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{{Short description|Norwegian footballer (1930–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Per Bredesen
| fullname    =
| image       = Per Bredesen (1951).jpg
| caption     = Bredesen in 1951
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1930|12|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Horten]], Norway
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2022|10|03|1930|12|22|df=y}}
| death_place = 
| height      = 1.75 m<ref name="maglia"/>
| position    = [[Inside right]]
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [[FK Ørn Horten|Ørn Horten]]
| years1 = 1947–1952 | clubs1 = [[FK Ørn Horten|Ørn Horten]] | caps1 = 49 | goals1 = 16
| years2 = 1952–1955 | clubs2 = [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]]         | caps2 = 93 | goals2 = 19
| years3 = 1955–1956 | clubs3 = [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]]   | caps3 = 34 | goals3 = 15
| years4 = 1956–1958 | clubs4 = [[A.C. Milan|AC Milan]]      | caps4 = 27 | goals4 = 6
| years5 = 1958–1959 | clubs5 = [[A.S. Bari|Bari]]           | caps5 = 21 | goals5 = 5
| years6 = 1959–1961 | clubs6 = [[A.C.R. Messina|Messina]]   | caps6 = 39 | goals6 = 5
| years7 = 1961–1962 | clubs7 = [[FK Ørn Horten|Ørn Horten]] | caps7 = 13 | goals7 = 9
| totalcaps = 276
| totalgoals = 75
| nationalyears1 = 1949–1951 | nationalteam1 = [[Norway national football team|Norway]] | nationalcaps1 = 18 | nationalgoals1 = 7
| manageryears1 = 1963 | managerclubs1 = [[FK Ørn Horten|Ørn Horten]] (player-manager)
| manageryears2 = 1969 | managerclubs2 = [[FK Ørn Horten|Ørn Horten]]
| manageryears3 = 1970 | managerclubs3 = [[SK Falk|Falk]] (player-manager)
}}

'''Per Bredesen''' (22 December 1930 – 3 October 2022) was a Norwegian [[association football|footballer]]. He played as an [[inside forward]] for a number of Italian clubs, and was one of the first Norwegian footballers to achieve success in a foreign league.

==Club career==
Bredesen began his career at his hometown team [[FK Ørn Horten|Ørn Horten]] in 1947<ref name="horten">[http://orn.dbcomp.no/artikkel.html?news_articles.nid=2439&news_categories.cid=125&bind@0=125 Per Bredesen] (in Norwegian). FK Ørn Horten. Retrieved 4 April 2013.</ref> – only 16 years old, and quickly established himself as one of the league's most talented players.

In 1952, Bredesen became a professional when he was signed by Italian side [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]]. Because the [[Norwegian Football Association|Norwegian FA]] at the time allowed only amateur players to play for the national team, this move also ended Bredesen's international career.<ref name="josimar">{{cite web|url=http://gammel.josimar.no/2012/04/03/den-glemte-legenden/|title=Den glemte legenden|trans-title=The forgotten legend|language=Norwegian|accessdate=4 April 2013|work=Josimar|date=3 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404231126/http://gammel.josimar.no/2012/04/03/den-glemte-legenden/|archivedate=4 April 2013}}</ref>

Bredesen played three years at Lazio, and later played for [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]], [[A.C. Milan|AC Milan]], [[A.S. Bari|Bari]] and [[A.C.R. Messina|Messina]].<ref name="josimar"/> In 1957, as a member of Milan, he became the first – and to this date, the only – Norwegian to win the ''[[Serie A|Scudetto]]''. Overall, Bredesen played 214 matches in Italian football and scored 50 goals. In 1961 he left Italy and moved back to Norway, where he rejoined Ørn Horten. He played his last match for Ørn-Horten in 1969.<ref name="horten"/>

==International career==
Bredesen made his international debut against [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] as an 18-year-old in 1949, and marked the event by scoring a fine goal. Overall, Bredesen won 18 caps and scored seven goals for [[Norway national football team|Norway]].<ref>Thomas Søfting. [http://www.home.no/greenriver/players/bredesen.html Per Bredesen]. Retrieved 4 April 2013.</ref> He was not selected for Norway after moving abroad, since the Norwegian FA had a strict rule of only using amateur footballers.

