Joachim Sørum is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 footballer.

Career

Born in Dokka

Dokka

Dokka is the administrative centre of Nordre Land municipality, in Oppland county, Norway.Highway 33 comes from the south, along the east side of Randsfjorden, Norway's fourth largest lake. The highway continues northwest to the municipality of Etnedal and to the village of Bjørgo in Nord-Aurdal...

, Sørum is a defender, and normally plays in the mid-defence.

He started his career in Nordre Land

Nordre Land IL

Nordre Land Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Dokka, Nordre Land, Oppland. It has sections for association football, team handball, Nordic skiing, biathlon, cycling, equestrianism, swimming, judo, gymnastics and track and field. It was founded in 1912.The men's football team plays in the...

, and went on to Faaberg which changed its name to Lillehammer. He went to Hamarkameratene ahead of the 2002 season

2002 in Norwegian football

-Round 1:April 13: Molde - Brann 2-0April 14: Vålerenga - Bodø/Glimt 1-1April 21: Sogndal - Start 0-0April 28: Vålerenga - Sogndal 2-0August 4: Bodø/Glimt - Sogndal 2-1August 11: Odd Grenland - Vålerenga 1-3August 17: Molde - Rosenborg 1-2...

. He made his debut against Tromsdalen on 21 April the same year. The highlight of his career is probably his 2–0 goal in the home match against Rosenborg in 2004. He was loaned out to Nybergsund in 2008, and played there regularly in 2009 and 2010 after spending the pre-season training period in Hamarkameratene. In 2011 he returned home to Nordre Land.