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{{short description|Norwegian footballer}}
{{short description|Norwegian footballer}}
'''Thomas Berling''' (born 21 January 1979) is a retired Norwegian [[football defender]].<ref name=lyn>{{cite web| url=http://www.lynfotball.net/Lyn_Spiller.asp?id=6| title = Thomas Berling Profile| access-date=9 February 2009| work= Lyn Football.net|language=Norwegian}}</ref> His retirement from football sparked media attention.
'''Thomas Berling''' (born 21 January 1979) is a Norwegian retired [[football defender]].<ref name=lyn>{{cite web| url=http://www.lynfotball.net/Lyn_Spiller.asp?id=6| title = Thomas Berling Profile| access-date=9 February 2009| work= Lyn Football.net|language=Norwegian}}</ref> His retirement from football sparked media attention.


He hails from [[Drevja]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/norsk/artikkel.php?artid=442367|title=- Homohets knekker potensielle profiler|access-date=9 February 2009|work=VG|date=28 April 2001|language=Norwegian}}</ref> He played for [[Nardo FK]], and joined [[FC Lyn Oslo|Lyn]] ahead of the 1999 season. He played four games in the second highest Norwegian league,<ref name=lyn/> and also played for the u–19 national team.<ref name=db>{{cite web|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2001/04/28/254800.html|title=Homohets rammet landslagsspiller|access-date=9 February 2009|work=Dagbladet|date=27 April 2001|language=Norwegian|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606154223/http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2001/04/28/254800.html|archive-date=6 June 2009}}</ref>
He hails from [[Drevja]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/norsk/artikkel.php?artid=442367|title=- Homohets knekker potensielle profiler|access-date=9 February 2009|work=VG|date=28 April 2001|language=Norwegian}}</ref> He played for [[Nardo FK]], and joined [[FC Lyn Oslo|Lyn]] ahead of the 1999 season. He played four games in the second highest Norwegian league,<ref name=lyn/> and also played for the u–19 national team.<ref name=db>{{cite web|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2001/04/28/254800.html|title=Homohets rammet landslagsspiller|access-date=9 February 2009|work=Dagbladet|date=27 April 2001|language=Norwegian|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606154223/http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2001/04/28/254800.html|archive-date=6 June 2009}}</ref>

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Thomas Berling (born 21 January 1979) is a Norwegian retired football defender.[1] His retirement from football sparked media attention.

He hails from Drevja.[2] He played for Nardo FK, and joined Lyn ahead of the 1999 season. He played four games in the second highest Norwegian league,[1] and also played for the u–19 national team.[3]

In 2000, he disappeared from professional football. It later surfaced that he had come out as gay, and that he quit football as a result of what he described as widespread homophobia in the football community.[3] In 2001, he briefly came out of retirement, playing for lower league Drøbak/Frogn IF.[3]

Berling's case was cited several times in the upcoming years, as the connection between homophobia and sport was discussed in the national media now and then.[4][5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Thomas Berling Profile". Lyn Football.net (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  2. ^ "- Homohets knekker potensielle profiler". VG (in Norwegian). 28 April 2001. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  3. ^ a b c "Homohets rammet landslagsspiller". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 27 April 2001. Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  4. ^ Christiansen, Anders K. (12 November 2004). "Reagerer kraftig på Rekdals homoutspill". VG (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  5. ^ Pettersen, Charlotte Lokland; Kleve, Marie; Nordseth, Pål (19 September 2008). "- Håper han blir tatt vel i mot". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  6. ^ Nordli, Øyvind (19 September 2012). "Han merket homohetsen på kroppen" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 15 October 2012.


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