Asbjørn Tenden (born 9 April 1975) is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

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. From 1995 to 1996 he played 10 games in the

Norwegian Premier League Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion ...

for

SK Brann Sportsklubben Brann (commonly known as Brann, and less often as SK Brann) is a Norwegian professional football club, founded 26 September 1908, from Bergen. Brann had been in the Eliteserien, Norway's Premier Division of Football, since 1987, bar ...

. In that period he scored one goal in the game against

Ham-Kam Hamarkameratene (literally ''the Hamar Comrades''), often abbreviated to HamKam or Ham-Kam, is a Norwegian football club based in the town of Hamar. The club was founded in 1918, originally under the name Freidig. HamKam were most recently pr ...

Brann Stadion Brann Stadion is a football stadium in Bergen, Norway. It was constructed in 1919, and has been the home of the football club Brann ever since. The stadium lies south of the city centre, at the foot of Mount Ulriken. The record attendance date ...

on 27 August 1995 when he came on a substitute for Frank Strandli in the 89th minute. In the 1996 season he only played one league game as a substitute and left the club after the season. Before he left the club after the season he also got five minutes as a substitute in a game in the

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against

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. In

IK Start Idrettsklubben Start (or simply IK Start, translates to The sports club Start ) is a Norwegian football club from the city of Kristiansand that currently plays in the 1. divisjon, the second tier of the Norwegian football league system. The c ...

he played 33 games and scored seven goals in the Norwegian Premier League. Later he has played for local clubs such as

Førde Førde is a former municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative center was the town of Førde which in 2016 had 10,255 inhabitants. Other villages in Førd ...

and later Loen IL on the lower levels of the Norwegian league system. He is the brother of footballer

Steinar Tenden Steinar Tenden (born 5 April 1978) is a Norwegian footballer who played as a striker for several teams in Norway and Iceland. He played one game in the Norwegian Premier League when he was in SK Brann. Career Tenden initially started in his lo ...

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* 1975 births Living people Norwegian footballers Stryn TIL players SK Brann players IK Start players Eliteserien players Association football forwards People from Stryn Sportspeople from Vestland {{norway-footy-forward-stub