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Harald Martin Brattbakk (born 1 February 1971) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was the all-time top scorer in the Tippeligaen with 166 goals in 255 matches, before being surpassed by Sigurd Rushfeldt in 2011. After his retirement from playing he became a aviator.
Brattbakk is most known for his goalscoring abilities for the Norwegian club Rosenborg BK where he has enjoyed three spells (1990–91, 1994–97 and 2001–06) scoring most of his goals which has helped him reach the top of the all-time goalscoring chart in the Norwegian Premier League.
At Celtic, where he played from December 1997 to January 2000, Brattbakk seemed overawed by the pressures of playing for one of Scotland's Old Firm clubs. Though he did enjoy some success with the club — including hitting the clinching goal against St Johnstone to help them win the SPL title on the final day of the 1997–1998 season, and scoring all four goals in a 4–0 win over Kilmarnock that same year — his spell in Glasgow was generally characterised by nervous performances and insufficient goals.
However, Brattbakk has been very successful in Norway. With 166 goals he was the highest-scoring player in the history of the Norwegian Premier League, until his record was beat by Sigurd Rushfeldt on 29 May 2011. Moreover, his record in the Champions League is an impressive one, and includes goals against such top sides as Real Madrid and Milan. He scored 28 goals in 66 matches for Rosenborg BK and scored 4 goals in 9 matches for Celtic in various European Cups. Harald Martin Brattbakk – Matches in European Cups – RSSSF In November 2001, he scored twice against his old club Celtic as Rosenborg defeated them 2–0 in a Champions League tie in Trondheim.
Brattbakk returned to Rosenborg after being on a loan to Bodø/Glimt in the last half of the 2005 season, but on 20 February 2006 it was announced that he had been relieved from his contract and he has now retired from the game.
In 2008 Brattbakk made a comeback in football after signing a contract with his native Kolstad IL, an amateur club in the Norwegian 3rd Division Dep. 19. However, the comeback lasted only for the rest of the 2008 season.
| + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||
| Rosenborg BK | 1990 | Tippeligaen | 1 |
| 1991 | 3 | ||
| Bodø/Glimt | 1992 | Adeccoligaen | 19 |
| 1993 | Tippeligaen | 14 | |
| Rosenborg | 1994 | Tippeligaen | 30 |
| 1995 | 40 | ||
| 1996 | 41 | ||
| 1997 | 35 | ||
| Celtic | 1997–98 | Scottish Premier League | 10 |
| 1998–99 | 8 | ||
| 1999–2000 | 2 | ||
| Copenhagen | 1999–2000 | Danish Superliga | 8 |
| 2000–01 | 7 | ||
| Rosenborg | 2001 | Tippeligaen | 21 |
| 2002 | 30 | ||
| 2003 | 31 | ||
| 2004 | 18 | ||
| 2005 | 4 | ||
| Bodø/Glimt (loan) | 2005 | Tippeligaen | 6 |
| Kolstad | 2008 | Third division | 2 |
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