Birger Meling

Birger Meling

Meling in 2023 with Copenhagen
Personal information
Full name	Birger Solberg Meling [1]
Date of birth	(1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Stavanger, Norway
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Copenhagen
Number	24
Youth career
2000–2013	Viking
2013–2014	Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2016	Stabæk	59	(5)
2017–2020	Rosenborg	79	(1)
2020–2021	Nîmes	26	(2)
2021–2023	Rennes	59	(0)
2023–	Copenhagen	32	(0)
International career‡
2015–2016	Norway U21	6	(0)
2017–	Norway	39	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 January 2024

Birger Solberg Meling (born 17 December 1994) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Danish Superliga club Copenhagen, and the Norway national football team.

Club career

Early career

After playing youth football for Viking and Middlesbrough, ^[2] Meling joined Stabæk before the 2014 season. He made his senior league debut in September 2014 in a 3–0 defeat against Aalesund. ^[3] In February 2017, he signed for Rosenborg. ^[4]

Nîmes

In July 2020, Meling joined Nîmes on a three-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Rosenborg was less than €1 million. ^[5] On his Ligue 1 debut on the season's first matchday, he contributed an assist and a goal in Nîmes's 4–0 win against Brest. ^[6]

Copenhagen

On 14 August 2023, Meling signed a contract with the Danish champions Copenhagen until the summer of 2027.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 August 2025 ^{[7] [8]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stabæk	2014	Eliteserien	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	2015	Eliteserien	27	1	5	0	—		—		32	1
	2016	Eliteserien	30	4	3	1	2 [a]	0	2 [b]	0	37	5
	Total		59	5	8	1	2	0	2	0	71	6
Rosenborg	2017	Eliteserien	20	0	5	1	11 [c]	0	—		36	1
	2018	Eliteserien	28	1	6	0	12 [d]	1	—		46	2
	2019	Eliteserien	28	0	2	1	14 [e]	0	—		44	1
	2020	Eliteserien	3	0	—		0	0	—		3	0
	Total		79	1	13	2	37	1	—		129	4
Nîmes	2020–21	Ligue 1	26	2	0	0	—		—		26	2
Rennes	2021–22	Ligue 1	31	0	0	0	6 [f]	0	—		37	0
	2022–23	Ligue 1	16	0	1	0	5 [a]	0	—		22	0
	Total		47	0	1	0	11	0	—		59	0
Copenhagen	2023–24	Superliga	19	0	0	0	5 [g]	0	—		24	0
	2024–25	Danish Superliga	10	0	1	0	8 [f]	0	—		19	0
	2025–26	Danish Superliga	3	0	0	0	4 [g]	0	–		7	0
	Total		32	0	1	0	17	0	—		50	0
Career total			243	8	23	4	67	1	2	0	335	13

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
2. Appearances in the 2016 Eliteserien playoffs
3. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. Eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
7. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of 20 June 2023 ^[9]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Norway	2017	4	0
	2018	6	0
	2019	1	0
	2020	3	0
	2021	12	0
	2022	7	0
	2023	4	0
Total		37	0

Honours

Rosenborg

• Norwegian League: 2017, 2018
• Norwegian Football Cup: 2018

Copenhagen

• Danish Superliga: 2024–25 ^[10]
• Danish Cup: 2024–25 ^[11]

References

1. Birger Meling at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
2. "Dette er Norges nye englandsproff". www.vg.no. 29 July 2013.
3. "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk". www.nifs.no.
4. "Meling klar for Rosenborg". Rosenborg.
5. "Ligue 1 : le défenseur Norvégien Birger Meling (Rosenborg) signe trois ans à Nîmes". L'Équipe (in French). 6 July 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
6. Arilas Berg Ould-Saada (23 August 2020). "Birger Meling herjet i fransk drømmedebut: – Fryktelig deilig". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 August 2020.
7. "Birger Meling". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
8. "B. Meling". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
9. "Birger Meling". football (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
10. "Mediano Superliga: Tillykke til FC København". Mediano. 25 May 2025.
11. "FCK tager tiende pokaltitel med soloridt på hadebanen". www.bt.dk. 29 May 2025.