Oddbjørn Skartun (born 28 January 1989) is a Norwegian

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who plays as a

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. He has previously played for

Sogndal Sogndal is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The village of Hermansverk is the administrative center of Sogndal municipality. Other villages i ...

Vard Haugesund Sportsklubben Vard Haugesund is a Norwegian football club located in Haugesund. The team currently plays in the 2. divisjon after being promoted from the 3. divisjon in 2019. The team reached the Norwegian Football Cup finals in 1962 and 1975. ...

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and

Sandnes Ulf Sandnes Ulf is a Norwegian association football club from Sandnes, Rogaland, currently playing in the 1. divisjon, the second highest division in the Norwegian football league system. The club play their home matches at Øster Hus Arena. The clu ...

Career

Skartun was born and raised in

, and played a total of six matches (five league matches) for the

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side Sogndal IL between 2006 and 2009. In 2009, Skartun moved to

, and scored 26 goals in three seasons for the team in the

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. Ahead of the 2012 season, Skartun signed a contract with

, where he made nine appearances in

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, eight as a substitute. He scored two goals for the first-team in the

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and scored 30 goals for the

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in the

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. Skartun joined Bryne ahead of the 2013 season, and signed a two-year contract with the club. After scoring six goals in the first ten matches for Bryne in the First Division, Skartun scored two goals when

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was eliminated in the third round of the

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. Ahead of the 2018 season, he left

and trained for several months with Vard Haugesund, but was reluctant to sign for a third-tier club. He nonetheless did.

Personal life

Skartun is the son of the former Sogndal player

Jarle Skartun Jarle is a masculine Norwegian given name and may refer to: People Given name *Jarle Aambø (born 1960), Norwegian sports official * Jarle Aarbakke (born 1942), Norwegian pharmacologist * Jarle Andhøy (born 1977), Norwegian sailor and explorer * ...

. His uncles, Gjermund Skartun and Rolf Navarsete did also play for Sogndal.

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* 1989 births Living people People from Sogndal Norwegian men's footballers Sogndal Fotball players SK Vard Haugesund players FK Haugesund players Bryne FK players Sandnes Ulf players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Vestland {{Norway-footy-forward-stub