Gudmund Taksdal Kongshavn (born 23 January 1991) is a

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, who plays for Tromsdalen. He was born in

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, moved with his family to Bergen as a small child and played for

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before joining Vålerenga's youth team ahead of the 2008 season. He made his

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debut on 26 July 2009 against

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; despite not even being considered a part of the senior squad at the time. Before the 2015 season he signed a contract for

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. Before the 2020 season he signed for Aalesund. In February 2021, he signed a contract with

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side

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. In June 2021 Kongshavn decide to retire to spend time with family and work for the organization MOT. In August 2022, although he had actually stopped, he signed a contract with

Tromsdalen UIL Tromsdalen UIL is a Norwegian sports club founded in 1938, from Tromsdalen in the municipality of Tromsø. It has sections for football, athletics, skiing and gymnastics. The men's football team plays in 2. divisjon, the third level in Norwegia ...

in PostNord-ligaen.

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Club

Honours

Norway U21 *

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bronze:

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References

1991 births Living people Footballers from Bergen Norwegian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Norway men's youth international footballers Eliteserien players Liga I players Vålerenga Fotball players Sarpsborg 08 FF players Tromsø IL players Aalesunds FK players FC Dinamo București players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Romania {{Norway-footy-goalkeeper-stub