Markus Naglestad (born 26 April 1991) is a Norwegian footballer who currently plays for

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in the

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Career

Naglestad started his career as a youth at

Våg A våg (plural ''våger'') or vog is an old Scandinavian unit of mass. The standardized ''landsvåg'', which was introduced in Norway with the new system of weights and measures in 1875, corresponded to three '' bismerpund'', or . The ''våg'' was ...

. He had a short spell with

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in 2006. He featured for Våg in the

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– the 4th tier of Norwegian football – in 2009 and 2010. As a 19-year-old, he moved to the US for studies. There he was voted both

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Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Year, and Rookie of the Year, by the league's coaches after his first season out of two seasons with

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of the

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. He then spent two seasons with

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, before being drafted by

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on 20 January 2015, but failed to sign a contract due to a knee injury. On 9 November 2018, Naglestad signed with

Egersunds IK Egersunds Idrettsklubb, commonly known as Egersund or EIK, is a Norwegian sports club from Egersund in Rogaland. The club has sections for football, handball and athletics, and is most known for its football team, which plays in the 2. divisjon, ...

for the 2019 season. In August 2020, he signed with

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of the

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. On 16 February 2021, Naglestad signed with

side

ahead of the Spring 2021 season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Naglestad, Markus 1991 births Living people Norwegian footballers Norwegian expatriate footballers Providence Friars men's soccer players AC Connecticut players Sandefjord Fotball players Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States New York City FC draft picks USL League Two players Eliteserien players Hamarkameratene players IL Hødd players Egersunds IK players Hartford Athletic players Chattanooga FC players Norwegian Second Division players Men's association football forwards Sportspeople from Kristiansand Bridgeport Purple Knights men's soccer players FK Donn (men) players IF Fram Larvik players National Independent Soccer Association players IK Start players FK Gjøvik-Lyn players Norwegian Third Division players Norwegian Fourth Division players USL Championship players