2018|language=no}}

Coaching career

Upon resignation he joined Nest-Sotra as assistant manager.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ba.no/sport/knarvik-skal-trene-nest/s/1-41-7272142|title=Knarvik skal trene Nest|date=3 April 2014|work=www.ba.no|access-date=6 June 2018|language=no}}

After four months at Nest-Sotra] he left the club after disagreeing with the board and players on the future of the club.{{Cite news|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/100Sport/fotball/Knarvik-ferdig-i-Nest-Sotra-219930b.html|title=Knarvik ferdig i Nest-Sotra|work=Aftenposten|access-date=6 June 2018|language=nb-NO}} From the start of the 2015 season he was appointed manager of Stord Idrettslag.{{cite web|url=http://nifs.no/personprofil.php?person_id=15946

|title=Profile at NIFS.no - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk

|publisher=nifs.no

|accessdate=23 February 2008

}} He left the position in September 2016.{{Cite news|url=http://www.sunnhordland.no/kjop-tilgang?aId=1.1749013|title=Knarvik gir seg i Stord|work=Sunnhordland|access-date=6 June 2018|language=no}}

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Season !rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Division !colspan="2"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2006 \|rowspan="2" valign="center"\|Sandefjord \|rowspan="6" valign="center"\|Tippeligaen \|26	8	6	3	32	11
2007 \|24	4	2	0	26	4
2008 \|rowspan="3" valign="center"\|Tromsø \|26	4	4	1	30	5
2009 \|27	4	4	0	31	4
2010 \|22	1	1	0	23	1
2011 \|rowspan="1" valign="center"\|Viking \|13	0	1	0	14	0
2012 \|rowspan="2" valign="center"\|Bodø/Glimt \|rowspan="2" valign="center"\|Adeccoligaen \|30	8	4	1	34	9
2013 \|3	0	1	0	4	0
colspan="3"\|Career Total !171	29	23	5	194	34