Jonas Krogstad (born 8 July 1982) is a

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football striker Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...

who currently plays for

Nesodden IF Nesodden Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Nesodden. It has sections for association football, athletics, basketball, table tennis, fencing, orienteering, skiing and speed skating. Founded on 24 July 1920, their home field is Berge ...

. He started his career in

, and went to

Vålerenga Fotball Vålerenga Fotball () is a Norwegian association football club from Oslo and a part of the multi-sport club Vålerengens IF. Founded in 1913, the club is named after the neighbourhood of Vålerenga. Vålerenga's home ground is Intility Aren ...

ahead of the 2001 season. In that season he made his senior debut for Vålerenga, and was praised as a talent. Vålerenga was promoted, and Krogstad played nine

Norwegian Premier League Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotio ...

game in

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and thirteen games in

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. In 2004 Krogstad was signed by

Skeid Fotball Skeid is a Norway, Norwegian association football, football club from Oslo that currently plays in Norwegian First Division, 1. divisjon (OBOS-ligaen), the second tier of the Norwegian football league system. Its current home field is Nordre Å ...

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as a preemptive replacement of

Daniel Braaten Daniel Omoya Braaten (born 25 May 1982) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a winger. He has previously played for Skeid, Rosenborg, Bolton Wanderers, Toulouse, Brann and Stabæk. He has been capped 52 times for the N ...

. Ahead of the 2005 season he joined

Moss FK Moss Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club, founded on 28 August 1906. They play in the 2. divisjon, the third highest division in the Norwegian football league system. They played in the Norwegian top flight between 1937-1939, 1953-1954 ...

. He was a regular there for years, but left Moss after the 2008 season due to injury. In the summer of 2009 he rejoined Nesodden, looking to be injury-free soon.

References

1982 births Living people Norwegian men's footballers Vålerenga Fotball players Skeid Fotball players People from Akershus Eliteserien players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Viken (county) {{Norway-footy-forward-stub