Career
Nicknamed Elk due to his stature, he is best known for his spell with, also having appeared in the 1994 World Cup with Norway. Born in Trondheim, Bratseth started his career at local club BK. There, he would only be a part-time professional until he left for Germany"s SV in January 1987, for a mere €93.000. He was immediately cast into the starting XI, making his club debut in a 1–5 loss at 1.
During the campaign he played in eight complete matches out of nine, adding two goals (in both legs against Romania"s FCM Bacău).
After a second league title with Bremen, Bratseth began suffering knee problems, even needing injections to play. After only one match in 1994-1995 he called it quits at the age of 34, having appeared in 316 games for the Hanseatics all competitions comprised and scored 20 goals.
Anderlecht: the Belgians led 3–0 with 25 minutes to go, and he helped to the final comeback with the 2–3. Bratseth was named Norway"s Golden Player – the best Norwegian football player of the past 50 years by the Norwegian Football Association, in November 2003, to celebrate Union of European Football Associations"s jubilee.
The club maintained its Norwegian Premier League superiority in the following years.
Bratseth was actually registered as a player when he started his job at, and since the club did not have 25 players in its first team squad to be registered for the Union of European Football Associations Champions League, he was included as a backup. Even though he did not want to play, he agreed to sit on the bench for one game in case of "emergency". He was a regular in the following eight years, gaining a further 59 caps.
As the nation exited in the group stage (albeit with four points), their third and last game against Republic of Ireland proved to be his last international.
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