Bjørn Otto Bragstad
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bjørn Otto Bragstad | ||
Date of birth | January 5, 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Trondheim, Norway | ||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Central defender | ||
Youth career | |||
– | Utleira | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–2000 | Rosenborg | 195 | (26) |
2000–2001 | Derby County | 12 | (0) |
2001–2002 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2002–2004 | SW Bregenz | 41 | (2) |
Total | 251 | (28) | |
International career | |||
1999–2000 | Norway | 15 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bjørn Otto Bragstad (born 5 January 1971) is a former football defender from Norway.
Club career
Bragstad came through the youth ranks at Rosenborg before making his senior debut in the 1989 season. He scored 26 goals in 194 matches for them. In 2000, he joined English team Derby. Playing just 12 matches, scoring twice in a League Cup tie against West Bromwich Albion,[1] he was no success and went on loan to Birmingham where he would only play three matches the following season. He spent the rest of his career in Austria with Bregenz before retiring in the summer of 2004.
International career
He made his debut for Norway in a January 1999 friendly match against Israel and was capped 15 times.[2] His last international match was an August 2000 friendly against Finland. Bragstad was a squad player at the Euro 2000 and played in all three matches for Norway.
Honours
- Norwegian Premier League Champion (10):[3] 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
- Norwegian Football Cup Win: 1992, 1995, 1999
References
- ^ "West Brom 2-4 Derby (Agg: 4-5)". BBC. 26 September 2000. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
- ^ Norway - International Players - Landslaget
- ^ "Mestvinnende med RBK" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
External links
- Bjørn Otto Bragstad at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Trondheim
- Norwegian footballers
- Norway international footballers
- UEFA Euro 2000 players
- Rosenborg BK players
- Derby County F.C. players
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- SW Bregenz players
- Premier League players
- Tippeligaen players
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in Austria
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom
- Norwegian expatriate footballers
- Norwegian football defender stubs