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Jamaican footballer (born 1993)

Trace Murray
Personal information
Full name Trace Akino Murray
Date of birth (1993-01-31) 31 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Jamaica
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) right back
Team information
Current team Hødd
Number 2
Youth career
2000–2010 Hønefoss
2011–2012 Skeid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Skeid 4 (0)
2013–2015 Grorud 52 (0)
2016–2017 Hønefoss 46 (6)
2018–2020 Grorud 69 (1)
2021–2022 Kongsvinger 44 (1)
2023–2024 Aalesund 17 (0)
2024– Hødd 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2024

Trace Akino Murray (born 31 January 1993) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Hødd.

Career

Born in Jamaica, Murray came to Norway at the age of 5. Settling in Hønefoss, he joined the youth system of Hønefoss BK around the age of 7. His team became local league champions in the U-15 age group. When the time came to attend upper secondary school, Murray chose Oslo. After commuting to Oslo and playing for Hønefoss, he ultimately joined the U20 team of Skeid. He made his senior debut for Skeid in the summer of 2012.

Murray spent his first three senior years in another Oslo-based club, Grorud on the third tier. In 2016 Murray was given the chance to trial for his childhood club Hønefoss, and ended up being signed, incidentally with two of his former U15 teammates.

His breakthrough came after he signed for Grorud again in 2018, and helped the team win promotion from the 2019 2. divisjon and survive the 2020 1. divisjon without being relegated. However, Murray then chose to sign for Kongsvinger in 2021, who had been relegated, but historically was a much larger club than Grorud. He described the team as being more professional, with the team's former back Martin Linnes reaching the national team.

Experiencing success in Kongsvinger, the team was promoted from the 2021 2. divisjon and reached the promotion playoff final of the 2022 1. divisjon. In the winter of 2023, Murray was on trial with Strømsgodset, Hamkam and Aalesund before signing a two-year contract with the latter. He thus made his top-tier debut at the age of 30.

After one season at Aalesund, Murray moved on to Hødd and signed a one-year contract with the club.

Personal life

He is an older brother of Travis Hernes.

Career statistics

As of 15 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Skeid 2012 2. divisjon 4 0 0 0 — 4 0
Grorud 2013 22 0 2 0 — 24 0
2014 20 0 2 0 — 22 0
2015 10 0 1 0 — 11 0
Total 52 0 5 0 — 57 0
Hønefoss 2016 2. divisjon 23 4 0 0 — 23 4
2017 23 2 1 0 — 24 2
Total 46 6 1 0 — 47 6
Grorud 2018 2. divisjon 25 0 1 0 — 26 0
2019 19 1 2 0 — 21 1
2020 1. divisjon 25 0 — — 25 0
Total 69 1 3 0 — 72 1
Kongsvinger 2021 2. divisjon 25 0 3 0 — 28 0
2022 1. divisjon 19 1 3 0 4 0 26 1
Total 44 1 6 0 4 0 54 1
Aalesund 2023 Eliteserien 17 0 3 0 — 20 0
Hødd 2024 2. divisjon 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Career total 232 8 18 0 4 0 254 8
  1. Appearances in Eliteserien play-offs

References

  1. ^ "Nok en HBK-signering". Ringerikes Blad (in Norwegian). 17 February 2016. p. 21.
  2. ^ Mæhlum, Erik (17 February 2016). "- Kongsvinger tilbyr jo natur til de grader". Glåmdalen (in Norwegian). pp. 20–21.
  3. ^ Trace Murray at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. Stenerud, Kristian (10 February 2023). "30-åring klar for AaFK – har aldri spilt i eliteserien før: – Evig takknemlig". Sunnmørsposten (in Norwegian).
  5. Trace Murray at Soccerway
  6. "Trace Akino Murray klar for Hødd" (in Norwegian). IL Hødd. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  7. Tetlie, Lisa Amdam (7 February 2024). "Norsk unggutt dukket opp i Premier League: – Føles ikke ekte" (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
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