Petter Rudi

Petter Rudi
Personal information
Full name Petter Normann Rudi
Date of birth (1973-09-17) 17 September 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Kristiansund, Norway
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1997 Molde 138 (8)
1996 →Gent (loan) 6 (0)
1997 →Perugia (loan) 14 (1)
1997–2000 Sheffield Wednesday 77 (8)
2000–2001 Molde 15 (2)
2001–2002 Lokeren 13 (2)
2002–2003 Germinal Beerschot 13 (0)
2003–2004 Austria Wien 4 (0)
2004–2006 Molde 68 (7)
2006–2007 Gent 12 (3)
Total 360 (31)
International career
1991 Norway U17 9 (2)
1992 Norway U18 5 (0)
1993 Norway U20 3 (0)
1992–1995 Norway U21 35 (7)
1995–2006 Norway[1] 46 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Petter Normann Rudi (born 17 September 1973) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

He notably played in the Premier League for Sheffield Wednesday and in Serie A for Perugia. He also played for Molde, Gent, Lokeren, Germinal Beerschot and Austria Wien. He was capped 46 times by Norway, scoring 3 goals.

Club career

As midfielder, Rudi has played with several European clubs. These are Gent, Perugia, Sheffield Wednesday, Lokeren, Germinal Beerschot, Austria Wien and Molde.[2]

Molde

At 17 years old, Rudi became part of Molde's senior squad in the 1991 season. He got his debut on 12 May 1991 in a league game the club drew 1–1 against Fyllingen.[3] Rudi scored his first goals for Molde on 16 August 1992, when he scored a brace against Mjøndalen in Molde's 4–0 win at Nedre Eiker Stadion.[4] Molde were relegated from the top division in 1993, but Rudi played all games in the following season and contributed to Molde being promoted back to Tippeligaen. Rudi was suspended in the final of the 1994 Norwegian Cup where Molde defeated Lyn 3–2 and won the club's first major trophy.[3]

Sheffield Wednesday

Rudi was signed by David Pleat in October 1997 from Molde. He made his debut against Spurs, and his style of play made him popular with the Wednesday fans. Rudi became a regular starter under Ron Atkinson later that season after Pleat was sacked. The Norwegian failed to score in his first season, he did however score in the 5–3 penalty shoot-out victory against Watford in the third round of the FA Cup.[citation needed]

Rudi made 79 and six sub appearances for Wednesday, scoring eight goals.

International career

Rudi played a total of 52 games and scored nine goals for Norway at international youth level.[5]

During has career, Rudi has been capped 46 times for the Norway national football team scoring three goals.[1]

Career statistics

Club

Source:[6][7]

Club Season Division League Cup[a] League Cup Europe Other[b] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Molde 1991 Tippeligaen 12 0 1 0 — — — 13 0
1992 20 2 2 0 — — — 22 2
1993 22 2 5 2 — — 2 0 29 4
1994 1. divisjon (2) 22 2 4 1 — — — 26 3
1995 Tippeligaen 25 1 2 0 — 4[c] 0 — 31 1
1996 26 0 4 0 — 2[d] 0 — 32 0
1997 11 1 0 0 — — — 11 1
Total 138 8 18 3 — — 6 0 2 0 164 11
Perugia (loan) 1996–97 Serie A 14 1 0 0 — — — 14 1
Sheffield Wednesday 1997–98 Premier League 22 0 0 0 0 0 — — 22 0
1998–99 34 6 3 1 1 0 — — 40 7
1999–2000 20 2 1 0 4 1 — — 25 3
2000–01 First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Total 77 8 4 1 5 1 — — — — 86 10
Molde 2000 Tippeligaen 3 0 1 1 — 2[e] 0 — 6 1
2001 12 2 1 0 — — — 13 2
Total 15 2 2 1 — — 2 0 — — 19 3
Molde 2004 Tippeligaen 26 3 3 1 — — — 29 4
2005 16 3 3 0 — — 2 0 21 3
2006 26 1 1 0 — 4[e] 0 — 31 1
Total 68 7 7 1 — — 4 0 2 0 81 8
Molde Total 221 17 27 5 — — 12 0 4 0 264 22
  1. ^ Includes the Norwegian Cup, Coppa Italia and FA Cup
  2. ^ All appearances in relegation play-offs
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup qualifying round
  5. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Cup

International

Source:[8]

National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 1995 2 0
1996 5 0
1997 8 3
1998 5 0
1999 7 0
2000 0 0
2001 6 0
2002 0 0
2003 3 0
2004 2 0
2005 5 0
2006 3 0
Total 46 3

Honours

Molde

Austria Wien

References

  1. ^ a b "Petter Normann Rudi 17.9.1973". n3sport.no. Football Association of Norway. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Petter Rudi klar for Gent" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 13 January 2007.
  3. ^ a b Brunvoll, Olaus. "MFK 1991". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  4. ^ Brunvoll, Olaus. "MFK 1992". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Petter Rudi national team profile". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Petter Rudi". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  7. ^ "P. Rudi". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Petter Rudi". eu-football.info (in Norwegian). EU Football. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

Sources

http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=5072