Bjørn Tore Kvarme

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Bjørn Tore Kvarme
Personal information
Date of birth	June 17, 1972 (1972-06-17) (age 35)
Place of birth	Trondheim, Norway
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Rosenborg
Number	26
Youth clubs
1991	Utleira
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991-1997 1997-1999 1999-2001 2001-2004 2004-2005 2005-present	Rosenborg Liverpool AS Saint-Étienne Real Sociedad Bastia Rosenborg	88 (2) 45 (0) 53 (0) 84 (0) 10 (0) 27 (0)
National team2
1997	Norway	1 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 June 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Bjørn Tore Kvarme (born 17 June 1972 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian football defender currently with Rosenborg BK. He is usually deployed in the centerback or rightback positions. Kvarme has to date earned one cap for the Norwegian national team, a friendly against Colombia in 1997.

Kvarme first signed with Rosenborg in 1991, transferring from Utleira, a local club. He played six seasons, winning the Tippeliga five times. In the fall of 1996 Kvarme was on his way to sign for Stabæk, but Premier League club Liverpool outbid the Norwegian club. Kvarme spent three years for the Merseyside team. In 1999 he was transferred to the French club AS Saint-Étienne, where he played two seasons and became their club captain, before signing for Real Sociedad in La Liga. He spent three seasons in Spain, before again moving to France, this time playing for Bastia for half a season. In 2005 he returned to his hometown club.

In August 2007, Bjørn Tore Kvarme announced that he would retire after the 2007 season. Stating injuries and lack of playing time as the main reasons for retiring, he have however agreed to take another year with Rosenborg.

Bjørn Tore Kvarme speaks fluent Irish having spent two summers in the Gaeltacht region in Galway^{[citation needed]}.

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