Abel William Stensrud (born 23 May 2002) is a Norwegian professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Stensrud played youth football at Hasle-Løren and

Skeid Skeid is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Nordre Åsen, Oslo. It has sections for association football (one for elite and one for grassroots football), Nordic skiing and bandy. General history The club was founded as ''IK Skeid'' on 5 Dec ...

. In October 2020, he made his senior debut for Skeid in the

Norwegian Second Division The Norwegian Second Division, also called 2. divisjon and often referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons, is the third-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. There are 28 teams divided into two groups, and at the ...

. After scoring 22 goals in 23 games in 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Odd in January 2022. On 10 April 2022, he made his

Eliteserien Eliteserien () is a professional association football league in Norway and the highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Norwegian First Division ...

debut in a 1–0 loss against Rosenborg. On 10 January 2024, Stensrud signed a six-month contract with Dutch

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

club

TOP Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbrevia ...

, with an option to extend at the end of the

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. On 30 January 2025, Stensrud moved to

Trapani Trapani ( ; ; ) is a city and municipality (''comune'') with 54,887 inhabitants, on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an important fishing port and the mai ...

in the Italian third-tier

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. After playing only six games for the Sicilians, he left Trapani by mutual consent on 18 July 2025.

International career

In March 2022, he made his international debut for the Norway under-20 national team.

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* 2002 births Living people Footballers from Oslo Men's association football forwards Norwegian men's footballers Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Norway men's youth international footballers Skeid Fotball players Bryne FK players Moss FK players Odds BK players TOP Oss players FC Trapani 1905 players Norwegian Second Division players Eliteserien players Eerste Divisie players Serie C players Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Italy 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-footy-forward-stub