Playerhistory.com

Playerhistory.com is an internet association football statistics database, founded in April 2002 by former footballer Håkon André Winther (born 15 September 1969 in Tromsø).[1]

Playerhistory.com
Type of businessPrivate
FoundedTromsø, Norway
HeadquartersTromsø, Norway
Area servedWorldwide
Founder(s)Håkon André Winther
Key people
  • Håkon André Winther (Owner)
RevenueUnknown
EmployeesApprox. 90 (volunteers)

Maintained by a team of volunteers from all over the world, it is one of the largest websites of its kind.[2] As of August 2009, when Football DataCo threatened legal action in a dispute over fixtures, the site contains more than 340,000 player profiles, 40,000 club details and more than 1,600,000 match results.[2]

Playerhistory.com's material has been reproduced in media sources including Aftenposten[3] and Bladet Tromsø.[4]

References

  1. "Vill bli störst i världen" (in Swedish). Fotboll Guiden. November 2006. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Per-Christian Johansen (2006-01-23). "Ny finne TIL-aktuell". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
  3. Anders Horne (2006-01-23). "En god fotballspiller" (in Norwegian). itromso.no. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
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