Andreas Hollingen (born 3 October 1994) is a retired Norwegian

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who played as a

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Career

Hollingen made his first-team debut for Molde in October 2012 in the Europa League against Steaua București. He later made his

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debut in July 2013 in a 3–2 win against

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. On 10 August 2014, Hollingen joined

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on loan for the remainder of the season. On 26 March 2015, Hollingen joined

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on a season-long loan. The loan was made permanent from the 2016-season. He left the club at the end of the 2018 season. Hollingen fought with injuries in four years and never played professionally again since leaving IK Start at the age of 24 in December 2018.

Later career

From August 2019 to February 2020, he worked as a youth coach at

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. Later in 2020, Hollingen was hired as a physical coach for

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team.

Career statistics

References

1994 births Living people Footballers from Molde Norwegian men's footballers 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen Norway men's youth international footballers Molde FK players Hamarkameratene players IK Start players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Men's association football midfielders {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub