title: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2012
text: # 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
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | DF | FIN | Ville Jalasto (to Stabæk) |
  | — | FW | NOR | Magnus Sylling Olsen (to Bodø/Glimt) |
  
  ### Brann
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | FW | NOR | Erik Huseklepp (from Portsmouth) |
  | — | DF | NOR | Simen Wangberg (from Rosenborg) |
  | 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
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | MF | NOR | Zlatko Tripić (loan from Molde) |
  | — | DF | NOR | Haitam Aleesami (from Skeid) |
  | — | MF | SRB | Nenad Sreckovic (from De Graafschap) |
  | — | DF | NOR | Lars Grorud (from Brann) |
  | 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) |
  
  ### Haugesund
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | FW | SWE | Pontus Engblom (from AIK) |
  | — | MF | BIH | Amer Osmanagic (from OFK Beograd) |
  | — | DF | SWE | David Myrestam (from GIF Sundsvall) |
  | 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) |
  
  ### Hønefoss
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | FW | FIN | Roope Riski (loan return to Cesena) |
  | — | MF | NOR | Christoffer Dahl (retired) |
  
  ### Lillestrøm
  
  | 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) |
  | 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) |
  
  ### Molde
  
  | 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) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | DF | NOR | Simon Markeng (loan to Kristiansund) |
  | — | GK | NOR | Elias Valderhaug (to Kongsvinger) |
  | — | MF | SEN | Makhtar Thioune (to Viking) |
  | — | MF | NOR | Zlatko Tripić (loan to Fredrikstad) |
  | — | FW | BRA | Vini Dantas (to Bodø/Glimt) |
  
  ### Odd Grenland
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | FW | NOR | Torgeir Børven (from Odd Grenland) |
  
  ### Rosenborg
  
  | 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) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | DF | DEN | Jim Larsen (to Club Brugge) |
  | — | MF | NOR | Markus Henriksen (to AZ) |
  | — | DF | NOR | Simen Wangberg (to Brann) |
  | — | DF | DEN | Peter Ankersen (to Esbjerg) |
  | — | MF | NOR | Daniel Berntsen (on loan to Bodø/Glimt) |
  
  ### Sandnes Ulf
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | MF | DEN | Morten Bertolt (from Lyngby) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | FW | GAB | Gilles Mbang Ondo (free transfer) |
  | — | MF | NGA | Mobi Okoli (to Bryne) |
  
  ### Sogndal
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | MF | BRA | Ricardo Santos (from Djurgården) |
  | — | DF | NOR | Azar Karadas (from Kasımpaşa) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  
  ### Stabæk
  
  | 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) |
  | — | FW | NOR | Abdurahim Laajab (on loan from Vålerenga) |
  | 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
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | DF | NOR | Jarl André Storbæk (from SønderjyskE) |
  | — | MF | NOR | Abdisalam Ibrahim (on loan from Manchester City) |
  | — | MF | GHA | Bismark Adjei-Boateng (on loan from Right to Dream) |
  | — | MF | GHA | Enock Kwakwa (on loan from Right to Dream) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | MF | GHA | Mohammed Abu (loan return to Manchester City) |
  | — | MF | SLE | Alfred Sankoh (to Şanlıurfaspor) |
  | — | MF | NOR | André Hanssen (retired) |
  
  ### Tromsø
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | FW | CZE | Zdeněk Ondrášek (from České Budějovice) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | FW | NOR | Mohammed Ahamed (to Tromsdalen) |
  | — | FW | NOR | Vegard Lysvoll (on loan to Tromsdalen) |
  
  ### Viking
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | MF | SEN | Makhtar Thioune (from Molde) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | FW | PAR | Nery Cardozo (loan return to Club Rubio Ñu) |
  | — | MF | NOR | Valon Berisha (to Red Bull Salzburg) |
  | — | GK | NOR | Arild Østbø (on loan to Start) |
  
  ### Vålerenga
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | FW | CAN | Tosaint Ricketts (from Politehnica Timișoara) |
  | — | 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) |
  | — | DF | CRC | Giancarlo González (from Alajuelense) |
  | — | FW | USA | Chad Barrett (on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy) |
  | — | DF | NOR | Benjamin Dahl Hagen (loan return from Fredrikstad) |
  | — | FW | NOR | Chuma Anene (loan return from Ullensaker/Kisa) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | FW | NOR | Abdurahim Laajab (on loan to Stabæk) |
  | — | FW | NOR | Dawda Leigh (to Sandefjord) |
  | — | 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
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | FW | NOR | Magnus Sylling Olsen (from Aalesund) |
  | — | FW | BRA | Vini Dantas (from Molde) |
  | — | MF | NOR | Daniel Berntsen (on loan from Rosenborg) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  
  ### Bryne
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | DF | CAN | Chris Pozniak (loan from Haugesund) |
  | — | MF | NGA | Mobi Okoli (from Sandnes Ulf) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | FW | NZL | Kris Bright (to FC Haka) |
  
  ### Bærum
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | DF | NOR | Isak Scheel (loan from Lillestrøm) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  
  ### Kongsvinger
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | FW | SLV | Léster Blanco (on loan from Isidro Metapán) |
  | — | GK | NOR | Elias Valderhaug (from Molde) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  
  ### Sandefjord
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | MF | NOR | Dawda Leigh (from Vålerenga) |
  | — | FW | NOR | Kamal Saaliti (from Sandnes Ulf) |
  | — | DF | NOR | Kim Skogsrud (from Rangers) |
  | — | DF | NOR | Tom Skogsrud (from Rangers) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Normann Hansen (on loan to Fram Larvik) |
  | — | DF | SWE | Peter Magnusson (to IK Brage) |
  | — | MF | NOR | Kenneth Dokken (retired) |
  
  ### Sarpsborg 08
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | MF | NOR | Christian Brink (from GIF Sundsvall) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | DF | NOR | Magnar Ødegaard (to Molde) |
  
  ### Start
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | GK | NOR | Arild Østbø (on loan from Viking) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | MF | NOR | Espen Søgård (to Lillestrøm) |
  | — | GK | NOR | Elias Valderhaug (loan return to Molde) |
  
  ### Tromsdalen
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | FW | NOR | Mohammed Ahamed (from Tromsø) |
  | — | FW | NOR | Vegard Lysvoll (on loan from Tromsø) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  