Atle Maurud is a retired Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 football striker.

He hails from Gjøvik

Gjøvik

is a town and a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Gjøvik.In 1861, the village of Gjøvik in the municipality of Vardal was granted town status and was separated from Vardal to form a separate municipality...

, and played for Gjøvik SK and SK Gjøvik-Lyn

SK Gjøvik-Lyn

SK Gjøvik/Lyn is a Norwegian football club based in Gjøvik, which was founded on 1 February 1902. Their home ground was Gjøvik Stadion.Its honours include the 1962 Norwegian Cup. The men's team played in the Third Division in 2008, and in the Second Division as late as in 2007, but ahead of the...

 before joining Hamarkameratene ahead of the 1994 season. He only played two Norwegian Premier League

Norwegian Premier League

Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

 games in 1994

Norwegian Premier League 1994

The Tippeligaen 1994 is the highest Football league in Norway. 22 games are played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. This year was the last consisting of 12 teams. The format was expanded to 14 teams the following year...

, but then established himself in the first team. In the 1997 season he played for SFK Lyn. He played regularly, but the team was relegated and he returned to Hamarkameratene. The team experienced a series of relegations to the Second Division, but was back in the First Division for the 2000 season. He stayed here until 2001, when he did not get much first-team football and was loaned out to FF Lillehammer. He then played for Raufoss IL

Raufoss IL

Raufoss I.L. is a sports club from Raufoss, Norway. The club was formed in 1918. It was played in First League between 1937-1948 , between 1957–1960, in 1964 and between 1973-1974 ....

and SK Gjøvik-Lyn again.