{{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 2000)}} {{Infobox football biography<!--quick article, meets GNG--> | name = Ruben Alte | fullname = Ruben Kristensen Alte | image = Ruben Alte 14 Viking FK UECL 20250813 (5).jpg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|2|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Namsos, Norway | height = {{height|cm=177}} | currentclub = Sandefjord | clubnumber = 10 | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Bangsund | youthyears2 = –2018 | youthclubs2 = Namsos | youthyears3 = 2019–2020 | youthclubs3 = Ranheim | years1 = 2016–2018 | clubs1 = Namsos | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2018 | clubs2 = Steinkjer | caps2 = 5 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2019 | clubs3 = Namsos | caps3 = 11 | goals3 = 11 | years4 = 2020–2023 | clubs4 = Ranheim | caps4 = 94 | goals4 = 7 | years5 = 2024–2025 | clubs5 = Kristiansund | caps5 = 45 | goals5 = 7 | years6 = 2025– | clubs6 = Viking | caps6 = 9 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2026– | clubs7 = → Sandefjord (loan) | caps7 = 6 | goals7 = 1 | pcupdate = 10 May 2026 }}
'''Ruben Alte''' (born 28 February 2000) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sandefjord, on loan from Viking.
==Career==
Alte grew up in Namsos and played youth and—from 2016—senior football for Namsos IL.<ref name=nff>{{NFF|3707964}}</ref> He moved to Steinkjer FK in mid-2018, but failed to get considerable playing time in the 2018 3. divisjon.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.steinkjer24.no/sport/i/76JBeV/han-er-paa-radaren-til-halve-eliteserien-det-har-gaatt-kjapt|title=Fikk lite spilletid på SFK. Nå er han på radaren til «halve» eliteserien: - Det har gått kjapt|date=8 June 2023|publisher=Steinkjer 24|language=no|access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref> He instead started 2019 in Namsos before moving to the youth team of Ranheim IL in mid-season.<ref name=nff/> In 2020, the league was postponed until the summer. Alte was then drafted into Ranheim's first team squad.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ranheimfotball.no/nyheter/ny-rekruttspiller-flyttet-opp-i-a-stallen|title=Ny rekruttspiller flyttet opp i A-stallen|last=Eriksen|first=Fredrik R.|date=7 July 2020|publisher=Ranheim IL|language=no|access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref>
Becoming a firm central midfielder in the 1. divisjon, rumours of a transfer to the highest league arose in the summer of 2023. Ranheim's larger neighbours Rosenborg BK showed interest, and Kongsvinger IL even had a bid accepted that was turned down by the player.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.namdalsavisa.no/adressa-eliteserie-bud-pa-ruben-fra-namsos-men-det-er-forelopig-ikke-rbk-som-prover-a-hente-namsosingen/s/5-121-1200278|title=Adressa: Eliteserie-bud på Ruben fra Namsos – men det er ikke RBK som prøver å hente namsosingen|date=10 July 2023|work=Namdalsavisa|language=no|access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nettavisen.no/sport/rosenborg-forsoker-a-sikre-seg-ranheim-profil/s/5-95-1299207|title=Rosenborg forsøker å sikre seg Ranheim-profil|last=de Wahl|first=Stian André|date=31 August 2023|work=Nettavisen|language=no|access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref> In the end, the sale took place in January 2024 and Kristiansund BK was the club that managed to get his signature.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.adressa.no/sport/fotball/i/gEogP5/ranheim-profilen-er-solgt|title=Ranheim-profilen er solgt|date=29 January 2024|work=Adresseavisen|language=no|access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref>
He made his Eliteserien debut in April 2024, and started 30 of 30 league matches in the 2024 Eliteserien.<ref name=sw>{{soccerway|ruben-kristensen-alte/661833}}</ref>
In July 2025, he signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Viking,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vikingfotball.no/nyheter/ruben-alte-klar-for-viking|title=Ruben Alte klar for Viking|website=Viking FK|language=no|last=Westergård|first=Silje|date=18 July 2025|access-date=6 February 2026}}</ref> with whom he won the 2025 Eliteserien.<ref name="NRK1"/>
==Honours== '''Viking''' * Eliteserien: 2025<ref name="NRK1">{{cite news |last1=Barka |first1=Even Hye Tytlandsvik |title=Banestorming og enorme scener da Viking vant Eliteserien |url=https://www.nrk.no/rogaland/banestorming-og-enorme-scener-da-viking-vant-eliteserien-1.17673311 |access-date=1 December 2025 |work=NRK |date=30 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251201151857/https://www.nrk.no/rogaland/banestorming-og-enorme-scener-da-viking-vant-eliteserien-1.17673311 |archive-date=1 December 2025 |language=nb-NO |trans-title=Pitch invasion and huge scenes as Viking win the Eliteserien}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Viking FK squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alte, Ruben}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:People from Namsos Municipality Category:Footballers from Trøndelag Category:Norwegian men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Namsos IL players Category:Steinkjer FK players Category:Ranheim Fotball players Category:Kristiansund BK players Category:Viking FK players Category:Norwegian Fourth Division players Category:Norwegian Third Division players Category:Norwegian First Division players Category:Eliteserien players