Sebastian Andreassen

Sebastian Longva Andreassen (born 29 May 1997) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a forward for Sandviken.

Sebastian Andreassen
Andreassen celebrating scoring for One Knoxville at Maryville College in 2022
Personal information
Full name Sebastian Longva Andreassen
Date of birth (1997-05-29) 29 May 1997
Place of birth Ålesund, Norway
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Sandviken
Youth career
2012–2017 Aalesund
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Young Harris Mountain Lions 55 (21)
2022 Central Arkansas Bears 16 (8)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Palm Beach United 9 (2)
2019 Cincinnati Dutch Lions 6 (0)
2021 Des Moines Menace 8 (5)
2022 One Knoxville 9 (7)
2023 One Knoxville 13 (1)
2023– Sandviken 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:40, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Career

Early career & college

Andreassen played as part of the Aalesund academy, where he scored 96 goals in 115 games at youth level and was named the academy's best player in 2015.[1][2] In 2017, Andreassen moved to the United States to play college soccer at Young Harris College. In three seasons with the Mountain Lions, Andreassen made 55 appearances, scoring 21 goals and tallying 17 assists. In 2018, he was named to the D2CCA NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region second team and All-Peach Belt Conference first team in both 2018 and 2019.[1] Andreassen played his final season of college soccer at the University of Central Arkansas in 2022, scoring eight goals in 16 appearances for the Bears and was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Region Teams.[3][4]

In 2018, Andreassen played in the National Premier Soccer League with Palm Beach United, scoring two goals in nine games.[5][6] He also played in the USL League Two with three different clubs, beginning in 2019 with Cincinnati Dutch Lions, where he made six appearances.[7] In 2021, he played with Des Moines Menace, scoring five goals on the way to helping the side to the championship title.[8][9] In 2022, he joined One Knoxville for their inaugural season and helped the team by scoring seven goals in nine appearances.[10]

Professional

On 25 January 2023, it was announced that Andreassen would re-join One Knoxville for their debut season in the USL League One for 2023.[11][12][13]

Honors

Club

Des Moines Menace

References
  1. "Seba Andreassen - Men's Soccer". Young Harris College Athletics.
  2. Fotballforbund, Norges. "Sebastian Longva Andreassen - Profil". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund.
  3. "Sebastian Andreassen - 2022 - Men's Soccer". University of Central Arkansas Athletics.
  4. "Two Bears Named to United Soccer Coaches All-Region Teams". University of Central Arkansas Athletics.
  5. "National Premier Soccer League". npsl.bonzidev.com.
  6. "Boca Raton FC Looks to Get Back to Winning Ways Versus Palm Beach United". 20 June 2018.
  7. "Cincinnati Dutch Lions | uslleaguetwo.com". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  8. Staff, USLLeagueTwo com (3 August 2021). "Des Moines Menace Clinch a Title-Winning Season in the 2021 League Two Final". USL League Two.
  9. "Des Moines Menace | uslleaguetwo.com". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  10. Morgan-Rumsey, Camruinn (13 December 2022). "'Thor' is back | One Knoxville SC building out squad with impressive signings".
  11. "Signed: Sebastian Andreassen".
  12. Camargo, Alberto. "Four things to know about One Knoxville SC ahead of USL League Two playoffs". Knoxville News Sentinel.
  13. "One Knoxville SC going pro, will join USL League One in 2023". 21 October 2022.
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