Thomas Kind Bendiksen

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Thomas Kind Bendiksen
Personal information
Full name Thomas Kind Bendiksen
Date of birth (1989-08-08) 8 August 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Harstad, Norway
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tromsdalen
Number 8
Youth career
Harstad IL
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2011 Rangers 3 (0)
2012–2014 Tromsø 80 (11)
2014–2016 Molde 6 (0)
2015 → Tromsø (loan) 11 (0)
2016 → Elfsborg (loan) 9 (0)
2016–2018 Sandefjord 0 (0)
2019– Tromsdalen 36 (2)
International career‡
2014 Norway 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2014

Thomas Kind Bendiksen (born 8 August 1989) is a Norwegian association footballer. He currently plays for Tromsdalen.

Contents

Career

Club

A Norwegian youth international, Bendiksen signed for Rangers on 31 August 2007 on a three-year deal from Harstad IL. [2] Rangers paid the Norwegian side 1 million Norwegian krone (around £90,000). [3] A long-term knee injury put his career on hold and ruled him out of the entire 2008–09 season and most of the following season. [4]

Bendiksen impressed in reserve team games when he returned to action late in the 2009–10 season, and he was named as a substitute for a league match against Hibernian in April 2010. [4] Bendiksen made his first 'first team' appearance in a pre-season friendly match against Queen of the South in July 2010. After further injury problems, he agreed a new six-month contract in July 2011. [4] [5] Bendiksen scored a goal in a friendly match against Hamburg, after which he was offered a new contract. [6] He played his first competitive match for Rangers on 3 December 2011, in a 2–1 win home against Dunfermline Athletic. [7]

Bendiksen rejected the offer of a new contract by Rangers and instead signed a deal with Tromsø. [8]

Molde

On 23 December 2014 Bendiksen signed for Molde FK. [9]

On 29 July 2015, Bendiksen joined Tromsø on loan for the remainder of the 2015 season. [10]

On 31 March 2016, Bendiksen joined Elfsborg on a season-long loan deal. [11]

He left the club on 5 December 2016, when his contract was terminated. [12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 July 2020 [13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rangers 2011–12 Scottish Premiership 3000-30
Total3000--30
Tromsø 2012 Tippeligaen 2316050341
2013 27632141449
2014 1. divisjon 3043240376
Total801112423111516
Molde 2015 Tippeligaen 604110111
Total604110111
Tromsø (loan) 2015 Tippeligaen 11000-110
Total11000--110
Elfsborg (loan) 2016 Allsvenskan 9012-102
Total9012--102
Sandefjord 2017 Eliteserien 0000-00
2018 0000-00
Total0000--00
Tromsdalen 2019 OBOS-ligaen 22241-263
2020 PostNord-ligaen 1000-10
Total23241--273
Career total1321321824117722

International

Norway national team
YearAppsGoals
201420
Total20

Statistics accurate as of match played 18 January 2014 [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Thomas Bendiksen". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Gers land Norwegian starlet". Sky Sports. 31 August 2007.
  3. ↑ Swan, Craig (1 December 2011). "Rangers kid Thomas Kind Bendiksen's extra training sessions could have ended his dream, says youth coach Tommy Wilson". Daily Record. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 "Thomas Bendiksen". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers F.C. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "Thomas Kind-Bendiksen wants to earn new Rangers contract after three years of injury hell". Daily Record. 17 July 2011.
  6. ↑ "Bendiksen offered new terms". Sky Sports. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  7. ↑ "Bendiksen debuterte fra start da Rangers vant". tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV2. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  8. ↑ "Thomas Bendiksen rejects Rangers deal to sign for Tromso". BBC Sport. 3 January 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  9. ↑ "Ny spiller klar for Molde". moldefk.no/ (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 23 December 2014. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Kind Bendiksen klar for TIL". itromso.no (in Norwegian). iTromsø. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "IF Elfsborg leier Thomas Kind Bendiksen". moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  12. ↑ "Kind Bendiksen ferdig i Molde FK". moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 5 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  13. ↑ "Thomas Kind Bendiksen". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  14. ↑ "Thomas Kind Bendiksen". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
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