Martin Knudsen (footballer)

Martin Knudsen (born 4 January 1978) is a former footballer from Bergen who played as a midfielder.

Martin Knudsen
Personal information
Full name Martin Knudsen
Date of birth (1978-01-04) 4 January 1978
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Midtbygden
Fyllingen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 Viking[1] 66 (1)
2000–2006 Brann[1] 125 (7)
2007–2009 Tromsø[1] 51 (1)
2010–2011 Staal ? (?)
2012 Varegg 16 (1)
2013 Staal ? (?)
2014 Varegg 10 (0)
2015 Nordnes 1 (0)
2015 Djerv 4 (0)
International career‡
1997 Norway U20[2] 1 (0)
1998–1999 Norway U21[2] 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 June 2006

He started his senior career in Viking FK.

He came to SK Brann on a free transfer in 2000.[3] Knudsen played over a hundred league matches for the club and played in many different positions on the pitch.[3] He has silver and bronze medals from the Norwegian Tippeligaen and played one of his best matches in his career when Brann won the 2004 cup final against F.C. Lyn Oslo.

At the end of November 2006, Brann was approached by Molde FK, Sandefjord Fotball and Tromsø IL, who all wanted to sign him. Molde later withdrew their offer as they could not afford Knudsen's demanded salary. On 5 December 2006, Knudsen agreed to Tromsø's offer, and played in Tromsø from January 2007.[4] Knudsen choose to leave Tromsø after the 2009 season. He subsequently turned down an offer from newly promoted Norwegian Premier League club Kongsvinger IL as he wanted to live close to his home place,[5] and went on to play for the third division team Staal instead.

Honours

Norway

References
  1. "Eliteserien | bt.no". Fotball.bt.no. Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  2. Fotballforbund, Norges. "Martin Knudsen – Profil". fotball.no – Norges Fotballforbund.
  3. "Hjem | Brann". Brann.no. Archived from the original on 2007-10-29. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  4. "Martin Knudsen valgte Tromsø – Tippeligaen". Dagbladet.no. 2009-08-18. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  5. "Knudsen forlater TIL | Aftenbladet.no". aftenbladet.no. 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
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