Given the question: Hans Julius Eriksen Norbye (born 16 January 1987) is a Norwegian footballer who is playing for Troms as a defender.Norbye was born and grew up in Karasjok. He was regarded as having talent for athletics during his younger days but joined Troms IL to play youth football. He represented Norway internationally on youth level at the time. In 2006 he spent time on loan in Alta IF.After the 2006 season he signed his first professional contract with Troms IL. 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?
The answer is:
Athlete