Per Ciljan Skjelbred

Per Ciljan Skjelbred
Personal information
Full name Per Ciljan Skjelbred
Date of birth (1987-06-16) 16 June 1987
Place of birth Trondheim, Norway
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Hertha BSC
Number 3
Youth career
Trygg/Lade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2011 Rosenborg 156 (9)
2011–2014 Hamburger SV 26 (0)
2013–2014 → Hertha BSC (loan) 28 (2)
2014– Hertha BSC 64 (0)
National team‡
2007– Norway 42 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2016
Skjelbred with Rosenborg in 2009.

Per Ciljan Skjelbred (born 16 June 1987) is a Norwegian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Hertha Berlin. He has previously played for Rosenborg and Hamburger SV, and has been capped 40 times playing for Norway, where he is the captain.

Club career

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 ("The dream being Professional Football Player") on Norwegian TV3. Skjelbred won this competition and as first prize, he got a week's training with Liverpool[1] Liverpool offered him a contract in order to include him in their youth team, but he declined. Instead, he went to the Norwegian club Rosenborg, where he soon made an impression.

Skjelbred made his debut in Tippeligaen against Bodø/Glimt in 2004, and aged 16 years and 358 days he is the second youngest player at Rosenborg.[2] 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.[3] Skjelbred returned to football on 10 March 2006 in Rosenborg's match against Aalesund, playing the first half of the match which Rosenborg won 5–1.[4]

Skjelbred joined the German side Hamburger SV in August 2011.[5] After playing 268 minutes for the club in Bundesliga, Skjelbred's transfer was called a "mistake" (Bisher Fehlgriff) by Kicker in November 2011,[6] and in November 2012 Skjelbred's name was one of five players that Hamburger SV stated they would sell when the transfer window opened in January 2013.[7]

However, after the 2013 January transfer window closed, Skjelbred remained a Hamburger SV 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 BSC (he was also voted Bundesliga Norwegian Player of the Season during this time), Skjelbred finally moved to Hertha BSC permanently, during the 2014 Summer transfer window.

International career

Skjelbred was first called up for the Norwegian under-21 team in September 2005, at the age of 18.[8] 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.

International goals

Score and Result lists Norway's goals first
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 11 June 2013 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Macedonia 1–0 2–0 Friendly

Personal life

Skjelbred married Kristina Jørgensen in October 2012. Together they have two children Eline Sofie and Jonathan.[9]

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of 11 November 2016[10][11]

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Norway League Norwegian Cup Europe Total
2004 Rosenborg Tippeligaen 2020--40
2005 1333151215
2006 20052--252
2007 2524080372
2008 25121123415
2009 2714040351
2010 29152110453
2011 1513231214
Total 156928843522722
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
2011–12 Hamburger SV Bundesliga 8010--90
2012–13 18010--190
2013–14 Hertha BSC 28200--282
2014–15 25000--250
2015–16 31050--360
2016–17 802020120
Total 118290201292
Career Total 2741137845535623

Continental competition includes UEFA Intertoto Cup, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Champions League matches, as well as qualification matches.

Honours

Club

Rosenborg
Winner: 2006, 2009, 2010
Winner: 2010
Winner: 2008[note 1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Rosenborg was one of 11 teams to advance to the 2008–09 UEFA Cup by winning all their stages of the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup. Brage advanced the furthest in the UEFA Cup and was declared the overall winner.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Per (15) får trene med Liverpool" [Per (15) to train with Liverpool]. Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 27 November 2002. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
  2. ↑ "Tidligere spiller: Per Ciljan Skjelbred" (in Norwegian). RBKweb.no. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Skjelbred suffers broken leg". UEFA.com. 24 November 2005. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
  4. ↑ Monssen, Håkon (6 April 2006). "Rosenborg utklasset Aalesund" (in Norwegian). rbk.no. Retrieved 6 August 2001.
  5. ↑ "Perfekt: Skjelbred kommt früher zum HSV" [Perfect: Skjelbred is coming earlier for HSV] (in German). HSV. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  6. ↑ Hansen, Ole Jonny Eriksrud (14 November 2011). "Stempler Ciljan som Bundesliga-flopp" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "Die Abschussliste des HSV" (in German). bild.de. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  8. ↑ "Skjelbred debuterer på U-21-landsla". Norwegian News Agency (in Norwegian). NRK. 27 September 2005. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  9. ↑ Johansen, Ørnulf (15 October 2012). "Nygift Ciljan: Sorry ladies!" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisa. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  10. ↑ "Per Ciljan Skjelbred". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  11. ↑ Per Skjelbred profile at Fussballdaten
  12. ↑ Berre, Tom. "Mestvinnende spillere" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
  13. ↑ "Rosenborg overlegne i superfinalen". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 7 March 2010. Archived from the original on 27 April 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  14. ↑ "2008: Stuttgart have last word". Union of European Football Associations. 1 August 2008. Archived from the original on 15 April 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  15. ↑ "The UEFA Intertoto Cup: Past Winners". Union of European Football Associations. 2008. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
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