Arild Østbø (born 19 April 1991) is a Norwegian

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

Østbø was born in

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and joined the senior team of

Viking FK Viking Fotballklubb, commonly known as Viking or Viking Stavanger internationally, is a Norwegian professional football club from the city of Stavanger. The club was founded in 1899. It is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football, ...

in 2008. He formerly played for

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. He made his Viking debut in the

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, but his

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debut came in 2010. From 2009 to 2010 he was on

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; the deal was terminated after Sandnes Ulf got Bo Andersen as their first-choice goalkeeper. Following

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's transfer from

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to Rosenborg, Østbø was on 9 August 2012 loaned out to Start for the rest of the 2012-season. Ahead of the 2013 season, Viking's first-choice goalkeeper Rune Jarstein wanted to leave the club to play abroad. When the international transfer window closed on 1 February 2013, Jarstein was however still a Viking-player, and Viking wanted to loan out Østbø instead. Østbø joined the

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side

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on a season-long loan-deal in February 2013, where Viking had an option to recall Østbø if Jarstein were sold in the summer. After his loan deal ended, he was poised to return to Viking as the successor of Jarstein. On 2 November 2015, he signed a two-year contract with

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. After one season in Sarpsborg, Østbø signed a three-year contract with Rosenborg in January 2017. On 24 September 2019,

announced that Østbø would return to the club, signing a three-year contract ahead of the 2020 season.

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1991 births Living people Footballers from Stavanger Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's youth international footballers Norway men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Viking FK players Sandnes Ulf players IK Start players Strømmen IF players Sarpsborg 08 FF players Rosenborg BK players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-footy-goalkeeper-stub