Trond Nordseth (born 5 January 1974) is a retired Norwegian

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; late in his career defender. He grew up in the club

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and represented Norway as a youth international. Ahead of the 1993 season he was picked up by

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. Ahead of the 1997 season he was pronounced

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. Ahead of the 1998 season he trialled with Rosenborg, Molde and Aalesund, but joined

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. He scored 12 league goals, and was bought by

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where he managed the same feat in

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. Start won promotion, and in the 2000 Eliteserien Nordseth played 23 games. He went on to

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in 2002, then Steinkjer in mid-2002, Byåsen again in 2005 and

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in 2007. In the spring of 2008 he started another season for Levanger, but then moved to

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to work in advertising and quit his career.

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1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Steinkjer Norwegian men's footballers Steinkjer FK players Byåsen Toppfotball players IK Start players Skjetten SK players Levanger FK players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Men's association football forwards Men's association football defenders Norway men's youth international footballers Footballers from Trøndelag {{Norway-footy-forward-stub