Stefan Strandberg

Stefan Strandberg
Strandberg with Ural Yekaterinburg in 2019
Personal information
Full name Ken Remi Stefan Strandberg[1]
Date of birth (1990-07-25) 25 July 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Lyngdal, Norway
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Lyngdal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Mandalskameratene 32 (2)
2009–2012 Vålerenga 59 (2)
2009 → Bryne (loan) 4 (0)
2012–2015 Rosenborg 109 (4)
2015–2019 Krasnodar 16 (0)
2016–2017 → Hannover 96 (loan) 12 (0)
2018 → Krasnodar-2 5 (0)
2019 → Ural Yekaterinburg (loan) 10 (0)
2019–2020 Trapani 12 (0)
2020–2021 Ural Yekaterinburg 17 (1)
2021–2022 Salernitana 11 (0)
2022–2024 Vålerenga 31 (4)
International career‡
2006 Norway U-16 3 (0)
2008 Norway U-18 3 (1)
2009 Norway U-19 4 (0)
2010–2013 Norway U-21 25 (1)
2014–2015 Norway U-23 2 (2)
2013–2023 Norway 36 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2023

Ken Remi Stefan Strandberg (born 25 July 1990) is a former Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender.

Hailing from Lyngdal, Strandberg started his senior career for Mandalskameratene before he moved to Vålerenga in 2009. After three seasons with the Oslo-based club, he joined Rosenborg ahead of the 2012 season.

Strandberg has represented Norway from under-15 to senior level, and was the captain of the under-21 team that got a bronze medal in the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. He was also picked for team of the tournament, with the likes of; David de Gea, Alberto Moreno, Marc Bartra, Asier Illarramendi, Isco, Koke, Thiago Alcântara, Marco Verratti, Álvaro Morata, Fabio Borini and Luuk de Jong.

Club career

Strandberg was born in Lyngdal[2] and played for Lyngdal IL until he moved to Mandalskameratene in 2006[3] where he made his debut for the senior team at the age of 15. He played three seasons for Mandalskameratene,[4] and made eight appearances in the First Division when the club had a spell in the second-tier league in 2007.[2]

Strandberg signed a four-year contract with the Tippeligaen side Vålerenga in January 2009.[3] He was loaned out to Bryne FK in July 2009, as a replacement for the injured Christian Gauseth.[4] Strandberg played four matches for the First Division side during the summer, before he returned to Vålerenga. He made his Tippeligaen-debut on 12 September 2009 when he replaced Mohammed Fellah 11 minutes before full-time in the match against Fredrikstad.[5] He has previously had trials with clubs such as; Derby, Portsmouth and VfB Stuttgart.[6] Vålerenga sold Strandberg, who had one year left of his contract, to their rivals Rosenborg ahead of the 2012 season.[7]

On 26 August 2016, he joined Hannover 96 on loan from FC Krasnodar for the rest of the 2016–17 season.[8]

On 17 January 2019, he joined another Russian club FC Ural Yekaterinburg on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[9]

On 13 December 2019, he joined Italian Serie B club Trapani until the end of the 2019–20 season.[10]

On 1 September 2020, he returned to Ural Yekaterinburg.[11] He left Ural on 8 June 2021 as his contract expired.[12]

On 23 July 2021, he signed a one-year contract with Italian club Salernitana. If certain performance conditions were met, the contract would be automatically renewed for another year.[13]

International career

Strandberg first represented his country at under-15 level, where he played two matches in 2005. The following year, he played three matches for the under-16 team. He scored one goal in the matches for the under-18 team in 2008, before he played four matches for the under-19 team the next year.[14] He made his debut for the under-21 team when he replaced Harmeet Singh after 78 minutes in the match against Hungary U21 on 28 May 2010.[15] He later became a regular on the under-21 team, and was the captain of the team that qualified for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.[16]

