Torgeir Bjarmann

Torgeir Bjarmann (* June 24, 1968 in Lørenskog ) is a former Norwegian football player and current football official.

The long-time captain of Lillestrøm SK is a total of 613 duty stakes, of which 306 are eternal in top flight until today (October 2010) Most games of the club. Except for a four -month stay in the Austrian first division club LASK Linz he has spent his entire career at LSK.

In a survey conducted by the Norwegian television station TV2 in 2010 election he was elected to the Tippeligaen team of the decade. In 2001, he received an order to Kniksenprisen as " defender of the year" in the Tippeligaen. He is considered one of the best players who never allowed to play for the Norwegian national football team.

Club career

Bjarmann began his career in the youth of his home club Lørenskog IF and Skedsmo FK, before he came into the youth team Lillestrøm SK 1987.

After a year in his youth, he celebrated in 1988 under coach Owe Rundberg his professional debut for LSK. After the runner-up title 88, he celebrated then in his second pro season under coach David Hay as a reserve player the league title in the 1st Division. This was followed by the departure of veteran Arne Erlandsen to Strømsgodset IF whereupon Bjarmann first team regular advanced. Although in a row until Erlandsen, Bård Bjerkeland the 1st FC Nuremberg and Jan Åge Fjørtoft after Austria joined the SK Rapid Wien, only had to give three performers, slipped the team with players such as Dennis Schiller, Erik Soler, Tom Gulbrandsen, Gunnar Halle, Frode Grodås, or Geir Frigård of the season in the basement table and managed to narrowly avoid relegation.

As of 1991, one could re-establish itself in the top third of the table and despite constant departures of top performers always occupy until 1999 to be among the first four, but without being able to repeat the title. Had Bjarmann early 90s yet formed a successful Manndeckerduo with Sweden Schiller, he was converted into a libero from 1994, which he became one of the strongest defender in the Tippeligaen. After two outstanding seasons in 1999 and 2000, where he was also elected to the team of the season, then a transfer abroad was underway.

After a change in the Scottish Premier League was still failed in December 1999, the then Austrian Bundesliga club FC Kärnten reported great interest in the obligation of the player. After you've already agreed with the player, but you could with LSK not agree on the transfer fee, after which he remained for another season in Norway.

In June 2000, then the VfB Admira Wacker Mödling announced the signing of Bjarmann, which turned out just days later as hoax. The Admiralty officers were deliberately spread the hoax to take the other stakeholders, such as LASK Linz from the race for the obligation. However Bjarmann even favored the traditional Norwegian branch LASK, where his friend from earlier LSK times Geir Frigård was under contract. As an absolute desire player coach Marinko Koljanin who wanted him as a replacement for the Grazer AK migrated defensive leader Željko Milinović, stood the LASK in a row in the favorite position for a commitment, but the transfer fee could not afford due to the tight financial club situation. In order to get the player but still they agreed with Lillestrøm then to a change on loan with option to buy after the end of the Norwegian season in October.

Due to an injury he came then from October to February in 2001 in only three league games for use where he could score a goal before the loan contract expired again. The association, in the new year due to the "Rieger affair" just before the bankruptcy, then had to drive a drastic austerity measures, and could not pull the purchase option. Bjarmann then went back to LSK, the LASK undertook his countryman Kjetil Pedersen significantly cheaper than replacement.

Back in Norway he then played under his former teammates and then-coach Arne Erlandsen his strongest season. As captain and defender, he scored seven goals this season and acted as leaders and thinkers on the defensive, which mainly benefited the then congenial Attacking Trio Arild Sundgot, Clayton Zane and Magnus Powell. In the championship to a duel between LSK and series champions Rosenborg Trondheim developed for the title, which one playful five laps before the end of the season by a 1:2 home defeat against RBK. In addition to the runner-up title Bjarmann was awarded the Kniksenprisen as the best defensive player, which he was able to beat Rosenborg defender Erik Hoftun the first time to receive this award in the past five years.

As a result Bjarmann played two seasons without winning the title for Lillestrøm before he trailed off at his hometown club Lørenskog IF in the Norwegian amateur league his career in 2004. In 2008 he started at the age of 40 years a comeback in Skedsmo FK, for whom he ran aground in some league games and his last goal scored as active.

After the active career

In September 2005, he assumed the post of sporting director at the former Norwegian first division side FK Lyn Oslo. Together with Henning Berg, who was appointed at the same time the manager of Lyn, we established itself as a successful team then in Norway.

In the debut season you led the club straight away from the relegation regions in the title fight, the champion at Vålerenga Oslo only went narrowly lost three points behind. Due to severe financial problems Bjarmann was forced then the best players, such as Chinedu Obasi of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim profitable to sell to get the club alive. Despite the limited financial resources, however, he managed jointly with mountain year after year to form a powerful team. During his tenure, among other players like Ståle Stensaas, Matías Almeyda, Eddie Gustafsson, Magnus Powell and Diego Guastavino were committed to advanced large part to the team supports. He also earned a transfer surplus of almost 15 million euros, of which 12 alone by the sales of John Obi Mikel and Obasi, which in the end but still could not save it from bankruptcy in 2010 the club.

Previously Bjarmann was changed in January 2009, together with mountain to his original club Lillestrøm SK, where you can continue to work as Sportdirekter/Trainer- duo. Previously, the club was just wide with a scarred table number 12 on descent. For the 2009 season they finished again secured a place in the middle of the league.

Achievements

In the club

As a player