Lars-Christopher Vilsvik

Lars-Christopher Horst Jan Vilsvik (born 18 October 1988) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a defender for the Eliteserien side Strømsgodset. Vilsvik, who has a German mother and a Norwegian father, grew up in Germany where he played for the amateur sides Tennis Borussia Berlin and Lichterfelder FC. In 2010, he made his professional debut in Norway with Strømsgodset. Being eligible to play for both Norway and Germany, Vilsvik made his debut for the Norwegian national team in 2012.

Lars-Christopher Vilsvik
Personal information
Full name Lars-Christopher Horst Jan Vilsvik
Date of birth (1988-10-18) 18 October 1988
Place of birth West Berlin, West Germany
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Strømsgodset
Number 26
Youth career
1994–1998 Tennis Borussia Berlin
1998–2006 Lichterfelder FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Lichterfelder FC 79 (18)
2010– Strømsgodset 353 (26)
International career‡
2012 Norway U23[1] 2 (0)
2012–2013 Norway 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2018

Career

Club career

Vilsvik was born in West Berlin[2] to a Norwegian father and a German mother,[3] and began his football career as a 6-year old for the club Tennis Borussia Berlin, where he played with his good friend Jérôme Boateng.[4]

Lichterfelder FC

When he was 16 years old he began playing for the German fifth-tier club Lichterfelder FC. He played half a season as a junior for the club, before he as the youngest player (17) was promoted to the first team, where he played for four years. He also had trials at Rosenborg BK,[3] Hamburger SV[5] and Eintracht Braunschweig.[6]

Strømsgodset

In November 2009, Vilsvik went on trial for the Norwegian club Strømsgodset, mostly as a favor to his uncle, who was a sponsor. He impressed the coach and sports director, and was given a three-year contract with the club.[7] He became a regular starter in his first season, with 21 league games, and won the Norwegian Cup the same year.

In 2013, he declined a move to Eintracht Braunschweig because he wanted to win the league with his club.[8]

By 11 August 2017, when he signed a new 4.5-year-contract, Vilsvik had made 243 appearances for the club, placing him 8th in club history.[8] He won the cup in 2010, the league in 2013, and runner-up in the league in 2012 and 2014.[8]

International career

With both a German and Norwegian citizenship, Vilsvik was eligible to represent both his mother's and father's country.[9]

In November 2011 he was called up in the Norway squad, for their game with Wales as a replacement for Tom Høgli.[10] Vilsvik made his debut for the national team in January 2012 for the King's Cup in Thailand, where he played his first two international matches. He was again called up for the national team for in June 2012 as a replacement for Jonathan Parr, and with Vilsvik's teammate Kim André Madsen also in the squad, Strømsgodset had two players in the Norwegian squad for the first time since 1970.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 1 October 2023[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Strømsgodset 2010 Tippeligaen 22270-292
2011 2723020322
2012 30351-354
2013 2651130306
2014 2523020302
2015 2443062336
2016 2936120374
2017 Eliteserien 28020-300
2018 22030-250
2019 28110-291
2020 25000-250
2021 26120-281
2022 24230-272
2023 17130-201
Total 3532641315241031
Career total 3532642315241031

Honours

Club

Individual

References
  1. Lars-Christopher Vilsvik at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  2. "Lars-Christopher Vilsvik". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  3. "Realiserte en felles drøm". touch.dt.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  4. "Godset-Vilsvik barndomsvenn med Tyskland-stjerne". vg.no (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  5. "Vilsvik zum Probetraining beim HSV". die-fans.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  6. "Bunoza und Vilsvik heute bei Eintracht im Probetraining". braunschweiger-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  7. "Vilsvik fra Norge-tvil til landslagsjubel" (in Norwegian). VG. 8 November 2011.
  8. "Vilsvik signerer ny langtidskontrakt". Strømsgodset (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  9. "Anruf vom Onkel". tagesspiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  10. "Høgli melder forfall - Vilsvik inn i troppen" (in Norwegian). VG. 8 November 2011.
  11. Hoff, Jørgen B. (1 June 2012). "Dette har ikke skjedd på landslaget siden 1970" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  12. "Lars Vilsvik". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
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