Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 February 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Fredrikstad, Norway [1] | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Fredrikstad | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2006 | Skogstrand IL | ||
2007–2010 | Fredrikstad | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2015 | Fredrikstad | 133 | (5) |
2016 | Gefle | 0 | (0) |
2017–2020 | Lillestrøm | 111 | (5) |
2021–2022 | Aalesund | 53 | (1) |
2023– | Fredrikstad | 43 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2024 |
Simen Rafn (born 16 February 1992) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Fredrikstad.
Rafn was born and grew up in Fredrikstad, Norway, and started playing for the local club Skogstrand IL. As a 15-year-old, he joined Fredrikstad FK's youth academy and was later promoted to the senior team in 2010. He stayed in the club and played 136 league games, before transferring to Gefle as a free agent in November 2015. [2] During the pre-season for 2016 Allsvenskan, Rafn picked up a knee injury and were to miss the whole season. [3] [4] In January 2017 he signed for Lillestrøm.
Club | Season | League | National Cup [a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Fredrikstad | 2010 | 1. divisjon | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 [b] | 0 | 29 | 2 | |
2011 | Eliteserien | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | |||
2012 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||||
2013 | 1. divisjon | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 | |||
2014 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 [b] | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
2015 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||||
Total | 133 | 5 | 11 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 147 | 5 | |||
Gefle | 2016 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Lillestrøm | 2017 | Eliteserien | 29 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 36 | 3 | ||
2018 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 [c] | 0 | 1 [d] | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
2019 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 2 [b] | 0 | 35 | 1 | |||
2020 | 1. divisjon | 24 | 1 | — | — | — | 24 | 1 | ||||
Total | 111 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 132 | 6 | ||
Aalesund | 2021 | 1. divisjon | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||
2022 | Eliterserien | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | |||
Total | 53 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 58 | 1 | ||||
Fredrikstad | 2023 | 1. divisjon | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||
2024 | Eliteserien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
Career total | 313 | 12 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 357 | 13 |
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Fredrikstad
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