List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2012

The 2012 summer transfer window for Norwegian football transfers opened on 1 August and closed on 31 August 2012. Additionally, players without a club may join at any time. This list includes transfers featuring at least one Tippeligaen or Adeccoligaen club which are completed after the end of the winter 2011–12 transfer window and before the end of the 2012 summer window.

Tippeligaen

Aalesund

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   FIN Ville Jalasto (to Stabæk) [1] — FW   NOR Magnus Sylling Olsen (to Bodø/Glimt) [2]

Brann

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   NOR Erik Huseklepp (from Portsmouth) — DF   NOR Simen Wangberg (from Rosenborg) [3]

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   SEN Oumar Niasse (loan return to US Ouakam) — MF   JAM Rodolph Austin (to Leeds United) — DF   NOR Lars Grorud (to Fredrikstad)

Fredrikstad

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   NOR Zlatko Tripić (loan from Molde) [4] — DF   NOR Haitam Aleesami (from Skeid) [5] — MF   SRB Nenad Sreckovic (from De Graafschap) — DF   NOR Lars Grorud (from Brann)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   NOR Etzaz Hussain (to Molde) — DF   NOR Benjamin Dahl Hagen (loan return to Vålerenga) — MF   NOR Tarik Elyounoussi (to Rosenborg) [6]

Haugesund

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   SWE Pontus Engblom (from AIK) — MF   BIH Amer Osmanagic (from OFK Beograd) — DF   SWE David Myrestam (from GIF Sundsvall)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   FRA Derek Decamps (free transfer) — DF   CAN Chris Pozniak (loan to Bryne) — MF   NOR Eirik Ulland Andersen (to Vard Haugesund) [7]

Hønefoss

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   FIN Roope Riski (loan return to Cesena) — MF   NOR Christoffer Dahl (retired) [8]

Lillestrøm

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   NOR Thorstein Helstad (from AS Monaco) — MF   NOR Espen Søgård (from Start) — DF   NOR Anders Østli (from SønderjyskE) — GK   NOR Lasse Staw (from Syrianska) [9]

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   ISL Björn Bergmann Sigurdarson (to Wolverhampton) — FW   ENG Luke Rodgers (free transfer) — FW   NOR Arild Sundgot (retired) — DF   NOR Isak Scheel (loan to Bærum) [10]

Molde

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   SEN Makhtar Thioune (loan return from Karlsruhe) — MF   NOR Pål Erik Ulvestad (loan return from Kristiansund) — MF   NOR Etzaz Hussain (from Fredrikstad) — GK   NOR Elias Valderhaug (loan return from Start) — DF   NOR Magnar Ødegaard (from Sarpsborg 08) [11]

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   NOR Simon Markeng (loan to Kristiansund) — GK   NOR Elias Valderhaug (to Kongsvinger) [12] — MF   SEN Makhtar Thioune (to Viking) — MF   NOR Zlatko Tripić (loan to Fredrikstad) [4] — FW   BRA Vini Dantas (to Bodø/Glimt) [13]

Odd Grenland

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   NOR Torgeir Børven (from Odd Grenland) [14]

Rosenborg

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   NOR Tore Reginiussen (from Odense) — MF   SLV Jaime Alas (from Luis Ángel Firpo) — GK   NOR Jacob Storevik(from Florø) — FW   NOR Tarik Elyounoussi (from Fredrikstad) — MF   USA Mikkel Diskerud (from Stabæk) — GK   NOR Alexander Lund Hansen (from Start)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   DEN Jim Larsen (to Club Brugge) — MF   NOR Markus Henriksen (to AZ) — DF   NOR Simen Wangberg (to Brann) [3] — DF   DEN Peter Ankersen (to Esbjerg) — MF   NOR Daniel Berntsen (on loan to Bodø/Glimt) [15]

Sandnes Ulf

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   DEN Morten Bertolt (from Lyngby)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   GAB Gilles Mbang Ondo (free transfer) — MF   NGA Mobi Okoli (to Bryne) [16]

Sogndal

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   BRA Ricardo Santos (from Djurgården) [17] — DF   NOR Azar Karadas (from Kasımpaşa) [18]

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Stabæk

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   ISL Elfar Freyr Helgason (from AEK Athens) — MF   USA Mikkel Diskerud (loan return from Gent) — DF   FIN Ville Jalasto (from Aalesund) [1] — FW   NOR Abdurahim Laajab (on loan from Vålerenga) [19]

