Torbjørn Agdestein (born 29 November 1991) is a Norwegian

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who plays as a striker. After playing for

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, Agdestein played for

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, Odd and Aalesund.

Club career

Stord IL

Agdestein started his career at Stord IL, playing 35 games and scoring 16 goals.

Brighton & Hove Albion

In 2010, Agdestein was transferred to English club

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for an undisclosed fee and featured in the development squad. Agdestein made his first competitive appearance for Brighton during an

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3rd round replay against

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. Three days later, he made his first league appearance for Brighton coming on as a second-half substitute and providing an assist to Will Buckley in a 2–1 victory at

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. Towards the end of the 2010–11 season, Agdestein had his Brighton contract extended for one-year. During September 2011, Agdestein joined

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side Bath City on loan. However, making three appearances, Agdestein returned to Brighton. Following his return from Bath City, Agdestein soon played regularly in the reserve team and in March 2012, signed a two-year contract. On 26 July 2013, Agdestein left Brighton after his contract was terminated by mutual consent despite having one-year left to run.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Agdestein signed for

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in July 2013 on a six- month contract, the club beating off competition from

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. However, Agdestein suffered a lack of playing time due to the form of Billy McKay and only made one start. Despite a desire to sign a new contract, Agdestein left the club when his contract expired and his agent said he was in talks with English clubs.

Haugesund

After leaving Scotland and not getting a move to England, Agdestein returned to Norway, where he joined

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side

. On 30 March, he signed a loan deal with

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club

. After breaking into the first team squad he earned the title as the club's top goalscorer in his final

season after bagging 10 league goals.

Odd

He signed for Odd on the 17 August on a three-year deal. Agdestein only earned 7 league appearances and failed to score a single league goal. He did, however, score a hat-trick against IL Hei in the first round of the

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Aalesund

Before the 2018 season he signed for second-tier side

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on a three-year deal. Following a lengthy injury, rupturing both his left and right

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in succession, he was released in the summer of 2021.

Return to Stord IL

After being released by

, he signed for

Stord IL Stord Idrettslag is a sports club located in Stord, Norway. The club was founded as Stord Turn og idrettslag (Stord T&IL) on 30 March 1914, and today it has sections for athletics, basketball, gymnastics, handball, football, orienteering, volleyb ...

the following season. He made an immediate impact during his second stint at the club, scoring 16 goals in 20 appearances. After the season he announced that he would retire from football, choosing to move to Bremnes IL, becoming their CEO. In a surprise move, Agdestein chose to come back from retirement in August 2024 in an attempt to help struggling Stord avoid relegation.

International career

On 22 February 2012 it was announced Agdestein had been called up to the Norway under-21 national team for the first time, ahead of their friendly with

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. He was capped once.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

Player profile on Brighton & Hove Albion official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Agdestein, Torbjorn 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Stord Norwegian men's footballers 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen Men's association football forwards Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Bath City F.C. players Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players FK Haugesund players Kristiansund BK players Odds BK players Aalesunds FK players English Football League players National League (English football) players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Scottish Professional Football League players Norway men's under-21 international footballers Footballers from Vestland