Ruben Kristiansen

Ruben Kristiansen
Kristiansen in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-02-20) 20 February 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Nordreisa, Norway
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Tromsø
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)
2015–2024 Brann 228 (4)
2025– Tromsø 0 (0)
International career‡
2012 Norway U23 1 (0)
2013–2014 Norway 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:03, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Ruben Kristiansen (born 20 February 1988) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays for Tromsø as a left back.

Career

Kristiansen hails from Nordreisa Municipality.[1] He has played club football for Skjervøy, Tromsdalen and Tromsø.[2][3] He signed for Vålerenga in March 2014.[4]

Kristiansen in 2012.

He made his international debut for Norway in 2013.[2]

Career statistics

As of 16 December 2024[3][5]
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 29 0 1 0 0 0 30 0
Total 228 4 12 0 9 0 249 4
Career Total 357 10 27 0 28 0 412 10
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ One appearance in Mesterfinalen, and two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Tromsø[3]
Brann[3]

References

  1. ^ Profile at Tromsø IL
  2. ^ a b Ruben Kristiansen at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ a b c d Ruben Kristiansen at Soccerway
  4. ^ "Vålerenga henter Ruben Kristiansen fra TIL" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  5. ^ Ruben Kristiansen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)


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