Pål Rustadstuen (born 1 October 1982) is a Norwegian

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who has been inactive since 2017.

Early life

Rustadstuen was born in

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, Norway on 1 October 1982. He attended Norges Toppidrettsgymnas (NTG), a secondary school focused on sports.

Career

Rustadstuen played 12 matches with

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, his first professional club, during the 2003—2004 season and competed with them for the

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. He was loaned to Oslo Øst in early 2004 and ultimately left Lyn due to an injury. He was captain of Oslo Øst/ M/S during the 2004-2005 season. He spent much of the season injured. In 2005, he signed a two-year contract with

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and debuted in 2006. He left the team in 2009 after playing for three season. During the 2013—2014 season, he played for

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. He played one season for Tune Menn 1 in 2017—2018.

References

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