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Athletic Sign Forward Markus Naglestad

August 14, 2020 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Hartford Athletic News Release


HARTFORD, Conn. - Hartford Athletic have signed Forward Markus Naglestad (Kristiansand, Norway), the club announced Friday pending league and federation approval. The 29-year-old comes to Hartford from Egersunds IK in the third tier of Norwegian Soccer where he scored 25 goals in the 2019 season, most in the league.

Naglestad has local area ties. After starting his career with Idrettsklubben VÃ¥g of the 4th division, Naglestad came to America at age 19 to play soccer and enrolled at the University of Bridgeport. There he was named East Coast Conference Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Year along with Rookie of the Year in his first season. He then transferred to Providence College where he played two seasons before being drafted by NYCFC in January of 2015, but didn't sign with the team due to a knee injury.

Naglestad eventually returned to Norway where he played five seasons bouncing between the Eliteserien and 2. divisjon, the first and third tiers of soccer in Norway respectively. He has scored 98 goals over the course of those 5 years. He will wear number 20.

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