Petter Furuseth (born 14 August 1978) is a Norwegian former professional

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who played as a

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in the top-flight in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. He used to be known as Petter Furuseth Olsen. Furuseth represented Norway at youth international level. Furuseth started his career in the local club Eik-Tønsberg, before he played for Brann,

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, Hammarby, Stabæk, Viborg and

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. Furuseth announced his retirement from football in August 2008, but made a comeback five months later in Lyn. He later had spell with Swedish clubs

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and Hammarby, before he returned to Norway where he has been playing and coaching at amateur level.

Career

Furuseth was born in

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, and played for the local team

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during his youth. He played four matches for the Norwegian under-15 team in 1994, and one match for the under-16 the next year. Furuseth transferred to the

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side Eik-Tønsberg in 1996. He played his first matches for Eik in

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, and played a total of 68 league-games for the club.Petter Furuseth
on

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After Eik was relegated in

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, Furuseth transferred to

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. He made his debut in

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against

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on 16 April 2001, and scored a total of 10 goals in 26 games in his first season at Brann. Furuseth stayed in Brann for three seasons, before he moved to Sweden and

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. During the first half of the 2004 season, Olsen was a great attraction in the

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, and it did not take long until he caught the eye of Hammarby. In September 2004, a Örebro in heavy debts was forced to sell him to league rivals Hammarby IF. In

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, Furuseth Olsen was transformed from striker to right winger, and was awarded "Player of the year 2006" by the Hammarby-fans. In October 2006, Furuseth Olsen made it clear that if he were to leave Hammarby and Sweden, he would return to Norway to gain a spot on the Norway national team. He transferred to

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ahead of the 2007-season, but because of a conflict with

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and the other players, he only played 4 matches for Stabæk and signed for the Danish Viborg in June 2007. The following winter, Furuseth transferred to

, but after three rounds of the 2008–09-season he asked to be released the contract and decided to retire. Furuseth decided to make comeback in January 2009, and signed a two-year contract with Lyn. He was transferred from FC Midtjylland, still formally his employer, for an undisclosed fee. Furuseth played only two matches for Lyn in Tippeligaen during the first half of the season, and he was loaned out to

so that Lyn, a club with mayor economic difficulties, could save some wage-expenses. On 10 March 2010, his contract with Lyn was terminated by mutual consent, and Furuseth moved back to Hammarby. Furuseth moved back to Norway again, and was signed by

as a playing assistant coach in February 2012, where he was working under the command of Tor Thodesen, the coach who signed Furuseth from Eik-Tønsberg to Brann in 2000. Furuseth left Moss in August 2012, citing personal reasons, and joined his old club Eik in the Third Division two weeks later, where he was a part of the coaching staff. Ahead of the 2013 season, Furuseth joined Husøy & Foynland IF as a

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Furuseth, Petter 1978 births Living people Footballers from Tønsberg Norwegian men's footballers FK Eik Tønsberg players SK Brann players Örebro SK players Hammarby Fotboll players Stabæk Fotball players Viborg FF players FC Midtjylland players Lyn Fotball players Assyriska FF players Moss FK players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Danish Superliga players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Men's association football midfielders