Eivind Eriksen (born 28 February 1973) is a

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former footballer who played as a forward for the clubs

Hamarkameratene Hamarkameratene (literally ''the Hamar Comrades''), often abbreviated to HamKam or Ham-Kam, is a Norwegian football club based in the town of Hamar. The club was founded in 1918, originally under the name Freidig. HamKam were most recently pr ...

, Nordkinn,

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, Bodø/Glimt,

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and

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Club career

Eriksen played for

in 1996, but played no league games, and moved to

Nordkinn FK Nordkinn Fotballklubb is a Norwegian association football club from Mehamn, Finnmark. It was founded on 22 November 1992 as a merger of the football sections of the clubs IL Nordkyn from Kjøllefjord and Mehamn IL. The club colors are red. ...

the following year. In 1997, Eriksen moved to Hammerfest FK, where he scored a record breaking 40 goals in the 1997 season. In 1999 he moved to Bodø/Glimt, where he scored his first

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