Birk Risa

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Birk Risa
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-02-13) 13 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Stavanger, Norway
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Left-back, centre back
Team information
Current team
 New York City FC
Number 5
Youth career
2005–2012 Sola FK
2013–2014 Sandnes Ulf
2014–2017 1. FC Köln
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 1. FC Köln II 17 (3)
2017–2018 1. FC Köln 2 (0)
2018–2020 Odd 75 (4)
2020–2023 Molde 63 (3)
2023– New York City FC 4 (0)
International career‡
2014 Norway U16 1 (0)
2015 Norway U17 3 (1)
2016–2017 Norway U19 6 (5)
2017–2020 Norway U21 23 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2020

Birk Risa (born 13 February 1998) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender for New York City FC.

Contents

Club career

1. FC Köln

Risa joined 1. FC Köln's youth ranks in 2014 from Sandnes Ulf. He made his Bundesliga debut for 1. FC Köln on 10 December 2017 against SC Freiburg. [1]

Odd

In March 2018, he left 1. FC Köln to return to Norway, joining Odd on a contract until December 2021. Despite his debut in Bundesliga in 2017, Risa signed for Odds BK to play regularly in the first team. [2]

Molde

On 6 October 2020, Risa signed a contract with Molde until 2023. [3] He made his debut on 25 October in a 2–1 win over Strømsgodset. [4] His European debut followed on 26 November, as he started at left-back in the 3–0 home loss to Arsenal in the UEFA Europa League group stage. [5] Molde would manage to knock out Hoffenheim in the round of 32, but eventually lost on aggregate to Granada in the round of 16. [6] Risa made five appearances for Molde in the 2020–21 European campaign. [7]

Risa scored his first goal for Molde on 16 June 2021 in a 4–1 win over Sarpsborg 08, after having come on as a substitute for Kristoffer Haugen in the 80th minute and scoring in injury time. [8] [9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 July 2023 [10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1. FC Köln 2017–18 Bundesliga 2000––20
Odd 2018 Eliteserien 26131––292
2019 29250––342
2020 20100––201
Total754810000835
Molde 2020 Eliteserien700030–100
2021 1733060–263
2022 2606080–400
2023 1304000–170
Total63313017000933
Career total1407211170001788

Honours

Molde

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  2. ↑ Digre, Bjørn Vegar (29 March 2018). "Birk Risa og Vebjørn Hoff klare for Odd". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Birk Risa klar for MFK". Molde (in Norwegian). 6 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Birk Risa etter seier i debuten: – Molde er det perfekte steg for meg". aftenposten.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 25 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Molde vs. Arsenal – 26 November 2020 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Molde-Granada 2021 History | UEFA Europa League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Birk Risa » Europa League 2020/2021". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Molde vs. Sarpsborg 08 – 16 June 2021 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  9. ↑ Berg, Kjetil A. (16 June 2021). "(+) Sarpingene røk stort i Molde". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian).
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