Ruben Alte (born 28 February 2000) is a Norwegian

football midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

who currently plays for

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. Alte grew up in

Namsos Namsos may refer to: Places *Namsos Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Namsos (town) Namsos is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and the administrative center of Namsos Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. ...

and played youth and—from 2016—senior football for

Namsos IL Namsos Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Namsos Municipality in Trøndelag county. It was founded on 28 November 1904. It has sections for association football, alpine skiing, and ski jumping. The men's football team currently plays in ...

. He moved to

Steinkjer FK Steinkjer FK is a Norway, Norwegian football (soccer), football club from the town of Steinkjer (town), Steinkjer, currently playing in the 4. divisjon, the fifth tier in the Norwegian football league system, Norwegian league system, after being r ...

in mid-2018, but failed to get considerable playing time in the 2018 3. divisjon. He instead started 2019 in Namsos before moving to the youth team of

Ranheim IL Ranheim Idrettslag is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Ranheim, Trondheim. It has sections for association football, team handball and track and field. The football club plays in the 1. Divisjon of Norway General history The club was founde ...

in mid-season. In 2020, the league was postponed until the summer. Alte was then drafted into Ranheim's first team squad. Becoming a firm central midfielder in the

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, rumours of a transfer to the highest league arose in the summer of 2023. Ranheim's larger neighbours

Rosenborg BK Rosenborg Ballklub, commonly referred to simply as Rosenborg () or RBK, is a Norwegian professional association football, football club from Trondheim that plays in Eliteserien (football), Eliteserien. The club has won a record 26 league titles ...

showed interest, and

Kongsvinger IL Kongsvinger Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from the city of Kongsvinger in Hedmark, founded in 1892. Its men's football team is well-known, and it has teams for several other sports. Athletics Kongsvinger IL has an athletics section. Until ...

even had a bid accepted that was turned down by the player. In the end, the sale took place in January 2024 and

Kristiansund BK Kristiansund BK is a Norwegian football club located in Kristiansund that currently plays in Eliteserien. The team plays its home matches in the 4,444-capacity Kristiansund Stadion. Kristiansund BK was formed in the autumn of 2003, when two riva ...

was the club that managed to get his signature. He made his

Eliteserien Eliteserien () is a professional association football league in Norway and the highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Norwegian First Division ...

debut in April 2024, and started 30 of 30 league matches in the

2024 Eliteserien The 2024 Eliteserien was the 80th season of top-tier football in Norway. This was the eighth season of Eliteserien after rebranding from Tippeligaen. The season started on 31 March 2024 and ended on 1 December 2024, not including play-off matches ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alte, Ruben 2000 births Living people People from Namsos Footballers from Trøndelag Norwegian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Namsos IL players Steinkjer FK players Ranheim Fotball players Kristiansund BK players Norwegian Fourth Division players Norwegian Third Division players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players