Christian Landu Landu

Christian Landu-Landu

Personal information
Full name	Christian Tamba Landu Landu
Date of birth	(1992-01-25) 25 January 1992 (age 33)
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	52	(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 14 November 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]

Club career

Viking

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]

Bryne

After his contract with Sandnes Ulf expired, Landu Landu signed a two-year contract with Bryne, starting from the 2023 season. ^[1]

International career

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]}

Personal life

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]

Career statistics

As of 27 March 2024 ^[4]

Club	Season	League			National cup		Other		Total
		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 [a]	0	26	0
	Total		94	3	6	0	1	0	101	3
Bryne	2023	1. divisjon	25	3	2	0	1 [a]	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

1. Appearances in Eliteserien play-offs

References

1. "Landu Landu klar for Bryne" (in Norwegian). Bryne FK. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
2. "Landu skriver lærlingkontrakt" Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine . Viking FK website, 12 April 2007 (in Norwegian)
3. "Reds look at youngster". Sky Sports . Retrieved 2009-11-06.
4. Christian Landu Landu at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
5. "F.Y.R. Macedonia 0 - 4 Norway". UEFA. Archived from the original on March 31, 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
6. "Ungt talent med utsikt mot profflivet". Stavanger Aftenblad. 23 February 2009. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2012.