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   NOR Vegar Eggen Hedenstad (to Freiburg) — MF   USA Ricardo Clark (loan return to Eintracht Frankfurt) — MF   USA Mikkel Diskerud (to Rosenborg)

Strømsgodset

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   NOR Jarl André Storbæk (from SønderjyskE) [20] — MF   NOR Abdisalam Ibrahim (on loan from Manchester City) [21] — MF   GHA Bismark Adjei-Boateng (on loan from Right to Dream) — MF   GHA Enock Kwakwa (on loan from Right to Dream)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   GHA Mohammed Abu (loan return to Manchester City) [22] — MF   SLE Alfred Sankoh (to Şanlıurfaspor) [23] — MF   NOR André Hanssen (retired) [24]

Tromsø

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   CZE Zdeněk Ondrášek (from České Budějovice) [25]

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   NOR Mohammed Ahamed (to Tromsdalen) [26] — FW   NOR Vegard Lysvoll (on loan to Tromsdalen) [27]

Viking

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   SEN Makhtar Thioune (from Molde)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   PAR Nery Cardozo (loan return to Club Rubio Ñu) — MF   NOR Valon Berisha (to Red Bull Salzburg) [28] — GK   NOR Arild Østbø (on loan to Start) [29]

Vålerenga

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   CAN Tosaint Ricketts (from Politehnica Timișoara) [19] — FW   NGA Aaron Samuel Olanare (from Festac Sports) — MF   SEN Pape Maly Diamanka (on loan from Rayo Vallecano) — FW   NOR Torgeir Børven (from Odd Grenland) [14] — DF   CRC Giancarlo González (from Alajuelense) [30] — FW   USA Chad Barrett (on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy) [31] — DF   NOR Benjamin Dahl Hagen (loan return from Fredrikstad) — FW   NOR Chuma Anene (loan return from Ullensaker/Kisa)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   NOR Abdurahim Laajab (on loan to Stabæk) [19] — FW   NOR Dawda Leigh (to Sandefjord) [32] — FW   AUT Martin Pusic (to Fredrikstad) — FW   ISL Veigar Pall Gunnarsson (to Stabæk) — MF   NOR Harmeet Singh (to Feyenoord) — FW   NOR Håvard Nielsen (to Red Bull Salzburg) — FW   NOR Marcus Pedersen (loan return to Vitesse Arnhem)

Adeccoligaen

Bodø/Glimt

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   NOR Magnus Sylling Olsen (from Aalesund) [2] — FW   BRA Vini Dantas (from Molde) [13] — MF   NOR Daniel Berntsen (on loan from Rosenborg) [15]

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Bryne

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   CAN Chris Pozniak (loan from Haugesund) — MF   NGA Mobi Okoli (from Sandnes Ulf) [16]

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   NZL Kris Bright (to FC Haka) [33]

Bærum

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   NOR Isak Scheel (loan from Lillestrøm) [10]

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Kongsvinger

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   SLV Léster Blanco (on loan from Isidro Metapán) [34] — GK   NOR Elias Valderhaug (from Molde) [12]

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Sandefjord

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   NOR Dawda Leigh (from Vålerenga) [32] — FW   NOR Kamal Saaliti (from Sandnes Ulf) — DF   NOR Kim Skogsrud(from Rangers) — DF   NOR Tom Skogsrud(from Rangers)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   NOR Kristoffer Normann Hansen(on loan to Fram Larvik) [35] — DF   SWE Peter Magnusson (to IK Brage) [36] — MF   NOR Kenneth Dokken (retired) [37]

Sarpsborg 08

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   NOR Christian Brink (from GIF Sundsvall) [38]

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   NOR Magnar Ødegaard (to Molde) [11]

Start

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   NOR Arild Østbø (on loan from Viking) [29]

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   NOR Espen Søgård (to Lillestrøm) — GK   NOR Elias Valderhaug (loan return to Molde)

Tromsdalen

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   NOR Mohammed Ahamed (from Tromsø) [26] — FW   NOR Vegard Lysvoll (on loan from Tromsø) [27]

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

References

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2. Eikrem, Allan (27 August 2012). "Sylling Olsen til Bodø/Glimt" (in Norwegian). Sunnmørsposten. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
3. Wik, Øystein (13 August 2012). "Wangberg solgt fra Rosenborg til Brann" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
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