Knut Borch

Infobox Football biography
playername = Knut Borch


fullname = Knut Håkon Borch
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|01|29
cityofbirth = Tromsø
countryofbirth = Norway
height = Height|m=1.94
position = goalkeeper
currentclub = Retired
clubnumber =
youthyears =
youthclubs = Tromsø IL
years = 1997-2008
clubs = Tromsø IL
caps(goals) = 094 0(0)
nationalyears = 2005
nationalteam = Norway
nationalcaps(goals) = 0 1 0 (0)
pcupdate = 7 November 2007
ntupdate = 16 July 2007

Knut Håkon Borch (born January 29 1980) is a retired football goalkeeper from Tromsø in Norway.

Borch studied medicine at the University of Tromsø, and graduated in June 2007 to become a medical doctor.

Club career

As a goalkeeper Borch played for Tromsø IL for his entire career was at the club since 1986. Borch finally secured an undisputed first team position ahead of the 2004 season and played particularly well in the last half of the season.

The 2005 and 2006 season, Borch was plagued with injury problems. Tromsø enlisted Lars Hirschfeld to fill in for Borch during the 2005 season, while Kenny Stamatopoulos and Sead Ramovic played for Tromsø during the 2006 season. Borch became injury free during the 2007-season. However, Ramovic was Tromsø's first choice even after Borch's return to football. Borch did get one match, a 2-1 loss to Fredrikstad, that Ramovic could not play due to suspension.

Borch retired in the summer of 2008, because of his injury problems. [http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/article116335.ece]

International career

As a result of his great 2004 season, Borch was featured in the first national team call up in 2005. However, he was capped only once for the Norwegian national team [ [http://www.geocities.com/thomsof/landslaget/landslaget.html Norway - International Players] - Landslaget] .

References

* [http://www.til.no/www/adel/profil/310 Player profile] - Tromsø IL club website