Sebastian Longva Andreassen (born 29 May 1997) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a

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Career

Early career & college

Andreassen played as part of the Aalesund academy, where he scored 96 goals in 115 games at youth level and was named the academy's best player in 2015. In 2017, Andreassen moved to the United States to play

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. In three seasons with the Mountain Lions, Andreassen made 55 appearances, scoring 21 goals and tallying 17 assists. In 2018, he was named to the D2CCA NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region second team and All-Peach Belt Conference first team in both 2018 and 2019. Andreassen played his final season of college soccer at the

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in 2022, scoring eight goals in 16 appearances for the Bears and was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Region Teams. In 2018, Andreassen played in the

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with

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, scoring two goals in nine games. He also played in the

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with three different clubs, beginning in 2019 with

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, where he made six appearances. In 2021, he played with

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, scoring five goals on the way to helping the side to the championship title. In 2022, he joined One Knoxville for their inaugural season and helped the team by scoring seven goals in nine appearances.

Professional

On 25 January 2023, it was announced that Andreassen would re-join One Knoxville for their debut season in the

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for 2023.

Honors

Club

Des Moines Menace *

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andreassen, Sebastian 1997 births Living people Aalesunds FK players Men's association football forwards Cincinnati Dutch Lions players Des Moines Menace players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States National Premier Soccer League players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Norwegian men's footballers One Knoxville SC players Footballers from Ålesund USL League One players USL League Two players Young Harris Mountain Lions men's soccer players