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Thorbjørn Svenssen

1924 - 2011

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Ole Thorbjørn Svenssen (22 April 1924 – 8 January 2011) was a Norwegian footballer, who played a then record 104 international games for Norway, and captained the side 93 times. He was one of the first footballers who played 100 international games for their country. He was also part of Norway's squad at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thorbjørn Svenssen is the 3,971st most popular soccer player (down from 3,234th in 2019), the 408th most popular biography from Norway (down from 342nd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Norwegian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Thorbjørn Svenssen ranks 3,971 out of 21,273. Before him are Eduard Kainberger, Christian Wilhelmsson, Lizardo Rodríguez Nue, Sergej Milinković-Savić, Viktor Anichkin, and Bruno Belin. After him are Eric Bailly, Juan Francisco Lombardo, Renato Zaccarelli, Demetrio Neyra, Shmuel Rosenthal, and Alberto Cardaccio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Thorbjørn Svenssen ranks 408. Before him are Buddy Hackett, David Landes, Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, Ingrid Sandahl, Anatoli Bashashkin, and Eugenio Scalfari. After him are Antoine Cuissard, Lucebert, Faith Domergue, Mira Alečković, Giovanni Saldarini, and Brenda Helser. Among people deceased in 2011, Thorbjørn Svenssen ranks 362. Before him are Sergo Kotrikadze, Ken Olsen, Joe Arroyo, Bernard Collomb, Bob Benny, and Bernard Nathanson. After him are Aleksei Mamykin, Anna Massey, Dana Wynter, Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Ernő Solymosi, and Giovanni Saldarini.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Thorbjørn Svenssen ranks 408 out of 1,039. Before him are Hanne Krogh (1956), Frithjof Ulleberg (1911), Asbjørn Ruud (1919), Nils Arne Eggen (1941), Erling Evensen (1914), and Jørn Lier Horst (1970). After him are Nils Petter Molvær (1960), Johan Falkberget (1879), Inger Hagerup (1905), Aksel Hennie (1975), Ian Haugland (1964), and Jan Axel Blomberg (1969).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Norway

Among soccer players born in Norway, Thorbjørn Svenssen ranks 21. Before him are Gøran Sørloth (1962), Odd Iversen (1945), Nils Eriksen (1911), Rune Bratseth (1961), Frithjof Ulleberg (1911), and Nils Arne Eggen (1941). After him are Sverre Hansen (1913), Trond Sollied (1959), Tore Pedersen (1969), Magnar Isaksen (1910), Harald Strøm (1897), and Rolf Holmberg (1914).

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