Fredrik Aasmundrud Gulbrandsen (born 10 September 1992) is a Norwegian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Molde FK Molde Fotballklubb () is a professional football club based in Molde, Norway, that competes in Eliteserien, the top flight of Norwegian football. Founded on 19 June 1911, the club was originally known as International and changed its name to ...

Club career

Lillestrøm

Gulbrandsen began his career with his hometown club

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. He made his debut in the

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against

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in May 2009, as the youngest Lillestrøm player ever. In March 2010, he was loaned out to

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for the duration of the spring season. While with Lyn he made 11 appearances and scored 2 goals. He returned to Lillestrøm for the 2011 season, and on 3 July 2011 scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 victory over Viking FK.

Molde

On 15 July 2013, Gulbrandsen signed a contract with

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. He had a breakthrough season in 2014 appearing in 29 matches and scored 14 goals in all competitions, helping Molde to their first league and cup double in club history. On 23 November 2014, Gulbrandsen opened the scoring for Molde in a 2–0 victory over

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in the

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. After an injury plagued 2015 season, Gulbrandsen regained his form scoring 4 goals in 9 matches to start the 2016 season, drawing the attention of top European sides.

Red Bull Salzburg

On 16 June 2016, he moved to Red Bull Salzburg and signed a contract until 2019. On 23 July 2016, he scored his first goal for Red Bull Salzburg in his league debut in a 3–1 loss to Sturm Graz. On 23 October 2016 Gulbrandsen scored his second goal for Salzburg in a 5–1 victory over SKN St. Pölten. On 10 March 2017, Gulbrandsen joined

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side

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on a one-year loan deal. He was released on 6 June 2017. During the 2017–18 season, Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating

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and

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thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final. On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as

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played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the

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İstanbul Başakşehir

On 25 June 2019, he has signed three-year contract with Turkish

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club

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Adana Demirspor

On 8 September 2022, he has signed two-year contract with Turkish Süper Lig club Adana Demirspor. On 4 August 2023, Gulbrandsen left Adana Demirspor.

Molde return

On 31 August 2023, Gulbrandsen returned to Norway to re-sign for

International career

Gulbrandsen made his debut for the

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on 27 August 2014 in a friendly against the

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. He started the match, which ended goalless, but was substituted at half time for fellow debutant

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in added time at the end of a 1–0 away win against

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in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying.

Personal life

He is the son of footballer

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who played for

and SV Ried.

Career statistics

Honours

Molde * Tippeligaen:

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Red Bull Salzburg *

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: 2016–17, 2017–18 *

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: 2016–17 İstanbul Başakşehir *

: 2019–20

References

External links

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