Tormod Kjellsen

Tormod Kjellsen (25 September 1894 – 27 May 1978) was a Norwegian footballer from Larvik. He played for his local club Larvik Turn.

He made his debut for the Norway national football team on 11 September 1910 in a 4–0 defeat to Sweden in Kristiania (now Oslo). Kjellsen was the only player in the Norwegian squad to be at a team from outside the capital.[1] His only other international cap was on 14 September 1913 in a 1–1 friendly draw against Russia in Moscow.[2]

Kjellsen was aged 15 years and 351 days on his international debut.[3] He held the record as the youngest full Norwegian international for over a century until it was broken by Martin Ødegaard on 27 August 2014.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Norway v Sweden". eu-football.info. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Russia v Norway". eu-football.info. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Norway call up 15-year-old midfielder". BBC Sport. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Martin Odegaard becomes Norway's youngest player... now could 15-year-old face England?". Daily Mail. Reuters. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
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