Strandberg was called up for the Norwegian squad for the 2012 King's Cup, but had to withdraw due to an injury and was replaced by Thomas Drage.[17] Strandberg was also called up for senior squad for the friendly matches against South Africa and Zambia in January 2013, but had to withdraw from the squad due to a surgery in the hip.[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 November 2022[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mandalskameratene 2006 2. Division 20 2 3 0 – 23 2
2007 Adeccoligaen 8 0 0 0 – 8 0
2008 2. Division 4 0 2 0 – 8 0
Total 32 2 5 0 0 0 37 2
Vålerenga 2009 Tippeligaen 5 0 2 0 – 7 0
2010 28 1 1 0 – 29 1
2011 26 1 2 1 4 0 32 2
Total 59 2 5 1 4 0 68 3
Bryne (loan) 2009 Adeccoligaen 4 0 0 0 – 4 0
Rosenborg 2012 Tippeligaen 23 2 3 1 10 0 36 3
2013 23 1 6 0 2 0 31 1
2014 20 1 2 0 5 0 27 1
2015 13 0 2 0 – 15 0
Total 79 4 13 1 17 0 109 5
Krasnodar 2015–16 Russian Premier League 15 0 0 0 8 0 23 0
2016–17 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
2017–18 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Total 16 0 0 0 10 0 26 0
Hannover 96 (loan) 2016–17 2. Bundesliga 12 0 1 0 – 13 0
Ural (loan) 2018–19 Russian Premier League 10 0 3 0 – 13 0
Trapani 2019–20 Serie B 12 0 0 0 – 12 0
Ural 2020–21 Russian Premier League 17 1 1 0 – 18 1
Salernitana 2021–22 Serie A 11 0 1 0 – 12 0
Vålerenga 2022 Eliteserien 6 1 0 0 – 6 1
2023 20 3 1 0 – 21 4
Total 26 4 1 0 0 0 27 4
Career total 274 13 33 2 31 0 335 15

International

As of 15 October 2023[20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 2013 1 0
2014 2 0
2015 1 0
2016 6 0
2017 1 0
2018 0 0
2019 0 0
2020 3 0
2021 10 1
2022 6 0
2023 7 0
Total 36 1
Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Strandberg goal.
List of international goals scored by Stefan Strandberg
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 6 June 2021 La Rosaleda Stadium, Malaga  Greece 1–2 1–2 Friendly

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Ken Remi Stefan Strandberg" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Stefan Strandberg". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  3. ^ a b Kleiberg, Gunnar (26 January 2009). "Skal spille i Vålerenga" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  4. ^ a b (in Norwegian) Bryne leier VIF-spiller Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Aftenbladet.no
  5. ^ "Strandberg Tippeliga-debuterte" (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Fotball. 12 September 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2013.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ (in Norwegian) Drømmen som går i oppfyllelse Archived 30 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine VIF-Fotball.no
  7. ^ Nordsetrønning, Alf-Ivar Rabben; Stokstad, Morten (13 February 2012). "Strandberg klar for Rosenborg: – Kommer for å vinne gull" (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  8. ^ "Show more. FC Krasnodar Official site" СТЕФАН СТРАНДБЕРГ ПРОВЕДЕТ СЕЗОН-2016/2017 В ГЕРМАНИИ (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 26 August 2016.
  9. ^ «Урал» взял в аренду Стефана Страндберга [Ural loaned Stefan Strandberg] (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 17 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Il difensore Stefan #Strandberg è un calciatore granata" (Press release) (in Italian). Trapani. 13 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Стефан Страндберг снова с нами!" (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 1 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Стефан Страндберг покидает "Урал"" (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 8 June 2021.
  13. ^ "STEFAN STRANDBERG È UN GIOCATORE DELLA SALERNITANA" (in Italian). Salernitana. 23 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Stefan Strandberg's profil". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  15. ^ Pedersen, Theis Roksvåg (31 May 2010). "Strandberg debuterte på U21" (in Norwegian). Lister. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  16. ^ Rasmussen, John; Strand, Sigbjørn (16 October 2012). "- Surrealistisk! Helt sykt! Jeg har ikke ord!" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  17. ^ Hansen, Anders Mo (6 January 2012). "Thomas Drage på A-landslaget!" (in Norwegian). Nordlys. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  18. ^ "Strandberg må operere hoften" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Norwegian News Agency. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2013.[permanent dead link‍]
  19. ^ "Stefan Strandberg". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  20. ^ "Stefan Strandberg". football (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  21. ^ "Thiago leads all-star squad dominated by Spain". UEFA. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
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