Christian Grindheim
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File:Christian Grindheim 2006-06-06.jpg
Grindheim in 2006
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 17 July 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Haugesund, Norway | ||
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Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Vålerenga | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
Haugar | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2004 | Haugesund | 98 | (20) |
2005–2008 | Vålerenga | 70 | (7) |
2008–2011 | Heerenveen | 86 | (7) |
2011–2013 | F.C. Copenhagen | 37 | (0) |
2013 | → Vålerenga (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2013– | Vålerenga | 70 | (10) |
International career‡ | |||
2004–2005 | Norway U-21 | 15 | (1) |
2005– | Norway | 54 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 June 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 August 2015 |
Christian Grindheim (born 17 July 1983) is a football midfielder who currently plays for the Tippeligaen club Vålerenga Fotball. Grindheim is known as a hardworking midfielder with tough tackling and powerful shots. He has made over 50 appearances for the Norway national team.
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Club career
Grindheim was born in Haugesund[1] and started his career in the local club Haugar, before he joined Haugesund where he made his debut for the first team in Tippeligaen at the age of 17. After Haugesund's relegation from the First Division in 2004, several Tippeliga-clubs was interested in the talented midfielder's signature. Viking, with Roy Hodgson as manager, made an offer for Grindheim, but he chose Vålerenga where he was a playing regularly for the team that won the league in 2005.[2]
On 7 January 2008, Grindheim was transferred to Heerenveen.
On 15 June 2011, Grindheim transferred to FC Copenhagen on a three-year contract.
In February 2013, Grindheim moved to Vålerenga on loan with an option to buy,[3] which Vålerenga took up in July 2013, signing Grindheim to a three-year contract.[4]
International career
Grindheim made his debut for the Norwegian national team, on 17 August 2005 in a friendly match against Switzerland. Grindheim played 45 minutes in a match Norway lost 2–0.[2] He scored his first goal in Egil Olsen first match in his second stint as head coach of Norway, the friendly match against Germany on 11 February 2009, He reached his 50th cap in the friendly match against England.[2][5]
Career statistics
Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
2000 | Haugesund | Tippeligaen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2001 | Adeccoligaen | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
2002 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 5 | ||
2003 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 9 | ||
2004 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | ||
2005 | Vålerenga | Tippeligaen | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 3 |
2006 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
2007 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 4 | ||
2007–08 | Heerenveen | Eredivisie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
2008–09 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 5 | ||
2009–10 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
2010–11 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 2 | ||
2011–12 | Copenhagen | Superliga | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
2012–13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
2013 | Vålerenga | Tippeligaen | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
2014 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 4 | ||
2015 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 | ||
2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Career Total | 386 | 45 | 36 | 6 | 422 | 51 |
International goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 11 February 2009 | LTU Arena, Düsseldorf | ![]() |
1–0 | Win | Friendly |
2 | 29 May 2010 | Ullevaal stadion, Norway | ![]() |
2–1 | Win | Friendly |
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Honours
- Vålerenga IF
- SC Heerenveen
- F.C. Copenhagen
References
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External links
- Christian Grindheim at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- EngvarB from June 2013
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Haugesund
- Norwegian footballers
- Norway international footballers
- FK Haugesund players
- Vålerenga Fotball players
- SC Heerenveen players
- F.C. Copenhagen players
- Tippeligaen players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Eredivisie players
- Danish Superliga players
- Norwegian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in Denmark
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark