Stefan Strandberg

Stefan Strandberg

Strandberg with Ural Yekaterinburg in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Ken Remi Stefan Strandberg [1]
Date of birth	(1990-07-25) 25 July 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Lyngdal, Norway
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Lyngdal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2008	Mandalskameratene	32	(2)
2009–2012	Vålerenga	59	(2)
2009	→ Bryne (loan)	4	(0)
2012–2015	Rosenborg	109	(4)
2015–2019	Krasnodar	16	(0)
2016–2017	→ Hannover 96 (loan)	12	(0)
2018	→ Krasnodar-2	5	(0)
2019	→ Ural Yekaterinburg (loan)	10	(0)
2019–2020	Trapani	12	(0)
2020–2021	Ural Yekaterinburg	17	(1)
2021–2022	Salernitana	11	(0)
2022–2024	Vålerenga	31	(4)
International career‡
2006	Norway U-16	3	(0)
2008	Norway U-18	3	(1)
2009	Norway U-19	4	(0)
2010–2013	Norway U-21	25	(1)
2014–2015	Norway U-23	2	(2)
2013–2023	Norway	36	(1)
Managerial career
2025–	Norway U-21 (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2023

Ken Remi Stefan Strandberg (born 25 July 1990) is a former Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender.

Hailing from Lyngdal, Strandberg started his senior career for Mandalskameratene before he moved to Vålerenga in 2009. After three seasons with the Oslo-based club, he joined Rosenborg ahead of the 2012 season.

Strandberg has represented Norway from under-15 to senior level, and was the captain of the under-21 team that got a bronze medal in the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. He was also picked for team of the tournament, with the likes of; David de Gea, Alberto Moreno, Marc Bartra, Asier Illarramendi, Isco, Koke, Thiago Alcântara, Marco Verratti, Álvaro Morata, Fabio Borini and Luuk de Jong.

Club career

Strandberg was born in Lyngdal ^[2] and played for Lyngdal IL until he moved to Mandalskameratene in 2006 ^[3] where he made his debut for the senior team at the age of 15. He played three seasons for Mandalskameratene, ^[4] and made eight appearances in the First Division when the club had a spell in the second-tier league in 2007. ^[2]

Strandberg signed a four-year contract with the Tippeligaen side Vålerenga in January 2009. ^[3] He was loaned out to Bryne FK in July 2009, as a replacement for the injured Christian Gauseth. ^[4] Strandberg played four matches for the First Division side during the summer, before he returned to Vålerenga. He made his Tippeligaen-debut on 12 September 2009 when he replaced Mohammed Fellah 11 minutes before full-time in the match against Fredrikstad. ^[5] He has previously had trials with clubs such as; Derby, Portsmouth and VfB Stuttgart. ^[6] Vålerenga sold Strandberg, who had one year left of his contract, to their rivals Rosenborg ahead of the 2012 season. ^[7]

On 26 August 2016, he joined Hannover 96 on loan from FC Krasnodar for the rest of the 2016–17 season. ^[8]

On 17 January 2019, he joined another Russian club FC Ural Yekaterinburg on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season. ^[9]

On 13 December 2019, he joined Italian Serie B club Trapani until the end of the 2019–20 season. ^[10]

On 1 September 2020, he returned to Ural Yekaterinburg. ^[11] He left Ural on 8 June 2021 as his contract expired. ^[12]

On 23 July 2021, he signed a one-year contract with Italian club Salernitana. If certain performance conditions were met, the contract would be automatically renewed for another year. ^[13]

International career

Strandberg first represented his country at under-15 level, where he played two matches in 2005. The following year, he played three matches for the under-16 team. He scored one goal in the matches for the under-18 team in 2008, before he played four matches for the under-19 team the next year. ^[14] He made his debut for the under-21 team when he replaced Harmeet Singh after 78 minutes in the match against Hungary U21 on 28 May 2010. ^[15] He later became a regular on the under-21 team, and was the captain of the team that qualified for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. ^[16]

