Vegard Kongsro

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Vegard Kongsro
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-08-07) 7 August 1998 (age 26) [1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender [1]
Team information
Current team
Yverdon-Sport
Number 18
Youth career
–2012 Herøya
2012–2013 Eidanger
2014–2016 Odd
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Pors 40 (1)
2019–2020 Ull/Kisa 41 (1)
2021 Bodø/Glimt 2 (0)
2022–2025 HamKam 81 (7)
2025– Yverdon-Sport 0 (0)
International career
2016 Norway U18 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 November 2016

Vegard Kongsro (born 7 August 1998) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a defender for Swiss Super League club Yverdon-Sport.

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Career

Kongsro played youth football at Eidanger and Odd, before starting his senior career with Pors in 2017. After two seasons with Pors, he moved to Ull/Kisa in 2019, where he spent another two seasons. [2] In March 2021, he signed a four-year contract with Bodø/Glimt. [3] On 27 June 2021, he made his Eliteserien debut in a 4–1 win against Stabæk. [2] In March 2022, he joined HamKam on a three-year contract. [4]

On 2 January 2025, Kongsro signed with Yverdon-Sport in Switzerland. [5]

Career statistics

As of 14 September 2024 [2] [6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pors 2017 3. divisjon 26020280
2018 14111152
Total40131432
Ull/Kisa 2019 1. divisjon 13030160
2020 281281
Total41130441
Bodø/Glimt 2021 Eliteserien 20201 [a] 040
HamKam 2022 26221283
2023 26250312
2024 22130251
Total745101846
Career total174431331018746

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Vegard Kongsro at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 Vegard Kongsro at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  3. "Double trouble-signering for Glimt". Bodø/Glimt (in Norwegian). 18 March 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  4. "Vegard Kongsro har signert". HamKam (in Norwegian). 20 March 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  5. "VEGARD KONGSRO, PREMIER RENFORT DE L'HIVER" [VEGARD KONGSRO, FIRST REINFORCEMENT OF WINTER] (in French). Yverdon-Sport. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  6. Vegard Kongsro at Soccerway