Bjarne Kortgaard Ingebretsen (born 10 October 1987) is a

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and assistant coach for

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. He joined Lyn from

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in 2002, and made his

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debut on 13 July 2004 against

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. He stayed in Lyn for four seasons, but never broke into the first team. He was loaned out to

Kongsvinger IL Kongsvinger Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from the city of Kongsvinger in Hedmark, founded in 1892. Its men's football team is well-known, and it has teams for several other sports. Athletics Kongsvinger IL has an athletics section. Unti ...

in 2007 and

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in 2008. Ahead of the 2009 season the move to Nybergsund IL was made permanent. He joined Mjøndalen in 2011, but retired due to injuries in 2014. However, he made a comeback in the following season, playing in a first round cup match for the same club. In January 2015, he became assistant coach for Mjøndalen.

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1987 births Living people People from Nedre Eiker Footballers from Buskerud Norwegian men's footballers Lyn Fotball players Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball players Nybergsund IL-Trysil players Mjøndalen IF Fotball players Eliteserien players Men's association football midfielders {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub