Christian Grindheim
Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox football biography Christian Grindheim (born 17 July 1983) is a Norwegian retired professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Eliteserien club FK Haugesund. Grindheim is known as a hardworking midfielder with tough tackling and powerful shots. He has made over 50 appearances for the Norway national team.
Club career
Grindheim was born in Haugesund[1] and started his career in the local club Haugar, before he joined Haugesund where he made his debut for the first team in Tippeligaen at the age of 17. After Haugesund's relegation from the First Division in 2004, several Tippeligaen clubs were interested in his signature.
Viking, with Roy Hodgson as manager, made an offer for Grindheim, but he chose Vålerenga. At Vålerenga, he played regularly for the team that won the league in 2005.[2]
On 7 January 2008, Grindheim joined Heerenveen. Heerenveen paid Vålerenga a reported transfer fee of €3 million.[3] He played 86 matches for the club winning the 2008–09 Dutch Cup.[4]
On 15 June 2011, Grindheim transferred to FC Copenhagen on a three-year contract, for a reported transfer fee of €750,000.[4]
In February 2013, Grindheim returned to Vålerenga on loan with an option to buy,[5] which Vålerenga took up in July 2013, signing Grindheim to a three-year contract.[6]
International career
Grindheim made his debut for the Norwegian national team, on 17 August 2005 in a friendly match against Switzerland. Grindheim played 45 minutes in a match Norway lost 2–0.[2] He scored his first goal in Egil Olsen first match in his second stint as head coach of Norway, the friendly match against Germany on 11 February 2009, He reached his 50th cap in the friendly match against England.[2][7]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other[nb 1] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Haugesund | 2000 | Tippeligaen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 1. divisjon | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 1 | ||
| 2002 | 1. divisjon | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | 29 | 5 | ||
| 2003 | 1. divisjon | 29 | 7 | 5 | 2 | – | 34 | 9 | ||
| 2004 | 1. divisjon | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | – | 29 | 10 | ||
| Total | 98 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 25 | ||
| Vålerenga | 2005 | Tippeligaen | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | – | 29 | 3 | |
| 2006 | Tippeligaen | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | 27 | 2 | ||
| 2007 | Tippeligaen | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 25 | 4 | ||
| Total | 70 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 9 | ||
| Heerenveen | 2007–08 | Eredivisie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 2008–09 | Eredivisie | 30 | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | 33 | 5 | ||
| 2009–10 | Eredivisie | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 30 | 1 | ||
| 2010–11 | Eredivisie | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 32 | 2 | ||
| Total | 97 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 108 | 8 | ||
| Copenhagen | 2011–12 | Superliga | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 35 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | Superliga | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 37 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Vålerenga | 2013 | Tippeligaen | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 27 | 1 | |
| 2014 | Tippeligaen | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 31 | 4 | ||
| 2015 | Tippeligaen | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 30 | 5 | ||
| 2016 | Tippeligaen | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 31 | 1 | ||
| 2017 | Eliteserien | 23 | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | 27 | 5 | ||
| Total | 134 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 16 | ||
| Haugesund | 2018 | Eliteserien | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | 31 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 30 | 3 | |||
| 2020 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 25 | 0 | |||
| Total | 81 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 517 | 59 | 48 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 569 | 66 | ||
- Notes
- ↑ Eredivisie playoffs
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 February 2009 | LTU Arena, Düsseldorf | {{safesubst: Template:Yesno | alias = Germany | flag alias = Flag of Germany.svg | flag alias-1866 = Flag of the German Empire.svg | link alias-1866 = German Empire | flag alias-empire = Flag of the German Empire.svg | link alias-empire = German Empire | flag alias-1919 = Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg | link alias-1919 = Weimar Republic | flag alias-Weimar = Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg | link alias-Weimar = Weimar Republic | flag alias-1933 = Flag of Germany (1933-1935).svg | flag alias-1935 = Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg | link alias-1935 = Nazi Germany | flag alias-Nazi = Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg | link alias-Nazi = Nazi Germany | flag alias-1946 = Merchant flag of Germany (1946–1949).svg | border-1946 = | flag alias-1949 = Flag of Germany.svg | flag alias-EUA = German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg | flag alias-gold = Flag of West Germany; Flag of Germany (1990–1996).svg | flag alias-state = Flag of Germany (state).svg | link alias-military = Bundeswehr | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Germany.svg | border-naval = | link alias-naval = German Navy | flag alias-coast guard=German Federal Coast Guard racing stripe.svg | border-coast guard= | link alias-coast guard=German Federal Coast Guard | flag alias-army = Colour of Germany.svg | flag alias-air force =Flag of Germany (state).svg | link alias-air force = German Air Force | link alias-army = German Army | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Germany.svg | link alias-navy = German Navy | border-navy = | border-army= | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || 1–0 || Win || Friendly |
| 2 | 29 May 2010 | Ullevaal stadion, Norway | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Montenegro | flag alias = Flag of Montenegro.svg | flag alias-1852 = Flag of Montenegro (1852–1860).svg | flag alias-1860 = Flag of Montenegro (1860–1905).svg | flag alias-1993 = Flag of Montenegro (1993-2004).svg | flag alias-naval = Flag of the Navy of Montenegro.svg | link alias-naval = Montenegrin Navy | link alias-army = Montenegrin Ground Army | flag alias-army = Montenegrin Ground Army Flag.jpg | link alias-air force = Montenegrin Air Force | flag alias-air force = Ensign of the Montenegrin Air Force.svg | flag alias-navy = Flag of the Navy of Montenegro.svg | link alias-navy = Montenegrin Navy | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || 2–1 || Win || Friendly |
- Source:[7]
Honours
- Vålerenga IF
- SC Heerenveen
- F.C. Copenhagen
References
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External links
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Haugesund
- Men's association football midfielders
- Norwegian men's footballers
- 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen
- Norway men's international footballers
- Norway men's under-21 international footballers
- FK Haugesund players
- Vålerenga Fotball players
- SC Heerenveen players
- F.C. Copenhagen players
- Eliteserien players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Eredivisie players
- Danish Superliga players
- Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark