Ruben Kristiansen (born 20 February 1988) is a Norwegian international footballer who plays professionally for SK Brann, as a left back.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 February 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Nordreisa, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Brann | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Nordreisa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Nordreisa | |||
| 2008–2009 | Skjervøy | ||
| 2010–2011 | Tromsdalen | 43 | (5) |
| 2012–2014 | Tromsø | 43 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Vålerenga | 42 | (0) |
| 2015– | Brann | 201 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Norway U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Norway | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:03, 2 April 2014 (UTC) | |||
Career edit
Kristiansen hails from Nordreisa.[1] He has played club football for Skjervøy, Tromsdalen and Tromsø.[2][3] He signed for Vålerenga in March 2014.[4]
Career statistics edit
| Club | Season | Division | League | National Cup | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Tromsdalen | 2010 | 1. divisjon | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 22 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2. divisjon | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 3 | ||
| Total | 43 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | 47 | 5 | |||
| Tromsø | 2012 | Tippeligaen | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| 2013 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13[a] | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Total | 43 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 70 | 1 | ||
| Vålerenga | 2014 | Tippeligaen | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Total | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 45 | 0 | |||
| Brann | 2015 | 1. divisjon | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 2 | |
| 2016 | Tippeligaen | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Eliteserien | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 21 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2022 | 1. divisjon | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Eliteserien | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 201 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 221 | 4 | ||
| Career Total | 330 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 383 | 10 | ||
- ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ One appearance in Mesterfinalen, and two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
Honours edit
- Tromsø[3]
- Norwegian Cup runner-up: 2012
- Brann[3]
- Norwegian First Division: 2022
- Norwegian Football Cup: 2022
- Mesterfinalen runner-up: 2017
References edit
- ^ Profile at Tromsø IL
- ^ a b Ruben Kristiansen at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b c d Ruben Kristiansen at Soccerway
- ^ "Vålerenga henter Ruben Kristiansen fra TIL" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ^ Ruben Kristiansen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
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