Thomas Kind Bendiksen

Thomas Kind Bendiksen

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Kind Bendiksen
Date of birth	(1989-08-08) 8 August 1989 (age 35)
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*
Years	Team	Apps	(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)
2019–2020	Tromsdalen	36	(2)
2021	Finnsnes	5	(0)
2022-	Skarp	28	(3)
International career‡
2006	Norway U17	5	(0)
2007	Norway U18	9	(4)
2008	Norway U19	4	(0)
2012	Norway U23	1	(0)
2014	Norway	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 February 2024 ‡ 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.

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 16 February 2024 ^{[13] [14]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup [a]		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rangers	2011–12	Scottish Premiership	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Tromsø	2012	Tippeligaen	23	1	6	0	5 [b]	0	34	1
	2013		27	6	3	2	14 [b]	1	44	9
	2014	1. divisjon	30	4	3	2	4 [b]	0	37	6
	Total		80	11	12	4	23	1	115	16
Molde	2015	Tippeligaen	6	0	4	1	1 [c]	0	11	1
	Total		6	0	4	1	1	0	11	1
Tromsø (loan)	2015	Tippeligaen	11	0	0	0	—		11	0
	Total		11	0	0	0	—		11	0
Elfsborg (loan)	2016	Allsvenskan	9	0	1	2	—		10	2
	Total		9	0	1	2	—		10	2
Sandefjord	2017	Eliteserien	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2018		0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Tromsdalen	2019	OBOS-ligaen	22	2	4	1	—		26	3
	2020	PostNord-ligaen	14	0	—		—		14	0
	Total		36	2	4	1	—		40	3
Finnsnes	2021	Norsk Tipping-ligaen	5	0	0	0	—		5	0
	Total		5	0	0	0	—		5	0
Skarp	2022	4. divisjon	18	0	1	0	—		19	0
	2023		10	3	0	0	—		10	3
	2024		0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		28	3	1	0	—		29	3
Career total			178	16	22	8	24	1	224	25

1. Includes Norwegian Football Cup, Svenska Cupen
2. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
3. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League

International

Norway national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2014	2	0
Total	2	0

Statistics accurate as of match played 18 January 2014 ^[15]

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. "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 at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
14. Thomas Kind Bendiksen at Soccerway
15. "Thomas Kind Bendiksen". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.

External links

• Thomas Kind Bendiksen at Soccerbase