Please answer the following question: Karl Morten Eek (born 25 June 1988) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a defender for Ranheim in the Norwegian First Division.He was born in Sparbu and started his career in Sparbu IL. He made his senior in May 2005 for Steinkjer FK. He attracted the interest of both Molde FK and Rosenborg BK but joined FK Bod/Glimt ahead of the 2009 season. In the latter half of 2009 he was loaned out to Nybergsund IL-Trysil. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Athlete