Strandberg was called up for the Norwegian squad for the 2012 King's Cup, but had to withdraw due to an injury and was replaced by Thomas Drage. ^[17] Strandberg was also called up for senior squad for the friendly matches against South Africa and Zambia in January 2013, but had to withdraw from the squad due to a surgery in the hip. ^[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 November 2022 ^[19]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Mandalskameratene	2006	2. Division	20	2	3	0	–		23	2
	2007	Adeccoligaen	8	0	0	0	–		8	0
	2008	2. Division	4	0	2	0	–		8	0
	Total		32	2	5	0	0	0	37	2
Vålerenga	2009	Tippeligaen	5	0	2	0	–		7	0
	2010		28	1	1	0	–		29	1
	2011		26	1	2	1	4	0	32	2
	Total		59	2	5	1	4	0	68	3
Bryne (loan)	2009	Adeccoligaen	4	0	0	0	–		4	0
Rosenborg	2012	Tippeligaen	23	2	3	1	10	0	36	3
	2013		23	1	6	0	2	0	31	1
	2014		20	1	2	0	5	0	27	1
	2015		13	0	2	0	–		15	0
	Total		79	4	13	1	17	0	109	5
Krasnodar	2015–16	Russian Premier League	15	0	0	0	8	0	23	0
	2016–17		1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
	2017–18		0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	Total		16	0	0	0	10	0	26	0
Hannover 96 (loan)	2016–17	2. Bundesliga	12	0	1	0	–		13	0
Ural (loan)	2018–19	Russian Premier League	10	0	3	0	–		13	0
Trapani	2019–20	Serie B	12	0	0	0	–		12	0
Ural	2020–21	Russian Premier League	17	1	1	0	–		18	1
Salernitana	2021–22	Serie A	11	0	1	0	–		12	0
Vålerenga	2022	Eliteserien	6	1	0	0	–		6	1
	2023		20	3	1	0	–		21	4
	Total		26	4	1	0	0	0	27	4
Career total			274	13	33	2	31	0	335	15

International

As of 15 October 2023 ^[20]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Norway	2013	1	0
	2014	2	0
	2015	1	0
	2016	6	0
	2017	1	0
	2018	0	0
	2019	0	0
	2020	3	0
	2021	10	1
	2022	6	0
	2023	7	0
Total		36	1

Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Strandberg goal.

List of international goals scored by Stefan Strandberg

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 June 2021	La Rosaleda Stadium, Malaga	Greece	1–2	1–2	Friendly

Honours

Individual

• UEFA U-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2013 ^[21]

References

1. "Ken Remi Stefan Strandberg" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
2. "Stefan Strandberg". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
3. Kleiberg, Gunnar (26 January 2009). "Skal spille i Vålerenga" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
4. (in Norwegian) Bryne leier VIF-spiller Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Aftenbladet.no
5. "Strandberg Tippeliga-debuterte" (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Fotball. 12 September 2009. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
6. (in Norwegian) Drømmen som går i oppfyllelse Archived 30 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine VIF-Fotball.no
7. Nordsetrønning, Alf-Ivar Rabben; Stokstad, Morten (13 February 2012). "Strandberg klar for Rosenborg: – Kommer for å vinne gull" (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
8. "Show more. FC Krasnodar Official site" СТЕФАН СТРАНДБЕРГ ПРОВЕДЕТ СЕЗОН-2016/2017 В ГЕРМАНИИ (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 26 August 2016.
9. «Урал» взял в аренду Стефана Страндберга [Ural loaned Stefan Strandberg] (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 17 January 2019.
10. "Il difensore Stefan #Strandberg è un calciatore granata" (Press release) (in Italian). Trapani. 13 December 2019.
11. "Стефан Страндберг снова с нами!" (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 1 September 2020.
12. "Стефан Страндберг покидает "Урал"" (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 8 June 2021.
13. "STEFAN STRANDBERG È UN GIOCATORE DELLA SALERNITANA" (in Italian). Salernitana. 23 July 2021.
14. "Stefan Strandberg's profil". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
15. Pedersen, Theis Roksvåg (31 May 2010). "Strandberg debuterte på U21" (in Norwegian). Lister. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
16. Rasmussen, John; Strand, Sigbjørn (16 October 2012). "- Surrealistisk! Helt sykt! Jeg har ikke ord!" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
17. Hansen, Anders Mo (6 January 2012). "Thomas Drage på A-landslaget!" (in Norwegian). Nordlys. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
18. "Strandberg må operere hoften" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Norwegian News Agency. 27 November 2012. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
19. "Stefan Strandberg". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
20. "Stefan Strandberg". football (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
21. "Thiago leads all-star squad dominated by Spain". UEFA. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

External links

• Profile at VIF-Fotball.no