Sten Ove Eike (born 8 October 1981) is a former

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forward, who played for

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most of his career.

Career

Eike was born in

Skudenes Skudenes is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It was part of the traditional district of Haugaland. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The administrative centre was the town of Skudeneshavn (whi ...

, and played for the local club Skudenes UIL before he joined

in 2004. Eike suffered from a heart attack after a match against

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on 27 September 2009, but he made his comeback in the

2011 Tippeligaen The 2011 Tippeligaen was the 67th completed season of top division football in Norway. The competition began on 20 March 2011 and ended on 27 November 2011. Rosenborg were the defending champions, having secured their twenty-second League Cham ...

. He played 124 matches and scored 20 goals for Haugesund. On 15 August 2011, Eike signed a half-year contract with the 1. divisjon club

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 ...

. With the help of Eike's six goals in nine matches, Sandefjord came third in

2011 Norwegian First Division The 2011 1. divisjon (referred to as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football season. The season began play on 3 April 2011 and ended on 30 October 2011. The clubs relegated from the 2010 Tippeligaen were Høne ...

, but missed out on the promotion to Tippeligaen. After the season, he decided to step down from the professional football career, and got a job as director of football and janitor in his youth club Skudenes, but he admitted that he would probably play some matches for the team in the Norwegian Fifth Division. Until 2017 he played some Skudenes games every season, being a prolific goalscorer.

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