Morten Skjønsberg
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Morten Morisbak Skjønsberg | ||
Date of birth | 12 February 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Bærum, Norway | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2011 | Stabæk | 215 | (1) |
2012–2014 | IFK Norrköping | 67 | (0) |
2014–2017 | Stabæk | 105 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2003–2005 | Norway U21 | 20 | (1) |
2008 | Norway | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 January 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 August 2008 |
Morten Morisbak Skjønsberg (born 12 February 1983) is a Norwegian former footballer.[1] As a player Skjønsberg was a versatile defender who played anywhere across the back line. In the early years of his career, he usually played at right-back, but was later converted to central defender.
Career
[edit]Club career
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/MortenSkjonsberg.jpg/200px-MortenSkjonsberg.jpg)
Skjønsberg made his debut for Stabæk in 2002. By the end of the 2007 season, he had played 114 league games for the club. On 3 August 2008, he scored his first league goal for Stabæk, against Bodø/Glimt.[2] On 10 January 2012 he transferred to Swedish club IFK Norrköping.[3] He came back to Stabæk in 2014 and was an important part of the team until he retired after the 2017 season. He has the record for most league and total appearances for Stabæk.
International career
[edit]At international level, Skjønsberg played 20 times for Norway U-21, and in August 2008, he got his first call-up to the senior national team.[4]
On 19 November 2008, he got his first and only senior cap, when he came on as a substitute against Ukraine in Dnipropetrovsk.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 27 January 2018
Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
2001 | Stabæk | Tippeligaen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
2003 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
2004 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
2005 | Adeccoligaen | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 1 | |
2006 | Tippeligaen | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
2007 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
2008 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
2009 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
2010 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
2011 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
2012 | Norrköping | Allsvenskan | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
2013 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
2014 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
2014 | Stabæk | Tippeligaen | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
2015 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
2016 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
2017 | Eliteserien | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
Career total | 387 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 432 | 3 |
Honours
[edit]Stabaek
- Tippeligaen: 2008
- Superfinalen: 2009
- 1. divisjon: 2005
- Norwegian Football Cup runner-up: 2008
References
[edit]- ^ "Alle Eliteserie-overgangene i januar" (in Swedish). m.nettavisen.no. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ Weltfussball.com: Morten Skjønsberg 2008 stats
- ^ Officiellt: Morten Morisbak Skjönsberg till IFK Norrköping
- ^ "Norway squad for friendly against Republic of Ireland". fotball.no. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Morten Skjønsberg at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Bærum
- Norwegian men's footballers
- Norway men's international footballers
- Norway men's under-21 international footballers
- Stabæk Fotball players
- Eliteserien players
- Norwegian First Division players
- IFK Norrköping players
- Allsvenskan players
- Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Men's association football defenders
- Norwegian football defender stubs