Atle Maurud (born 15 October 1970) is a retired

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. He hails from Gjøvik, and played for Gjøvik SK and

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before joining

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ahead of the 1994 season. He only played two

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games in

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, but then established himself in the first team. In the 1997 season he played for

SFK Lyn Ski- og Fotballklubben Lyn (lit. "Ski and Football Club Lightning") is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Nordre Aker, Oslo. It has two sections; for association football and Nordic skiing. Until 2010 they had a third section, for top-level a ...

. He played regularly, but the team was relegated and he returned to Hamarkameratene. The team experienced a series of relegations to the

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, but was back in the First Division for the 2000 season. He stayed here until 2001, when he did not get much first-team football and was loaned out to FF Lillehammer. He then played for

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and SK Gjøvik-Lyn again.

References

Norwegian men's footballers Hamarkameratene players Lyn Fotball players Raufoss IL players Sportspeople from Gjøvik Footballers from Innlandet 1970 births Living people Eliteserien players FK Gjøvik-Lyn players Men's association football forwards {{Norway-footy-forward-stub