Fredrik Brustad (; born 22 June 1989) is a Norwegian

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who plays for KFUM.

Club career

Brustad was born in

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, and played for Ullern and

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in his youth. After spending three years of his

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career at Stetson University, he signed a contract with the Tippeligaen side Stabæk in August 2011. He made his debut in Tippeligaen in the match against Brann on 21 August 2011. He scored two goals on 29 May 2012 in Stabæk's first win of the season in the match against

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, benefitting from his quick pace. Brustad personal record on 40 meter is 4.57 and Stabæk's head coach,

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said; "I would need to have a head start of at least 20 meters to beat him running 40 meters." Fredrik Brustad signed a three-year pre-contract with

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starting January 2015. In the summer of 2018 Brustad signed a loan deal with Scottish club Hamilton Academical. The loan was scheduled to run for the whole of the 2018–19 season, but Molde opted to curtail the arrangement in January 2019. On 11 January 2019 Brustad signed for

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on a three years contract.

Personal life

Brustad is the half-brother of Norway international footballer Kjetil Wæhler.

Career statistics

References

1989 births Living people Footballers from Oslo Norwegian men's footballers Lyn Fotball players Stetson Hatters men's soccer players Orlando City U-23 players Stabæk Fotball players USL League Two players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players AIK Fotboll players Molde FK players Allsvenskan players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Men's association football forwards Norway men's international footballers Scottish Professional Football League players {{Norway-footy-forward-stub