Daniel Braaten

Daniel Braaten
Braaten in 2013
Personal information
Full name Daniel Omoya Braaten
Date of birth (1982-05-25) 25 May 1982
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Brann
Number 25
Youth career
1988–2000 Skeid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2004 Skeid 102 (22)
2004–2007 Rosenborg 58 (10)
2007–2008 Bolton Wanderers 6 (1)
2008–2013 Toulouse 157 (13)
2013–2014 F.C. Copenhagen 23 (1)
2015–2016 Vålerenga 22 (1)
2016– Brann 49 (3)
National team‡
2000 Norway U18 4 (0)
2003 Norway U21 2 (0)
2004–2014 Norway 52 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 May 2014

Daniel Omoya Braaten (born 25 May 1982) is a Norwegian footballer, who plays as a winger for the Norwegian club SK Brann after signing a one-year contract with the club on 21 February 2016.[1] He has previously played for Skeid, Rosenborg and Toulouse, with 157 caps and 13 goals in the latter club. He has been capped 52 times for the Norway national football team.

Career

Early career

Braaten while playing for Rosenborg

Born in Oslo, Norway to a Nigerian father (Professor Karimu Aliyu, an Ebira man from Kogi State) and Norwegian mother, Braaten started his career in the Skeid youth academy at the age of six. He later won the Norwegian Junior Cup with the team in 1999, aged 17. The following year he was promoted to the first team, where he played for four years before joining giants Rosenborg BK in 2004, after 102 caps and 22 goals for Skeid. Before signing for Rosenborg, Braaten had attracted interest from various clubs in Norway and abroad, and had a trial with French side RC Lens in late 2003 with Daniel Fredheim Holm.[2] Braaten had however trained with Rosenborg as early as autumn 2002, but was still in contract with Skeid, before signing in 2004 for approximately £250,000.

Braaten had become one of the most profiled players of the Norwegian Premier League, through his colourful, untraditional and artistic playing style. He had become known especially for his individual technical skills and physical strength, and as a player who did unexpected things on the field, surprising both opposing players as well as the audience. He was famous not only for his pace, but also for his mastery of the seal dribble, an incredibly difficult trick involving running while bouncing (and controlling) the ball on top of the head.

European career

On 3 August 2007, Braaten signed for Bolton Wanderers for a reported fee of £450,000. He scored his first goal in English football just over three weeks later, netting the final goal in Bolton's 3–0 win over Reading.[3] He failed to secure a permanent spot on the team, however, and after a tough season in England, Braaten signed a three-year contract with French side Toulouse on 25 June 2008.[4] He was included as part of the deal which saw Johan Elmander move to Bolton. He scored his first league goal in Toulouse's 4–1 victory over Paris Saint-Germain.[5] He performed a unique celebration by spinning on his back while spinning upwards at the same time after scoring his first goal for the club. He was released from his contract in July 2013.

Two months later, in September, Braaten signed a one-year-long deal with Danish side FC Copenhagen, where he was given shirt no. 22. During his time in the Danish capital, he managed to score 1 goal in the league, as well as an important and beautiful back-heel goal in the Champions league to secure the 1-0 victory over Galatasaray. At the end of the season Braaten left Copenhagen without a new contract and returned to Norway.

Return to Norway

On 9 February 2015, Braaten signed a one-year deal with Kjetil Rekdal and Vålerenga in the Norwegian Tippeliga after almost eight months as a free agent. He scored his first, and only, goal for his new club away versus Sandefjord on his birthday, 25 May. On 3 December 2015, it was announced that his contract would not be renewed, something that surprised many critics as he had performed well in the previous season.[6] After training with SK Brann during the winter, he signed a one-year contract with the club on 21 February 2016, his fourth club in just as many years.[1]

International career

Braaten (right) playing for Norway in a May 2012 friendly match

After playing four matches for Norway U18 in 2000, and two matches for Norway U21 in 2003,[7] Braaten made his debut for Norway on 22 January 2004 in a friendly match against Sweden, when playing for Skeid in Adeccoligaen, the second-tier league in Norway. His first international goal came against Estonia, in a Friendly match on 20 April 2005, a game Norway won 2–1. As of May 2018, he has been capped 52 times for Norway, scoring four goals.[8]

International goals

Score and Result lists Norway's goals first
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.20 April 2005A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia1–02–1Friendly
2.6 June 2007Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway Hungary2–04–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
3.11 June 2013Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway Macedonia2–02–0Friendly
4.15 October 2013Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway Iceland1–11–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
Source:[8]

Career statistics

Club

Correct as of 15 September 2018

Club Division Season League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Skeid Adeccoligaen 2000 13010——140
2001 28330——313
2002 25441——295
2003 22651——277
2004 14930——179
Total 10222162——11024
Rosenborg Tippeligaen 2004 1041081—195
2005 1410081—222
2006 1934020—253
2007 1524000—192
Total 581090182—8512
Bolton Premier League 2007–08 61305000141
Toulouse Ligue 1 2008–09 301510000352
2009–10 324507100445
2010–11 325100000335
2011–12 311100000321
2012–13 322000000322
Total 15713121710017615
Copenhagen Superliga 2013–14 231004100272
Total 231004100272
Vålerenga Tippeligaen 2015 2212000—241
Total 221200000241
Brann Tippeligaen 2016 2500000—250
Eliteserien 2017 153100010173
2018 90410000131
Total 493510010554
Career Total 417514743441049959

National team

(Correct as of 7 February 2013)[7]

National teamSeasonAppsGoals
Norway 200420
200551
200640
200741
200820
200980
201020
201160
201290
201382
201420
Total524

Honours

Club

Rosenborg[9]
2004, 2006

References

  1. 1 2 Tekst: Gorm Natlandsmyr, Brann.no. "Nyheter | Brann". Brann.no. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Lens vil ha Daniel Braaten - 1. divisjon - VG". Vg.no. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  3. ↑ Cheese, Caroline (25 August 2007). "Bolton 3–0 Reading". BBC News.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
  6. ↑ Joachim Baardsen joachim.baardsen@dagbladet.no. "Braaten ferdig i Vålerenga - sport". Dagbladet.no. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  7. 1 2 "Daniel Omoya Braaten's profil". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  8. 1 2 Søfting, Thomas. "Daniel Braaten" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  9. ↑ "Mestvinnende spillere" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
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