Eirik Birkelund (born 13 January 1994) is a former Norwegian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

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Throughout 2012 he played for

SK Brann Sportsklubben Brann is a Norwegian professional football club based in Bergen. Founded on 26 September 1908, Brann has played in the first tier of Norwegian football for 67 out of 80 seasons, the second most of any club. They play their hom ...

, which he had joined at youth level from

SK Trane Sportsklubben Trane is a Norwegian football club from Årstad, Bergen. The club was founded on 15 December 1918. The club colors are green and white. The men's football team currently resides in the Fifth Division (sixth tier). It last played ...

. He was selected for his senior debut in the

Norwegian Premier League 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 ...

on 10 June 2011 as a substitute against

Sogndal Sogndal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sogn. The village of Hermansv ...

. In 2012, he played three league matches and one cup match. In June 2014, Birkelund re-signed for

on an 18-month contract. In the summer of 2019 Birkelund decide to quit football to and begin on a medicine study.

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* 1994 births Living people Footballers from Bergen Norwegian men's footballers 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen Men's association football midfielders SK Brann players Eliteserien players AS Saint-Étienne players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in France {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub