Frank Løke

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Frank Løke
Player information
birthday February 6, 1980
place of birth Sandefjørd , Norway
citizenship NorwegianNorwegian Norwegian
height 1.93 m
Playing position Circular rotor
Throwing hand right
Club information
society IL Runar Sandefjord
Jersey number 5
Clubs as active
from ... to society
1998-2003 NorwayNorway IL Runar Sandefjord
2003-2004 GermanyGermany SV Post Schwerin
2004-2005 DenmarkDenmark FCK Håndbold
2005-2007 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Grasshopper Club Zurich
2007-2009 SwitzerlandSwitzerland ZMC Amicitia Zurich
2009–2 / 2010 CroatiaCroatia RK Zagreb
2 / 2010–2015 GermanyGermany TuS N-Lübbecke
2015-2016 NorwayNorway Drammen HK
2016– NorwayNorway IL Runar Sandefjord
National team
Debut on January 6, 2001
against Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
  Games (goals)
NorwayNorway Norway 186 (646)

As of January 28, 2015

Frank Løke (born February 6, 1980 in Sandefjørd , Norway ) is a Norwegian handball player . He is 1.93 m tall and weighs 106 kg.

Frank Løke started playing handball in his hometown at the national top club Runar Sandefjørd. There the circular runners made their debut in the first Norwegian league and won the Norwegian championship in 1999 and 2002. When his club got into wage arrears, however, Løke moved to SV Post Schwerin in the 2nd handball Bundesliga . There he was in the 2003/04 season with over 200 goals significantly involved in promotion to the first handball Bundesliga ; Nevertheless, he did not extend his one-year contract and moved on to FCK Håndbold in Copenhagen . There, too, he was one of the top performers with 140 hits, whereupon SG Flensburg-Handewitt became aware of Løke and signed him in 2005. However, with Michael V. Knudsen and Johnny Jensen the SG already had two strong runners; therefore Løke was loaned to the Grasshopper Club Zurich for a year before he was to inherit Johnny Jensen in 2006. But when Jensen extended his contract in Flensburg until 2008, the loan deal with Zurich was also extended by two more years.

In 2007, however, Arnold Schuler, President of GC Zurich and Løke's sponsor, was ousted. Schuler then moved to local rivals ZMC Amicitia Zurich ; at the same time he and Løke dissolved the still existing contract with Flensburg, so that Løke Schuler was able to follow in 2007 together with five other players to Amicitia Zurich. With Zurich, Løke won the Swiss championship title in 2008 and 2009 and the SHV Cup in 2009 .

In June 2009 Løke signed each contract with the clubs Skjern Håndbold and RK Zagreb . A short time later, Løke announced that he wanted to play for Zagreb, which is why Skjern hired a lawyer to investigate the matter. In September 2009 it was finally announced that he would wear the RK Zagreb jersey in the future. Due to the two contract signings, Løke was banned from the EHF for nine months for international games. However, RK Zagreb appealed the judgment, which is why Løke was initially eligible to play. On January 13, 2010 the judgment was upheld by the European Court of Arbitration of the EHF, whereby Løke was banned from all international club competitions until September 13, 2010. In spring 2010 Løke switched to TuS N-Lübbecke . From the summer of 2016 he was under contract with the Norwegian first division club Drammen HK . When there was an incident at the Drammen HK Christmas party in December 2015, Løke was given leave of absence. In January 2016 he signed a contract with IL Runar Sandefjørd.

Frank Løke has so far played 186 international matches for the Norwegian national team . He also took part in the 2006 European Championships and the 2007 World Cup in Germany. In the former even statistically the best circular runner of the tournament, he was eliminated both times after the preliminary round and in the latter he finished 13th in the end. The 7th place at the 2005 World Cup is therefore his greatest international success. At the 2008 European Championship in his own country, he achieved 6th place with Norway and was voted the best circular runner of the tournament.

His two sisters Heidi and Lise are also well-known handball players.

Bundesliga record

season society Division Games Gates 7 meters Field gates
2009/10 TuS N-Lübbecke Bundesliga 14th 46 0 46
2010/11 TuS N-Lübbecke Bundesliga 31 101 0 101
2011/12 TuS N-Lübbecke Bundesliga 30th 82 0 82
2012/13 TuS N-Lübbecke Bundesliga 27 94 0 94
2013/14 TuS N-Lübbecke Bundesliga 34 79 0 79
2009-2014 total Bundesliga 136 402 0 402

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Løke new in the Schwerin squad
  2. ↑ Løke no longer in the Schwerin squad
  3. ↑ handballold.nif.no: Totaloversikt for Løke, Frank , accessed on December 26, 2017
  4. ↑ Løke near Schwerin in conversation
  5. ↑ Perspective commitment: Super talent Frank Løke with SG from 2006
  6. ^ Løke is loaned to Zurich with reference to the time in Copenhagen
  7. ^ Løke case: Skjern hires lawyer
  8. ↑ sport.tv2.dk: Få overblik over Frank Løke-sein , accessed on October 8, 2017
  9. ↑ Löke's move to Zagreb confirmed - EHF imposed a nine-month ban
  10. ↑ Løke case: Zagreb reports blackmail - Skjern denies
  11. ↑ Judgment against Løke confirmed: nine months ban
  12. ↑ handball-world.com: Second transfer coup after Kjelling: Drammen brings rounds out of the Bundesliga on March 26, 2015, accessed on March 26, 2015
  13. ↑ handball-world.com: Norwegian media: Ex-Bundesliga player Løke released after the incident at the Christmas party on December 24, 2015, accessed on January 23, 2016
  14. ↑ handball-world.com: Ex-Bundesliga player Løke back at home club on January 23, 2016, accessed on January 23, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Løke, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian handball player
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Sandefjørd , Norway