Michael Tørnes Football player

Michael Elvers Tørnes (born 8 January 1986 in Herlev) is a Danish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for HJK Helsinki. He has played 18 games for various Danish national youth teams.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.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.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. Old record was 882 minutes by András Vilnrotter.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 08, 1986
Birth place
Denmark , Herlev
Height (meters)1.87

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Football player

position
Goalkeeper (association football)
teams
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi
FC Nordsjælland
Brønshøj BK
Denmark national football team
Brøndby IF
Denmark national under-17 football team
Herlev IF
Lyngby Boldklub

Michael Tørnes on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://resol.dr.dk/sportservice_person.aspx?personid=583320
  2. http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/LBasePlayerInfo.aspx?playerid=4877