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Birger Meling
Personal information
Full name Birger Solberg Meling[1]
Date of birth (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Stavanger, Norway
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Copenhagen
Number 24
Youth career
2000–2013 Viking
2013–2014 Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Stabæk 59 (5)
2017–2020 Rosenborg 79 (1)
2020–2021 Nîmes 26 (2)
2021–2023 Rennes 59 (0)
2023– Copenhagen 1 (0)
International career‡
2015–2016 Norway U21 6 (0)
2017– Norway 37 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023

Birger Solberg Meling (born 17 December 1994) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Danish Superliga club Copenhagen, and the Norway national football team.

Club career

Early career

After playing youth football for Viking and Middlesbrough,[2] Meling joined Stabæk before the 2014 season. He made his senior league debut in September 2014 in a 3–0 defeat against Aalesund.[3] In February 2017, he signed for Rosenborg.[4]

Nîmes

In July 2020, Meling joined Nîmes on a three-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Rosenborg was less than €1 million.[5] On his Ligue 1 debut on the season's first matchday, he contributed an assist and a goal in Nîmes's 4–0 win against Brest.[6]

Copenhagen

On 14 August 2023, Meling signed a contract with the Danish champions Copenhagen until the summer of 2027.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 February 2023[7][8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stabæk 2014 Tippeligaen 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2015 Tippeligaen 27 1 5 0 — — 32 1
2016 Tippeligaen 30 4 3 1 2[a] 0 — 35 5
Total 59 5 8 1 2 0 — 69 6
Rosenborg 2017 Eliteserien 20 0 5 1 11[b] 0 — 36 1
2018 Eliteserien 28 1 6 0 12[c] 1 — 46 2
2019 Eliteserien 28 0 2 1 14[d] 0 — 44 1
2020 Eliteserien 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 0
Total 79 1 13 2 37 1 — 129 4
Nîmes 2020–21 Ligue 1 26 2 0 0 — — 26 2
Rennes 2021–22 Ligue 1 31 0 0 0 6[e] 0 — 37 0
2022–23 Ligue 1 16 0 1 0 5[a] 0 — 22 0
Total 47 0 1 0 11 0 — 59 0
Career total 211 8 22 4 50 1 — 283 13
  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of 20 June 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 2017 4 0
2018 6 0
2019 1 0
2020 3 0
2021 12 0
2022 7 0
2023 4 0
Total 37 0

Honours

Rosenborg

References

  1. ^ "Birger Solberg Meling" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Dette er Norges nye englandsproff". www.vg.no. 29 July 2013.
  3. ^ "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk". www.nifs.no.
  4. ^ "Meling klar for Rosenborg". Rosenborg.
  5. ^ "Ligue 1 : le défenseur Norvégien Birger Meling (Rosenborg) signe trois ans à Nîmes". L'Équipe (in French). 6 July 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  6. ^ Arilas Berg Ould-Saada (23 August 2020). "Birger Meling herjet i fransk drømmedebut: – Fryktelig deilig". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Birger Meling". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  8. ^ "B. Meling". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Birger Meling". football (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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