Pål Erik Ulvestad (born 8 September 1990) is a Norwegian

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Kristiansund Kristiansund (, ; historically spelled Christianssund and earlier named Fosna) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality on the western coast of Norway in the Nordmøre district of Møre og Romsdal counties of Norway, county. The admin ...

Career

Pål Erik Ulvestad is the brother of the former

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player

Fredrik Fredrik or Frederik is a masculine Germanic given name derived from the German name '' Friedrich'' or Friederich, from the Old High German ''fridu'' meaning "peace" and ''rîhhi'' meaning "ruler" or "power". It is the common form of Frederick in N ...

and Aalesund player Dan Peter Ulvestad, and son of the former footballer Rune Ulvestad. Ulvestad grew up together with his teammate in

Molde Molde () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and the seat of Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Pen ...

Magnus Wolff Eikrem Magnus Wolff Eikrem (born 8 August 1990) is a Norwegian professional association football, footballer who plays for Molde FK in Eliteserien. His regular playing position is in Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfield, though he can pla ...

, whose father Knut Hallvard Eikrem was a teammate of Rune Ulvestad at Molde FK in the 80's. He signed for Molde ahead of the 2011 season, and has a contract with the club until the end of 2014. In his first season, he played nine league-matches and started two of them when Molde won the league. Due to knee and groin injuries at the end of the 2011 season, Ulvestad missed parts of the pre-season in 2012, and in March he was sent on loan to the Second Division side

until 1 August. Manager

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said that several second tier clubs wanted Ulvestad on loan, but due to his injuries it would be best to play at the third tier. Ulvestad remained in Kristiansund throughout the season, and won promotion with the club.

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References

External links

Profile at MoldeFK.no
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ulvestad, Pal Erik 1990 births Living people Footballers from Molde Norwegian men's footballers Molde FK players Kristiansund BK players Hønefoss BK players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen