Gunnar Norebø (born 28 January 1976) is a Norwegian retired football midfielder. He is from

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. He was regarded as a fine talent in his early days and trained with

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. He made his debut for the Norwegian Premier League team SK Brann in 1993, and played there until 1998. He spent some time on loan at

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in his last year at Brann. Released by Brann, in early 1999, he negotiated a contract with the Greek team Ionikos, but contract irregularities led to Norebø dropping the club. He instead joined Åsane. At the same time, he studied at the

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and, in August 2004, he was hired by

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for a project in

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. His job was to play, coach and develop players in the first-tier football club

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. He returned to Åsane after one year. In 2006, he was hired by Lørenskog IF as a playing assistant coach. He still played there in 2008.

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