Michael Tørnes

Michael Tørnes
Personal information
Full name Michael Elvers Tørnes[1]
Date of birth (1986-01-08) 8 January 1986
Place of birth Herlev, Denmark
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 12 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
OB
Number 1
Youth career
Herlev IF
Farum BK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Lyngby BK ? (?)
2004–2005 Brønshøj BK 14 (1)
2005–2013 Brøndby IF 69 (0)
2013Brønshøj BK (loan) 8 (0)
2014-2015 HJK Helsinki 22 (0)
2015 Sandefjord 9 (0)
2015– OB 4 (0)
National team
2001 Denmark U16 3 (0)
2002–2003 Denmark U17 6 (0)
2003–2004 Denmark U18 5 (0)
2004 Denmark U19 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 November 2015.

† Appearances (goals)

Michael Elvers Tørnes (born 8 January 1986 in Herlev) is a Danish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Danish Superliga club OB. He has played 18 games for various Danish national youth teams.

Career

He had his debut for Brøndby IFs best team in the 67th minute of a 0–0 draw against Flora Tallinn in the UEFA Cup, replacing goalkeeper Casper Ankergren who was sent off. Tørnes kept a clean sheet in the 4–0 second leg win on Brøndby Stadion, which he played for the whole 90 minutes.[2]

In the beginning of the 2010–11 season, Brøndby's first keeper Stephan Andersen, was long-term injured, resulting in Tørnes temporarily taking over his position.[3][4]

During season 2014 Tørnes broke the clean sheet record for Finnish Premier League. Tørnes played 960 minutes consecutively without conceding a goal in either Finnish Premier league matches or in Finnish Cup matches.[5] Old record was 882 minutes by András Vilnrotter.[6]

Statistics

Season Club Competition Apps Goals
2009/10 Brøndby IF Denmark SAS Liga 2 0
2010/11 Brøndby IF Denmark SAS Liga 12 0
2011/12 Brøndby IF Denmark SAS Liga 29 0
2012/13 Brøndby IF Denmark SAS Liga 26 0
2013/14 Brønshøj Denmark Danish 1st Division 8 0
2014 HJK Helsinki Finland Veikkausliiga 22 0
2015 Sandefjord Norway Tippeligaen 9 0
Total 108 0

References

  1. "SBU Profile". DBU Sjælland. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  2. "Brøndby forlænger med Tørnes". B.T. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  3. "Tørnes: Jeg kan erstatte Stephan". Bold.dk. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  4. "Tørnes: Jeg er klar". Tipsbladet. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  5. "HJK:n nollataika murtui". Kaleva. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  6. "Otteluraportti: HJK-VPS". HJK. Retrieved 14 June 2014.

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