Trace Murray
{{short description|Jamaican footballer (born 1993)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Trace Murray
|fullname = Trace Akino Murray
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|1|31|df=y}}
|birth_place = Jamaica
|height = 1.74 m
|position = right back
|currentclub = Hødd
|clubnumber = 2
|youthyears1 = 2000–2010
|youthclubs1 = Hønefoss
|youthyears2 = 2011–2012
|youthclubs2 = Skeid
|years1 = 2012
|clubs1 = Skeid
|caps1 = 4
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2013–2015
|clubs2 = Grorud
|caps2 = 52
|goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2016–2017
|clubs3 = Hønefoss
|caps3 = 46
|goals3 = 6
|years4 = 2018–2020
|clubs4 = Grorud
|caps4 = 69
|goals4 = 1
|years5 = 2021–2022
|clubs5 = Kongsvinger
|caps5 = 44
|goals5 = 1
|years6 = 2023–2024
|clubs6 = Aalesund
|caps6 = 17
|goals6 = 0
|years7 = 2023
|clubs7 = Aalesund II
|caps7 = 8
|goals7 = 1
|years8 = 2024–
|clubs8 = Hødd
|caps8 = 20
|goals8 = 2
|club-update = 1 January 2025
}}
Trace Akino Murray (born 31 January 1993) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Hødd.
Career
Born in Jamaica, Murray came to Norway at the age of 5. Settling in Hønefoss, he joined the youth system of Hønefoss BK 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 Oslo. After commuting to Oslo and playing for Hønefoss, he ultimately joined the U20 team of Skeid.{{cite news|title=Nok en HBK-signering|work=Ringerikes Blad|date=17 February 2016|language=no|page=21}}{{cite news|title=- Kongsvinger tilbyr jo natur til de grader|work=Glåmdalen|author=Mæhlum, Erik|date=17 February 2016|language=no|pages=20–21}} He made his senior debut for Skeid in the summer of 2012.{{NFF|3708032}}
Murray spent his first three senior years in another Oslo-based club, Grorud 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 Kongsvinger 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 Martin Linnes 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 Strømsgodset, Hamkam and Aalesund before signing a two-year contract with the latter.{{cite news|title=30-åring klar for AaFK – har aldri spilt i eliteserien før: – Evig takknemlig|work=Sunnmørsposten|author=Stenerud, Kristian|date=10 February 2023|language=no|pages=}} He thus made his top-tier debut at the age of 30.{{Soccerway|trace-akino-murray/345257}}
After one season at Aalesund, Murray moved on to Hødd and signed a one-year contract with the club.{{cite news|url=https://www.hodd.no/nyheiter/trace-akino-murray-klar-for-hodd|title=Trace Akino Murray klar for Hødd|language=no|publisher=IL Hødd|date=21 March 2024|access-date=15 April 2024}}
Personal life
He is an older brother of Travis Hernes.{{cite news|url=https://www.tv2.no/sport/norsk-unggutt-dukket-opp-i-premier-league-foles-ikke-ekte/16437839/|title=Norsk unggutt dukket opp i Premier League: – Føles ikke ekte|last=Tetlie|first=Lisa Amdam|date=7 February 2024|publisher=TV 2|language=no|access-date=7 February 2024}}
Career statistics
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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Skeid
|2012 |rowspan="4"|2. divisjon |4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="4"|Grorud
|2013 |22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2014
|20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2015
|10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!52 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|—||57 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Hønefoss
|2016 |rowspan="2"|2. divisjon |23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 4 | ||
| 2017
|23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 2 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!46 | 6 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 47 | 6 | ||
| rowspan="4"|Grorud
|2018 |rowspan="2"|2. divisjon |25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2019
|19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 1 | ||
| 2020
|25 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 25 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!69 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|—||72 | 1 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Kongsvinger
|2021 |2. divisjon |25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2022
|1. divisjon |19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4{{efn|Appearances in Eliteserien play-offs}} | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!44 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 1 | |
| Aalesund
|2023 |17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 0 | ||
| Hødd
|2024 |2. divisjon |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!232 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 254 | 8 |
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Category:People from Ringerike (municipality)
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