Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim

Football player infobox
playername= Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim
fullname =
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|1|14
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth = Norway
height = 1,77 m.
currentclub = Randaberg
clubnumber =
position = midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = Hundvåg IL
years = 1993-2005 2005-2007
2007-present
clubs = Viking FK IK Start Randaberg
caps(goals) = 222 (15) 42 (1) ? (?)
nationalyears = 2001
nationalteam = Norway
nationalcaps(goals) = 3 (0)
pcupdate = 9 November 2007
ntupdate = 9 November 2007

Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim (born January 14 1975) is a Norwegian footballer, playing for Randaberg IL.

Club career

Viking

Aarsheim has stayed with Viking FK for the majority of his career, arriving from local club Hundvåg as a youth team player. Making his debut for Viking in 1994, he stayed with the club until 2005, playing a total of 422 games. A creative midfielder, Aarsheim was at his peak during the 2001 season, when, as captain, he led Viking to a league lead before suffering a serious ankle injury in a game against SK Brann halfway through the season. Although he made an extremely popular five minute comeback in the Norwegian cup final victory over rivals Bryne FK later in the year, Aarsheim never really recovered from the injury. He played only 4 games in the 2002 season, and he was injured for large parts of the 2003 season as well.

Start

He remained captain of Viking until the end of the 2004 season, but midway through the 2005 season he was released on a free transfer, joining league leaders IK Start. In the summer of 2007 he surprisingly [cite news |first=Per Sigve |last=Kleppe |title=Sjokksigneringene på plass |url=http://www.rogalandsavis.no/sport/viking/article2877020.ece |work=Rogalands Avis |date=2007-07-13 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2007-09-15 ] joined Randaberg IL, a club playing in the fourth tier of Norwegian football, together with Øyvind Svenning.

International career

He made his national team debut in a 3-2 win against South Korea in January 2001, earning a total of three caps for Norway. His last international match was an August 2001 friendly match against Turkey.

External links

* [http://ikstart.no/ArticleLMWideImg.aspx?m=222&amid=301687 Stats at IK Start]
* [http://www.viking-fk.no/newsread/news.asp?DOCID=11546&N=5093 Stats at Viking FK]
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=11346 Stats at National Football Teams]

References