Rune Ertsås (born 24 May 1987) is a retired

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footballer who last played as a

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for

Steinkjer Steinkjer is a municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Steinkjer (town), town of Steinkjer which is located on th ...

. He has previously played in

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for

Molde Molde () is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord. The administrative centre of the m ...

and

Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a city and the most populous municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on 1 January 1969. On 1 ...

Career

The young Norwegian striker was bought by

from

in 2006. Ertsås was loaned out from Molde loaned to

in the first half of the 2010-season, and scored the match-winning goal when Sandefjord won 2-1 against Molde on 21 March 2010. On 5 August 2010 he signed a two-year deal with

Vejle Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality ('' kommune'') and the R ...

. In March 2012, Ertsås signed with

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side Alta after being released from his contract with Vejle. He scored six goals in 20 matches for Alta during the 2012 season, when the team was relegated from the First Division. Ahead of the 2013 season, Ertsås signed a two-year contract with Hødd. He retired after the 2017 season.

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1987 births Living people People from Steinkjer Norwegian men's footballers Molde FK players Sandefjord Fotball players Vejle Boldklub Kolding players Alta IF players IL Hødd players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Norwegian Second Division players Norwegian Third Division players Danish 1st Division players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Steinkjer FK players Norway men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football forwards Footballers from Trøndelag {{Norway-footy-forward-stub