| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sondre Bjorvand Tronstad | ||
| Date of birth | 26 August 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Kristiansand, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Blackburn Rovers | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tveit | |||
| –2012 | Start | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Start | 21 | (1) |
| 2014–2016 | Huddersfield Town | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2020 | Haugesund | 110 | (4) |
| 2020–2023 | Vitesse | 89 | (7) |
| 2023– | Blackburn Rovers | 64 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Norway U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2012 | Norway U17 | 12 | (0) |
| 2013 | Norway U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2020– | Norway | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 March 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2020 | |||
Sondre Bjorvand Tronstad (born 26 August 1995) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays for EFL Championship side Blackburn Rovers as a midfielder. He previously played for Start and Haugesund in Norway and for Dutch club SBV Vitesse. Tronstad has represented his country both at youth and senior level.
Tronstad played for Tveit IL before he joined Start. [1] In November 2009, he was on a trial with Manchester United together with his countrymen Herman Stengel and Mats Møller Dæhli. [2]
Tronstad made his first-team debut for Start in the First Division in 2012, [3] and made his debut in Tippeligaen the following season. [1] He has been compared to the former Start-player and Norway international, Fredrik Strømstad. [3]
On 21 January 2014, Sondre joined Huddersfield Town on a 2+1⁄2-year deal. [4]
On 14 January 2016, after leaving Huddersfield, Tronstad signed for a Norwegian side FK Haugesund on a 3-year deal. [5]
On 24 January 2020, Tronstad joined Vitesse on a 3+1⁄2-year deal. [6] On 1 February 2020 he made his Eredivisie debut against ADO Den Haag as a 75th minute substitute for Navarone Foor. [7] On 18 April 2021 he played the whole match against AFC Ajax in the KNVB Cup final, which Vitesse lost 2–1. [8]
On 15 June 2023, it was announced that Tronstad will be joining Blackburn Rovers when his contract ends, on a 3-year deal. [9] On 5 August he made his Championship debut in a 2–1 home win against West Bromwich Albion. [10] On 7 December 2024, in absence of Lewis Travis, Tronstad was named the team captain against Hull City by Rovers' manager, John Eustace. [11]
Tronstad has played for Norwegian youth teams from under-16 to under-18 level. [12] On 18 November 2020 he made his debut for the senior team against Austria in the Nations League. [13]
| Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Start | 2012 | Adeccoligaen | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | Tippeligaen | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | |||
| Total | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | ||||
| Haugesund | 2016 | Tippeligaen | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | ||
| 2017 | Eliteserien | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 4 [c] | 1 | 37 | 1 | ||
| 2018 | Eliteserien | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 1 | |||
| 2019 | Eliteserien | 29 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 6 [c] | 0 | 40 | 2 | ||
| Total | 110 | 4 | 16 | 1 | — | 10 | 1 | 136 | 6 | |||
| Vitesse | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | |||
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 [d] | 1 | 50 | 5 | ||
| 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | ||
| Total | 93 | 8 | 4 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | 111 | 9 | |||
| Blackburn Rovers | 2023–24 | Championship | 36 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
| 2024–25 | Championship | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Career total | 245 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 299 | 17 | ||