Alexander Ødegaard (born 13 September 1980) is a Norwegian former

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. He played four times for the

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, scoring one goal, and has played professionally 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 ...

, Rosenborg,

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and French club

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Career

Ødegaard started his career with

Førde IL Førde Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club based in Førde, Sunnfjord. It has sections for alpine skiing, association football, athletics, biathlon, cross-country skiing, floorball, gymnastics, handball, orienteering, powerlifting, ski jumping ...

. He left Førde and joined

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in January 2001. Ødegaard was one of the 1980 generation players to break into the first team of Sogndal. After a successful 2004 season where he scored 15 league goals for Sogndal, and made his international debut for

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, his services were wanted by Brann and Rosenborg. He chose the 13-in-a-row

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champions Rosenborg, but his first season was a disappointment, as Rosenborg failed to win the title. After the season, he was sold to

in a deal worth €875,000. On 24 January 2011, he signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with French side

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. In August 2012, Ødegaard returned to Norway, where he signed for his youth club – the Third Division side

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Career statistics

International goals

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External links

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RBKweb profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Odegaard, Alexander 1980 births Living people People from Voss Kniksen Award winners Norwegian footballers Norway men's international footballers Norway men's under-21 international footballers Norway men's youth international footballers Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards Sogndal Fotball players Rosenborg BK players Viking FK players FC Metz players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Norwegian Second Division players Norwegian Third Division players Ligue 2 players Norwegian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in France Footballers from Vestland