Ståle Steen Sæthre (born 2 April 1993) is a Norwegian former

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, currently playing for Madla IL as a player-coach. He hails from

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but moved east in 2009 to attend the Norwegian College of Elite Sport in Bærum and play for

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. He soon joined the youth team of

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. After Lyn's demise in early 2010 he went to

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's youth team, then in mid-2011 Stabæk. He made his senior league debut for Stabæk as a substitute in the loss against

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in July 2012, and almost immediately got a

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. After just a few matches he signed for

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. In 2013, he played fairly regularly for Asker, also scoring a goal as Asker eliminated incumbent top league runners-up Strømsgodset from the

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. In the summer however he returned to his hometown Bergen and FK Fyllingsdalen. After some time in Bergen, he played for

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, ...

in 2015, returning to

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and Lysekloster IL in the summer that year. After a trial with Icelandic ÍBV in the winter of 2017, he started the 2017 season for Nest-Sotra. In the 2018 summer window he signed for Aalesund.

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1993 births Footballers from Vestland Living people People from Fusa Norwegian men's footballers 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen Men's association football forwards Stabæk Fotball players Asker Fotball players FK Fyllingsdalen players Lysekloster IL players Nest-Sotra Fotball players Aalesunds FK players Sandnes Ulf players HIFK Fotboll players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Norwegian Second Division players Veikkausliiga players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Finland {{Norway-footy-forward-stub