Norwegian footballer (born 1987)
Per Ciljan Skjelbred
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Full name
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Per Ciljan Skjelbred
[1]
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Date of birth
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(
1987-06-16
)
16 June 1987
(age 36)
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Place of birth
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Trondheim
, Norway
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Height
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1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
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Position(s)
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Midfielder
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Current team
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Ranheim
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Number
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7
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Trygg/Lade
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Years
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Team
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Apps
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(
Gls
)
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2004?2011
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Rosenborg
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156
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(9)
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2011?2014
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Hamburger SV
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26
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(0)
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2013?2014
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→
Hertha BSC
(loan)
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28
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(2)
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2014?2020
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Hertha BSC
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151
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(0)
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2020?2023
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Rosenborg
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68
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(2)
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2024?
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Ranheim
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2
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(0)
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2007?2017
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Norway
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43
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(1)
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 February 2017
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Per Ciljan Skjelbred
(born 16 June 1987) is a Norwegian
footballer
who plays as a
midfielder
for
Ranheim
. He has previously played for
Hertha Berlin
and
Hamburger SV
, and has been capped 43 times playing for
Norway
, but as of 2017, retired from international football.
Club career
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Skjelbred was born in
Trondheim
and started his career at local football club Trygg/Lade. He made an impression, and was selected to compete in a football talent competition entitled
Proffdrømmen
("Pro player dreams") on Norwegian TV3. Skjelbred won this competition and as first prize, he got a week's training with
Liverpool
.
[2]
The English club offered him a contract for their youth team, but he declined.
Instead, he went to hometown club
Rosenborg
, where he soon came into first-team reckoning. Skjelbred made his senior debut in the
Tippeligaen
against
Bodø/Glimt
in 2004, and aged 16 years and 358 days became the second-youngest player to play for Rosenborg.
[3]
After scoring a goal in the first match of the
2005 Champions League
against
Olympiacos
, he was tackled in the return match at
Lerkendal
on 23 November by
Ieroklis Stoltidis
; both bones in Skjelbred's lower leg snapped just above the ankle. Although he went in with both legs and had no chance of getting the ball, Stoltidis said he had not meant to harm Skjelbred.
[4]
[5]
[6]
Skjelbred returned to football on 10 March 2006 in
Rosenborg BK
's match against
Aalesunds FK
, playing the first half of the match which Rosenborg won 5?1.
[7]
Skjelbred joined the German side
Hamburger SV
in August 2011.
[8]
After playing 268 minutes for the club in the
Bundesliga
, Skjelbred's transfer was called a "mistake" (Bisher Fehlgriff) by
Kicker
in November 2011,
[9]
and in November 2012 Skjelbred was named one of five players that HSV stated they would sell when the transfer window opened in January 2013.
[10]
However, after the 2013 January transfer window closed, Skjelbred remained a Hamburg player. In the summer of 2013, he was loaned for one season to
Hertha BSC
, who in turn loaned
Pierre-Michel Lasogga
to Hamburg.
After a very successful loan spell at Hertha (he was also voted Bundesliga Norwegian Player of the Season during this time), Skjelbred finally moved to Berlin permanently during the 2014 Summer transfer window.
In February 2020, Skjelbred confirmed he would return to Rosenborg beginning from the summer 2020 after his contract with
Hertha Berlin
expires.
[11]
International career
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Skjelbred was first called up for the
Norwegian under-21 team
in September 2005, at the age of 18.
[12]
He made his debut for
senior team
against
Malta
on 28 March 2007.
On 3 September 2014 Skjelbred captained the Norwegian national side for the first time against England at
Wembley
.
England won the match 1-0 thanks to a
Wayne Rooney
penalty. Per was handed the captain's armband after previous captain,
Brede Hangeland
retired from international football.
On 22 February 2017 Skjelbred retired from the national team.
[13]
International goals
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- Score and Result lists Norway's goals first
Personal life
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Skjelbred married Kristina Jørgensen in October 2012. Together they have two children Eline Sofie and Jonathan.
[14]
Career statistics
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Statistics accurate as of 6 April 2024
[15]
[16]
Continental competition includes
UEFA Intertoto Cup
,
UEFA Cup
/
UEFA Europa League
, and
UEFA Champions League
matches, as well as qualification matches.
Honours
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Rosenborg
Notes
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References
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External links
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