Start:
Hammerfest FK, Norway
A 35 000 km
journey across the globe
“We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the South.”
Roland Amundsen
Start:
Hammerfest FK, Norway
A 35 000 km
journey across the globe
“We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the South.”
Roland Amundsen
On A Trike
by
Southern United FC, New Zeeland
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What do we want to do?
“Viking on Road” is a 35.000 kilometres journey on a trike.
We are looking to visit on our way from north to south, over 200
football clubs across the world. From Hammerfest – Norway to South United FC – New Zeeland
Finish:
Southern United FC, New Zeeland
NEWS
Autumn 2024
Since i was little, my dream has been to see the world.
Summer 2024
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Our mission
(or “Why do we want to do it?”)
01.
The main purpose of the expedition is to raise funds and donations for the “Little People Association” in Romania and to inspire young generations to get involved as volunteers in one of their many projects.
The mission of Little People is to improve the quality of life for children and young people with cancer.
The Little People Association was founded in 1996 in Cluj-Napoca, from the desire to offer child and teenage cancer patients the support each one of them needs.
Today, the Association provides the field of paediatric oncology from Romania and the Republic of Moldova with a whole range of high-quality services:
- daily psychosocial support programs for patients
- material support for the hospital wards through playroom renovation projects
- donations of medical equipment and acquisition of hard-to-find medicine
- complex events for the young cancer survivors
#BeAViking
Help the little ones!
02.
The second goal of the mission is to promote a sporty & healthy lifestyle on a environment-friendly mobile and to inspire young generations to practice both individual and team sports such as cycling or football.
03.
The third objective of the expedition is to deliver football fans and football community a small authentical bite of history and interesting stories from clubs across the world, seen and heard from different angles than social media and TV, combined with local social, cultural and gastronomical habits.
Our partners
How we will do it?
We will “sail” from north to south, on our trike.
There will be areas where this is not possible such as oceans and we will be forced to find another way to do it.
This journey will take us 30 looooong months. During this time we will be visting clubs from:
- Scandinavia
- United Kingdoms
- Western, Central & Eastern
Europe - Middle East & Far East
- Asia
- Australia & New Zeeland
Estimated time of completion (ETC)
Who’s gonna do it?
Adrian Stefanescu is half Viking – half Romanian, an former football player, coach and football agent, writer, books lover, education lover, food and wine enthusiast and football mad explorer.
He was the youngest players agent in the world at the age of 21, and now is licensed in football management, UEFA C coaching and football scouting & talent identification.
Training period (1 April 2024 - 1 April 2025)
In this phase of the project, the trike will be riding in different parts of Norway on various weather and terrain conditions.
The basecamp for the training and trike maintenance will be Phillipshaugen Lodge, in Øksendal.
The trike will be displayed at the hotel when is not on the road trips.
The journey (1 May 2025 - 1 December 2028)
Start point:
Hammerfest FK, Norway
1 May 2025
Distance:
35.000 kilometers
(depending on unforeseen events)
Avarage distance per day:
40 kilometers
End point:
Southern United FC, New Zeeland
1 December 2028 (estimated)
Some of the clubs we plan to visit
Hammerfest FK
Alta IF
Tromsø FK
Bodø-Glimt
Rosenborg FK
Molde FK
IFK Gothenburg
FK Copenhaga
Malmo FK
Hamburg
Bremen
Groningen
Utrecht
Ajax
Feyenoord
Cercle Brugge
Chelsea
Wolverhampton
Liverpool
Manchester City
Newcastle
Hearts FC
Glasgow Rangers
Inverness
Cork City
Cardiff City
Portsmouth
Brighton
Le Havre
Caen FC
Rennes
Nantes
Bordeaux
Bilbao
Ovideo
Deportivo La Coruna
Celta Vigo
Fc Porto
Sporting Lisbon
Sevilla
Malaga
Real Murcia
CF Valencia
Barcelona
Toulouse
Montpelier
TMarseille
OSC Nice
Monaco
Genoa
Fiorentina
Roma
Napoli
Foggia
Pescara
Bologna
AC Milan
Brescia
Venezia
Dinamo Zagreb
Partizan Belgrade
UTA Arad
CFR Cluj
FC Brasov
Steaua Bucharest
TSKA Sofia
Vardar Skopje
PAOK Salonic
Galatasaray
Pafos FC
Beirut Jerusalem
Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Al-Ahly Jeddah
Al-Ahly Dubai
Muscat FC
Mumbai City FC
Pune City FC
Bengaluru FC
Colombo FC
Kuala Lumpur FC
Jakarta City FC
Brisbane City
Sydney FC
Melbourne City
Auckland United FC
Southern United FC
Adventurer background
Adrian is a former football player that spent his youth at Dinamo Bucharest before moving and playing for some other clubs including Ullern IF in Norway.
After retiring due an injury, Adrian went to study Sports Management and started his career as an agent working with some of the biggest clubs in the world and becoming, in 2004, the youngest player agent in the world at the age of 21.
With an extensive experience in customers service, travel & hospitality fields Adrian is now driving with big success the historical Phillipshaugen Lodge hidden between the Norwegian fjords, after he spent some time travelling and working as a sporting director for a few clubs in Europe in the pandemic times. He is also holding UEFA C Coaching License as well as other rewards in football scouting & talent identification.
He has written two books and hopefully a third one will be written after this expedition.
Adrian will use all his football contacts in his journey and hopefully he will be welcome to step in behind the scenes at the clubs he will visit during his expedition to share with our audience some amazing experiences.