{{update|date=March 2026}} {{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1992)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Thomas Drage | image = Thomas Drage.jpg | fullname = Thomas Alfred Jonas Drage | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|2|20}} | birth_place = Mosjøen, Norway | height = 1.75 m | currentclub = Europa Point | clubnumber = 7 | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Mosjøen <!--LEAGUE APPS & GOALS ONLY --> | years1 = 2010–2015 | caps1 = 136 | goals1 = 10 | clubs1 = Tromsø | years2 = 2015 | caps2 = 13 | goals2 = 1 | clubs2 = Sogndal | years3 = 2016 | caps3 = 12 | goals3 = 4 | clubs3 = Varberg | years4 = 2016–2017 | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = Falkenberg | years5 = 2017–2018 | caps5 = 33 | goals5 = 3 | clubs5 = Bodø/Glimt | years6 = 2019–2023 | caps6 = 101 | goals6 = 8 | clubs6 = Fredrikstad | years7 = 2023– | caps7 = 49 | goals7 = 2 | clubs7 = Europa Point | years8 = 2025 | caps8 = – | goals8 = – | clubs8 = → Mosjøen (loan) | nationalyears1 = 2008 | nationalteam1 = Norway U16<ref>{{NFF|3136481}}</ref> | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2009 | nationalteam2 = Norway U17 | nationalcaps2 = 5 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | nationalyears3 = 2010 | nationalteam3 = Norway U18 | nationalcaps3 = 7 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalyears4 = 2011 | nationalteam4 = Norway U19 | nationalcaps4 = 7 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | nationalyears5 = 2012–2013 | nationalteam5 = Norway U21 | nationalcaps5 = 5 | nationalgoals5 = 1 | nationalyears6 = 2012 | nationalteam6 = Norway | nationalcaps6 = 1 | nationalgoals6 = 0 | club-update = 13 December 2025 }}
'''Thomas Drage''' (born 20 February 1992) is a Norwegian football player who plays for 4. divisjon side Mosjøen.<ref>[https://twitter.com/EuropaPointFC/status/1686352370622455809 DONE DEAL: Thomas Drage is ready for Europa Point FC!] Europa Point FC. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.</ref>
Drage's breakout season came in 2011. He led his team in assists, contributing 11 of them, placing him as runner-up behind Strømsgodset's Øyvind Storflor (at 12) on the list of most assists in the league. Drage was also named Tromsø's player of the year. The award, ''Årets Isbjørn'' (''Polar Bear of the Year''), is handed out annually by Tromsø's supporters and decided through a fan poll. Drage received 52.2% of the votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isberget.no/news/911/66/Thomas-Drage-ble-arets-Isbjorn-2011|title=Thomas Drage ble Årets Isbjørn 2011|date=20 November 2011|accessdate=21 November 2011|language=Norwegian}}</ref> Thanks to his fine play, Drage was rewarded with a salary increase and a new four-year contract with Tromsø at the end of the 2011 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fotball.itromso.no/eliteserien/article215393.ece|title=Fire nye år for Drage|date=21 November 2011|accessdate=21 November 2011|language=Norwegian}}</ref> In 2019 he joined Fredrikstad<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fredrikstadfk.no/nyheter/thomas-drage-klar-for-ffk |title=Thomas Drage klar for FFK |trans-title=Thomas Drage signs for FFK |language=Norwegian|publisher=Fredrikstad FK |date=28 March 2019 |accessdate=10 May 2019}}</ref>
He won his first cap for Norway on 18 January 2012 at the 2012 King's Cup. He came on as a substitute against Thailand, replacing Tarik Elyounoussi at half-time. Norway won the match 1–0.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/01/18/world/friendlies/thailand/norway/1236161/ |title=Thailand vs. Norway - 18 January 2012 - Soccerway |website=Ie.soccerway.com |date=2016-08-31 |accessdate=2016-11-11}}</ref>
== Career statistics == {{updated|12 June 2021}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !rowspan="2"|Season !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Division !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total |- !Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |2010 | rowspan="6"|Tromsø | rowspan="4"|Eliteserien |16||1||4||0||colspan="2"|–||20||1 |- |2011 |30||4||3||1||4||0||37||5 |- |2012 |30||2||7||1||6||0||43||3 |- |2013 |22||1||4||1||14||0||40||2 |- |2014 ||1. divisjon |29||2||3||0||4||2||36||4 |- |2015 ||Eliteserien |9||0||2||0||-||-||11||0 |- |2015 ||Sogndal ||1. divisjon |13||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||13||1 |- |2016 ||Varbergs BoIS ||Superettan |12||4||0||0||colspan="2"|–||12||4 |- |2016 ||Falkenbergs FF ||Allsvenskan |12||0||1||1||colspan="2"|–||13||1 |- |2017 |rowspan="2" valign="center"|Bodø/Glimt |rowspan="1" valign="center"|1. divisjon |21||3||0||0||colspan="2"|–||21||3 |- |2018 |rowspan="1" valign="center"|Eliteserien |12||0||3||1||colspan="2"|–||15||1 |- |2019 |rowspan="3" valign="center"|Fredrikstad |rowspan="2" valign="center"|2. divisjon |22||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||24||0 |- |2020 |13||2||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||13||2 |- |2021 |rowspan="1" valign="center"|1. divisjon |5||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||5||1 |- !colspan="3"|Career Total !246!!21!!29!!5!!28!!2!!303!!28 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerway|thomas-drage/115740}}
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