Ruben Kristiansen

Ruben Kristiansen
Personal information
Date of birth	20 February 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Nordreisa, Norway
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Brann
Number	21
Youth career
	Nordreisa
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Nordreisa
2008–2009	Skjervøy
2010–2011	Tromsdalen
2012–2014	Tromsø
2014–2015	Vålerenga
2015–	Brann
International career‡
2013–2014	Norway
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 September 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:03, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Ruben Kristiansen (born 20 February 1988) is a Norwegian international footballer who plays professionally for SK Brann, as a left back.

Career

Kristiansen hails from Nordreisa.^[1] He has played club football for Skjervøy, Tromsdalen and Tromsø.^[2]^[3] He signed for Vålerenga in March 2014.^[4]

He made his international debut for Norway in 2013.^[2]

As of 7 November 2021^[5]

Season	Club	Division	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Season	Club	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2010	Tromsdalen	First Division	18	2	3	0	0	0	21	2
2011	Tromsdalen	Second Division	24	3	1	0	0	0	25	3
2012	Tromsø	Eliteserien	16	1	6	0	6	0	28	1
2013	Tromsø		27	0	2	0	11	0	40	0
2014	Vålerenga		26	0	2	0	0	0	28	0
2015	Vålerenga		16	0	1	0	-	-	17	0
2015	Brann	First Division	12	2	0	0	0	0	12	2
2016		Eliteserien	28	0	0	0	0	0	28	0
2017			28	1	1	0	2	0	31	1
2018			13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
2019			28	0	0	0	2	0	30	0
2020			21	0	0	0	0	0	21	0
2021			26	1	2	0	0	0	28	1
Career Total			283	10	18	0	21	0	322	10

^ Profile at Tromsø IL
^ ^a ^b Ruben Kristiansen at National-Football-Teams.com
^ Ruben Kristiansen at Soccerway
^ "Vålerenga henter Ruben Kristiansen fra TIL" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
^ "Ruben Kristiansen". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 17 October 2013.

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