Per Ciljan Skjelbred

Per Ciljan Skjelbred (born 16 June 1987) is a Norwegian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Hertha Berlin. He has previously played for Rosenborg and Hamburger SV, and has been capped 43 times playing for Norway, but as of 2017, retired from international football.

Per Ciljan Skjelbred
Personal information
Full name Per Ciljan Skjelbred
Date of birth (1987-06-16) 16 June 1987
Place of birth Trondheim, Norway
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Hertha BSC
Number 3
Youth career
Trygg/Lade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2011 Rosenborg 156 (9)
2011–2014 Hamburger SV 26 (0)
2013–2014 → Hertha BSC (loan) 28 (2)
2014– Hertha BSC 150 (0)
National team‡
2007–2017 Norway 43 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 February 2017
Skjelbred with Rosenborg in 2009.

Club career

Skjelbred was born in Trondheim and started his career at local football club Trygg/Lade. He made an impression, and was selected to compete in a football talent competition entitled Proffdrømmen ("Pro player dreams") on Norwegian TV3. Skjelbred won this competition and as first prize, he got a week's training with Liverpool.[1] The English club offered him a contract for their youth team, but he declined.

Instead, he went to hometown club Rosenborg, where he soon came into first-team reckoning. Skjelbred made his senior debut in the Tippeligaen against Bodø/Glimt in 2004, and aged 16 years and 358 days became the second-youngest player to play for Rosenborg.[2]

After scoring a goal in the first match of the 2005 Champions League against Olympiacos, he was tackled in the return match at Lerkendal on 23 November by Ieroklis Stoltidis; both bones in Skjelbred's lower leg snapped just above the ankle. Although he went in with both legs and had no chance of getting the ball, Stoltidis said he had not meant to harm Skjelbred.[3][4][5] Skjelbred returned to football on 10 March 2006 in Rosenborg's match against Aalesund, playing the first half of the match which Rosenborg won 5–1.[6]

Skjelbred joined the German side Hamburger SV in August 2011.[7] After playing 268 minutes for the club in the Bundesliga, Skjelbred's transfer was called a "mistake" (Bisher Fehlgriff) by Kicker in November 2011,[8] and in November 2012 Skjelbred was named one of five players that HSV stated they would sell when the transfer window opened in January 2013.[9]

However, after the 2013 January transfer window closed, Skjelbred remained a Hamburg player. In the summer of 2013, he was loaned for one season to Hertha BSC, who in turn loaned Pierre-Michel Lasogga to Hamburg.

After a very successful loan spell at Hertha (he was also voted Bundesliga Norwegian Player of the Season during this time), Skjelbred finally moved to Berlin permanently during the 2014 Summer transfer window.

In February 2020, Skjelbred confirmed he would return to Rosenborg beginning from the summer 2020 after his contract with Hertha Berlin expires.[10]

International career

Skjelbred was first called up for the Norwegian under-21 team in September 2005, at the age of 18.[11] He made his debut for senior team against Malta on 28 March 2007.

On 3 September 2014 Skjelbred captained the Norwegian national side for the first time against England at Wembley. England won the match 1-0 thanks to a Wayne Rooney penalty. Per was handed the captain's armband after previous captain, Brede Hangeland retired from international football.

On 22 February 2017 Skjelbred retired from the national team.[12]

International goals
Score and Result lists Norway's goals first
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 June 2013Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway North Macedonia1–02–0Friendly

Personal life

Skjelbred married Kristina Jørgensen in October 2012. Together they have two children Eline Sofie and Jonathan.[13]

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of 26 June 2020[14][15]

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Norway League Norwegian Cup Europe Total
2004 Rosenborg Tippeligaen 2020--40
2005 1333151215
2006 20052--252
2007 2524080372
2008 25121123415
2009 2714040351
2010 29152110453
2011 1513231214
Total 156928843522722
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
2011–12 Hamburger SV Bundesliga 8010--90
2012–13 18010--190
Total 26020--280
2013–14 Hertha BSC 28200--282
2014–15 26000--260
2015–16 31050--360
2016–17 2603030320
2017–18 2802030330
2018–19 1601000170
2019–20 2301000240
Total 1782120601962
Career Total 3581142849544924

Continental competition includes UEFA Intertoto Cup, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Champions League matches, as well as qualification matches.

Honours

Rosenborg

Notes
  1. Rosenborg was one of 11 teams to advance to the 2008–09 UEFA Cup by winning all their stages of the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup. Brage advanced the furthest in the UEFA Cup and was declared the overall winner.[19]

References
  1. "Per (15) får trene med Liverpool" [Per (15) to train with Liverpool]. Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 27 November 2002. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
  2. "Tidligere spiller: Per Ciljan Skjelbred" (in Norwegian). RBKweb.no. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  3. "Skjelbred suffers broken leg". UEFA.com. 24 November 2005. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
  4. Her brekker Skjelbred beinet (Here, Skjelbred breaks his leg], VG (in Norwegian), 23 November 2005
  5. Tough break for Rosenborg, The World Game (SBS), 24 November 2005
  6. Monssen, Håkon (6 April 2006). "Rosenborg utklasset Aalesund" (in Norwegian). rbk.no. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2001.
  7. "Perfekt: Skjelbred kommt früher zum HSV" [Perfect: Skjelbred is coming earlier for HSV] (in German). HSV. 14 July 2011. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  8. Hansen, Ole Jonny Eriksrud (14 November 2011). "Stempler Ciljan som Bundesliga-flopp" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  9. "Die Abschussliste des HSV" (in German). bild.de. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  10. "Skjelbred klar for Rosenborg". RBK (in Norwegian). 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  11. "Skjelbred debuterer på U-21-landsla". Norwegian News Agency (in Norwegian). NRK. 27 September 2005. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  12. http://www.tv2.no/sport/8946550/
  13. Johansen, Ørnulf (15 October 2012). "Nygift Ciljan: Sorry ladies!" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisa. Archived from the original on 21 November 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  14. "Per Ciljan Skjelbred". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  15. Per Skjelbred at fussballdaten.de (in German)
  16. Berre, Tom. "Mestvinnende spillere" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
  17. "Rosenborg overlegne i superfinalen". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 7 March 2010. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  18. "2008: Stuttgart have last word". Union of European Football Associations. 1 August 2008. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  19. "The UEFA Intertoto Cup: Past Winners". Union of European Football Associations. 2008. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
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