Trond Nordseth (born 5 January 1974) is a retired

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; late in his career defender. He grew up in the club

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and represented Norway as a youth international. Ahead of the 1993 season he was picked up by

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. Ahead of the 1997 season he was pronounced

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. Ahead of the 1998 season he trialled with Rosenborg, Molde and Aalesund, but joined

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. He scored 12 league goals, and was bought by

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where he managed the same feat in

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. Start won promotion, and in the 2000 Eliteserien Nordseth played 23 games. He went on to

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in 2002, then Steinkjer in mid-2002, Byåsen again in 2005 and

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in 2007. In the spring of 2008 he started another season for Levanger, but then moved to

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to work in advertising and quit his career.

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