Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim

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Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim (born January 14, 1975), nicknamed "Batty", is a Norwegian footballer, playing for I.K. Start in Kristiansand, Norway.

Aarsheim has stayed with Viking F.K. for the majority of his career, arriving from local club Hundvåg as a youth team player. He made his debut for Viking in 1994 and stayed with the club until 2005, playing a total of 422 games. A creative midfielder, Aarsheim was at his peak during the 2001 season, when, as captain, he led Viking to a league lead before suffering a serious ankle injury in a game against S.K. Brann halfway through the season. Although he made an extremely popular five minute comeback in the Norwegian cup final victory over rivals Bryne F.K. later in the year, Aarsheim never really recovered from the injury. He played only 4 games in the 2002 season, and he was injured for large parts of the 2003 season as well. He remained captain of Viking until the end of the 2004 season, but midway through the 2005 season he was released on a free transfer, joining league leaders I.K. Start.

He made his national team debut in a 3-2 win against South Korea in 2001, earning a total of three caps for Norway.