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'''Thomas Berling''' (born 21 January 1979) is a retired Norwegian football defender. His retirement from football sparked media attention. |
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'''Thomas Berling''' is a Norwegian footballer who played for the U19 Norwegian national team and plays for the Norwegian professional football team [[Drøbak-Frogn IL]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.aspx?page=player_details&playerID=4118|title= Thomas Berling|accessdate=2009-02-09 |work= PlayerHistory.com|publisher= |date= }}</ref> In 2001 Berling publicly came out as a homosexual while he was a member of the 2001 U19 national team.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2001/04/28/254800.html|title= Homohets rammet landslagsspiller|accessdate=2009-02-09 |work= NRK.no|publisher= |date= 2001-04-27|language= Norwegian}}</ref> |
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He started his career in [[Nardo FK]], and joined [[FC Lyn Oslo|Lyn]] ahead of the 1999 season. He played four games in the second highest Norwegian league,<ref>[http://www.lynfotball.net/Lyn_Spiller.asp?id=6 Profile] at Lyn Fotball.net</ref> 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|accessdate=9 February 2009|work=Dagbladet|date=27 April 2001|language=Norwegian}}</ref> |
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In 2000 he disappeared from professional football. It later surfaced that he had [[coming out|come forward]] as [[homosexual]], and that he quit football as a result of the manifest [[homophobia]] in the community.<ref name=db/> In 2001 he briefly came out of retirement, playing for lower league [[Drøbak/Frogn IF]].<ref name=db/> |
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[[Category:Norwegian footballers]] |
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[[Category:LGBT people from Norway]] |
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Thomas Berling (born 21 January 1979) is a retired Norwegian football defender. His retirement from football sparked media attention.
He started his career in 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.[2]
In 2000 he disappeared from professional football. It later surfaced that he had come forward as homosexual, and that he quit football as a result of the manifest homophobia in the community.[2] In 2001 he briefly came out of retirement, playing for lower league Drøbak/Frogn IF.[2]
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