Dagfinn Enerly
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arne Dagfinn Enerly | ||
| Date of birth | 9 December 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1994 | Grorud | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1997 | Skeid | 62 | (25) |
| 1997–2000 | Moss | 48 | (20) |
| 2001–2004 | Rosenborg | 46 | (6) |
| 2004–2005 | Fredrikstad | 34 | (7) |
| Total | 190 | (58) | |
| National team | |||
| 1996–2001 | Norway | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Dagfinn Enerly (born 9 December 1972 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian former football player. He played for Norwegian Premier League clubs Skeid, Moss, Rosenborg and Fredrikstad. In 2005, he broke his neck during a match, which left him paralyzed from the chest down. He has since regained partial movement in his arms and legs, and has several times stated his intentions to walk again.
Enerly grew up in Ammerud on Oslo's east side, and started his career for local clubs Grorud and later Grei. He then went to the Oslo-club Skeid and with them got his debut in the Norwegian Premier League in 1996. Enerly usually played on the right wing. His key attributes as a player were good pace, good technique and an excellent long-range shot. When Skeid were relegated in 1997, he went to Moss, where he played for three seasons before being signed by champions Rosenborg. Enerly spent three and a half seasons in Rosenborg, winning the League three times. After getting limited playing time in his final season at Rosenborg, he joined Fredrikstad halfway through the 2004 season, where his experience quickly made him an important player and he became team captain.
On 29 October 2005, in the last round of the 2005 season, Fredrikstad faced league leaders Start, away in Kristiansand struggling to avoid relegation. Fredrikstad won the match 3–1, which meant that Fredrikstad stayed up. However, just five minutes into the game, Enerly collided with a teammate, and fell to the ground with his teammate falling on top of him. Enerly was unable to get up or even move a muscle, and medical personnel rushed to his aid carried him off on a stretcher, wearing a neck brace. Later that evening it was announced that Enerly, who had been sent to Oslo's Ullevål Hospital for surgery, had broken his neck and was paraplegic.
The news of the injury shocked all of Norway and overshadowed all the football-related events around the country. In the days that followed, Enerly received well-wishings from every walk of life in Norway, and even from the stars of Real Madrid who were visiting Norway for a Champions League match against Rosenborg. In the days following the accident, a massive SMS campaign was created getting people to light a candle in their window at 8:00 in the evening (Enerly's shirt number was #8).
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