Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christian Tamba Landu Landu | ||
Date of birth | 25 January 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Stavanger, Norway | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender/ Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bryne FK | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2005 | Tasta | ||
2005–2008 | Viking | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2015 | Viking | 93 | (2) |
2015–2018 | Tromsø | 84 | (1) |
2019–2022 | Sandnes Ulf | 94 | (3) |
2023– | Bryne FK | 44 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2007 | Norway U15 | 2 | (1) |
2007–2008 | Norway U16 | 9 | (0) |
2008 | Norway U17 | 8 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Norway U18 | 6 | (1) |
2010–2011 | Norway U19 | 6 | (0) |
2012 | Norway U20 | 2 | (0) |
2013 | Norway U21 | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2024 |
Christian Landu Landu (born 25 January 1992) is a Norwegian footballer currently playing for Bryne FK. [1]
Landu Landu was born in Stavanger and started his career in local club Tasta, before he joined Viking in 2005. He trained with the Viking first-team for the first time in 2006, and later, while still a youth player, began training with the first team every day. Egil Østenstad described him as a talented player. [2]
He made his debut for the Viking first team as substitute in a Norwegian Premier League match on 3 August 2008, and started his first full-game against Sandefjord in Sandefjord. In the 2009 season he made 4 appearances for the first team, with another 12 following in the 2010 season. In November 2009 the player's agent claimed he was on trial at Liverpool. [3]
After his contract with Sandnes Ulf expired, Landu Landu signed a two-year contract with Bryne, starting from the 2023 season. [1]
Landu Landu is of Congolese descent, but has represented Norway at youth international level.
He has been capped at all levels from U15 to U21 by Norway. [4] [5]
He was born in Stavanger to parents of Congolese ancestry. His father played football in his home country, but never at top level. He was at a young age brought to football by friends. He started his career as a goalkeeper, but thought that was boring after a while. He said that he suited best to an outfield role in an interview in 2009. [6]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Viking | 2008 | Tippeligaen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
2009 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
2010 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
2011 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |||
2012 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | |||
2013 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |||
2014 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 21 | 2 | |||
Total | 93 | 2 | 17 | 1 | — | 110 | 3 | |||
Tromsø | 2015 | Tippeligaen | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |
2016 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | |||
2017 | Eliteserien | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | ||
2018 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 16 | 1 | |||
Total | 84 | 1 | 10 | 1 | — | 94 | 2 | |||
Sandnes Ulf | 2019 | 1. divisjon | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | |
2020 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | |||
2021 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | |||
2022 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
Total | 94 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 3 | ||
Bryne | 2023 | 1. divisjon | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 28 | 3 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 3 | ||
Career Total | 296 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 333 | 11 |
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