Hans Julius Eriksen Norbye (born 16 January 1987) is a Norwegian

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who currently plays for

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Career

Norbye was born and grew up in

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. He was regarded as having talent for

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during his younger days, but joined

Tromsø IL Tromsø Idrettslag () is a Norwegian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Tromsø. They play their home games at the Romssa Arena which has a seating capacity of 6,801. Tromsø play in the Eliteserien. Despi ...

to play youth football. He represented Norway internationally on youth level at the time. In 2006, he spent time on

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Alta IF Alta Idrettsforening is a sports club from the town of Alta in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The club is most known for its association football department, which played in the 1. divisjon until 2014. Alta currently plays in 2. d ...

. After the 2006 season, he signed his first professional contract with Tromsø IL. He got one game in the

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. He was loaned out to

Tromsdalen UIL Tromsdalen UIL is a Norwegian sports club founded in 1938, from Tromsdalen in the municipality of Tromsø. It has sections for football, athletics, skiing and gymnastics. The men's football team plays in 2. divisjon, the third level in Norwegi ...

for one month in 2007, and later for the entire 2008 season. He then permanently joined Tromsdalen for free ahead of the 2009 season. On 19 January 2019, Norbye signed with

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

on a free transfer.

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1987 births Living people People from Karasjok Footballers from Finnmark Norway men's youth international footballers Norwegian men's footballers Tromsø IL players Alta IF players Tromsdalen UIL players Hamarkameratene players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Norwegian Second Division players Men's association football defenders 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-footy-defender-stub