==Personal life and death==
Bredesen died on 3 October 2022, at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite news |title=Per Bredesen er død |url=https://www.nrk.no/sport/per-bredesen-er-dod--1.16125363 |access-date=3 October 2022 |publisher=NRK |date=3 October 2022}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup{{efn|Includes [[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]], [[Coppa Italia]]}}
!colspan="2"|Continental{{efn|Includes [[Latin Cup|1957 Latin Cup]] and [[1957–58 European Cup]]}}
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[FK Ørn Horten|Ørn Horten]]
|[[1947–48 League of Norway|1947–48]]
|[[Tippeligaen|Norgesserien]]
|||||||||colspan="2"|—||||
|-
|[[1948–49 Norwegian Main League|1948–49]]
|rowspan="4"|[[Tippeligaen|Hovedserien]]
|14||2||||||colspan="2"|—||14||2
|-
|[[1949–50 Norwegian Main League|1949–50]]
|14||2||||||colspan="2"|—||14||2
|-
|[[1950–51 Norwegian Main League|1950–51]]
|14||9||||||colspan="2"|—||14||9
|-
|[[1951–52 Norwegian Main League|1951–52]]
|7||3||||||colspan="2"|—||7||3
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]]
|[[1952–53 Serie A|1952–53]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Serie A]]
|32||6||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||32||6
|-
|[[1953–54 Serie A|1953–54]]
|32||6||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||32||6
|-
|[[1954–55 Serie A|1954–55]]
|29||7||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||7
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!93!!19!!0!!0!!0!!0!!39!!19
|-
|[[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]]
|[[1955–56 Serie B|1955–56]]
|[[Serie B]]
|34||15||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||34||15
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
|[[1956–57 Serie A|1956–57]]<ref name="maglia">{{cite web|url=http://www.magliarossonera.it/protagonisti/Gioc-Bredesen.html |title=Per Bredesen |publisher=Magliarossonera.it|accessdate=4 April 2013|language=Italian}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|Serie A
|27||6||colspan="2"|—||2||1||29||7
|-
|[[1957–58 Serie A|1957–58]]<ref name="maglia"/>
|0||0||4||1||2||0||6||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!27!!6!!4!!1!!4!!1!!35!!8
|-
|[[A.S. Bari|Bari]]
|[[1958–59 Serie A|1958–59]]
|Serie A
|21||5||||||colspan="2"|—||21||5
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[A.C.R. Messina|Messina]]
|[[1959–60 Serie B|1959–60]]
|rowspan="2"|Serie B
|14||2||||||colspan="2"|—||14||2
|-
|[[1960–61 Serie B|1960–61]]
|25||3||||||colspan="2"|—||25||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!39!!5!!!!!!0!!0!!39!!5
|-
|Ørn-Horten
|[[1961–62 Norwegian Main League|1961–62]]
|Hovedserien
|13||9||||||colspan="2"|—||13||9
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!276!!75!!4!!1!!4!!1!!284!!77
|}

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===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="eu-football"/>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Norway national football team|Norway]]
|1949||4||3
|-
|1950||6||2
|-
|1951||8||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!18!!7
|}

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

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Per Bredesen<ref name="eu-football">[http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=2579 Per Bredesen]. EU-Football.info. Retrieved 4 April 2013.</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || 19 June 1949 || [[Ullevaal Stadion]], Oslo, Norway || {{fb|YUG}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || rowspan="2"|2 October 1949 || rowspan="2"|[[Råsunda Stadium]], [[Solna Municipality|Solna]], Sweden || rowspan="2"|{{fb|SWE}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|3–3 || rowspan="2"|[[1948–51 Nordic Football Championship]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3 || style="text-align:center"|3–3
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4 || 10 September 1950 || Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || {{fb|FIN}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|4–1 || 1948–51 Nordic Football Championship
|-
| style="text-align:center"|5 || 26 November 1950 || [[Dalymount Park]], Dublin, Ireland || {{fb|IRL}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|6 || 16 August 1951 || [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium]], Helsinki, Finland || {{fb|FIN}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || 1948–51 Nordic Football Championship
|-
| style="text-align:center"|7 || 30 September 1951 || [[Gamla Ullevi (1916)|Gamla Ullevi]], [[Gothenburg]], Sweden || {{fb|SWE}} || style="text-align:center"|3–3 || style="text-align:center"|4–3 || 1948–51 Nordic Football Championship
|}

==References==
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