Christoffer Dahl
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Christoffer "Doffern" Dahl (born 8 January 1984) is a Norwegian
football midfielder who currently plays for KFUM Oslo
. He also plays futsal
for Norwegian Futsal Premier League
club KFUM-Kameratene Oslo Futsal
.
, and joining KFUM Oslo
. He was transferred to Lyn ahead of the 2003 season, where he made his Norwegian Premier League
debut against Viking in a 3–3 draw on 25 May 2003. He was loaned out to Norwegian First Division
club Manglerud Star
for 16 matches in 2006.
In 2006, he announced that he was retiring from elite football, due to lack of motivation. He decided to start teaching education
, and play football for his former club KFUM Oslo, then in the Norwegian Third Division
. The team was later promoted to the Second Division
.
, but lost to Ole Christian Kvarme
. His girlfriend, Cecilie Brynestad, is the daughter of former Lyn-owner, Atle Brynestad.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
football midfielder who currently plays for KFUM Oslo
KFUM-Kameratene Oslo
KFUM-Kameratene Oslo is the sports branch of the local YMCA in Oslo, Norway. It has sections for association football, futsal, volleyball and track and field.The club was founded on 1 January 1939...
. He also plays futsal
Futsal
Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...
for Norwegian Futsal Premier League
Norwegian Futsal Premier League
Norwegian Futsal Premier League is the top division for futsal in Norway. Its official Norwegian name is Telekiosken Futsal Liga after its sponsor Telekiosken. It is also known as NFF Futsal Eliteserien .-Competition:...
club KFUM-Kameratene Oslo Futsal
KFUM-Kameratene Oslo Futsal
KFUM-Kameratene Oslo Futsal is the futsal department of KFUM-Kameratene Oslo, the local YMCA branch in Oslo, Norway. They won the Norwegian Futsal Premier League in 2009–10, after receiving silver medals in the inaugural season.- Honours :...
.
Career
He started his career in Vikersund before moving to OsloOslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, and joining KFUM Oslo
KFUM-Kameratene Oslo
KFUM-Kameratene Oslo is the sports branch of the local YMCA in Oslo, Norway. It has sections for association football, futsal, volleyball and track and field.The club was founded on 1 January 1939...
. He was transferred to Lyn ahead of the 2003 season, where he made his Norwegian Premier League
Tippeligaen
Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...
debut against Viking in a 3–3 draw on 25 May 2003. He was loaned out to Norwegian First Division
Adeccoligaen
The Norwegian First Division is the second highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2005, the official name of the league has been Adeccoligaen....
club Manglerud Star
Manglerud Star Toppfotball
Manglerud Star Toppfotball is a football club based in Oslo, Norway. The club was established in its current form on December 14, 2005 after a merger between Manglerud Star Fotball, and Fotballklubben Oslo Øst, originally formed in 2000....
for 16 matches in 2006.
In 2006, he announced that he was retiring from elite football, due to lack of motivation. He decided to start teaching education
School of education
In the United States and Canada, a school of education is a division within a university that is devoted to scholarship in the field of education, which is an interdisciplinary branch of the social sciences encompassing sociology, psychology, linguistics, economics, political science, public...
, and play football for his former club KFUM Oslo, then in the Norwegian Third Division
Norwegian Third Division
The Norwegian Third Division is the fourth highest division of the men's football league in Norway. Like the rest of the Norwegian football league system, the season runs from spring to autumn, running approximately from April to October...
. The team was later promoted to the Second Division
Norwegian Second Division
The Norwegian Second Division is the third highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2009, the official name of the league has been Fair Play-ligaen....
.
Personal life
He is the son of Norwegian priest, Per Arne Dahl, who was nominated as the successor of Oslo bishop, Gunnar StålsettGunnar Stålsett
Gunnar Stålsett is the former bishop of Oslo, in the Church of Norway, from 1998 to 2005.Stålsett is a graduate from MF Norwegian School of Theology in Oslo, and was awarded the qualification cand.theol. in 1961. He has worked as a minister and taught at the University of Oslo...
, but lost to Ole Christian Kvarme
Ole Christian Kvarme
Ole Christian Mælen Kvarme is the Bishop of Oslo in the Lutheran Church of Norway since 2005. As Bishop of Oslo, Kvarme is the personal prelate of the Norwegian Royal Family....
. His girlfriend, Cecilie Brynestad, is the daughter of former Lyn-owner, Atle Brynestad.