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Lars-Christopher Vilsvik

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Lars-Christopher Vilsvik
Personal information
Full name Lars-Christopher Horst Jan Vilsvik
Date of birth (1988-10-18) 18 October 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth West Berlin, West Germany
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Strømsgodset
Number 26
Youth career
1994–1998 Tennis Borussia Berlin
1998–2006 Lichterfelder FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Lichterfelder FC 79 (18)
2010– Strømsgodset 386 (26)
International career‡
2012 Norway U23[1] 2 (0)
2012–2013 Norway 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2018

Lars-Christopher Horst Jan Vilsvik (born 18 October 1988) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a defender for the Eliteserien side Strømsgodset. Vilsvik, who has a German mother and a Norwegian father, grew up in Germany where he played for the amateur sides Tennis Borussia Berlin and Lichterfelder FC. In 2010, he made his professional debut in Norway with Strømsgodset. Being eligible to play for both Norway and Germany, Vilsvik made his debut for the Norwegian national team in 2012.

Career

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Club career

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Vilsvik was born in West Berlin[2] to a Norwegian father and a German mother,[3] and began his football career as a 6-year old for the club Tennis Borussia Berlin, where he played with his good friend Jérôme Boateng.[4]

Lichterfelder FC

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When he was 16 years old he began playing for the German fifth-tier club Lichterfelder FC. He played half a season as a junior for the club, before he as the youngest player (17) was promoted to the first team, where he played for four years. He also had trials at Rosenborg BK,[3] Hamburger SV[5] and Eintracht Braunschweig.[6]

Strømsgodset

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In November 2009, Vilsvik went on trial for the Norwegian club Strømsgodset, mostly as a favor to his uncle, who was a sponsor. He impressed the coach and sports director, and was given a three-year contract with the club.[7] He became a regular starter in his first season, with 21 league games, and won the Norwegian Cup the same year.

In 2013, he declined a move to Eintracht Braunschweig because he wanted to win the league with his club.[8]

By 11 August 2017, when he signed a new 4.5-year-contract, Vilsvik had made 243 appearances for the club, placing him 8th in club history.[8] He won the cup in 2010, the league in 2013, and runner-up in the league in 2012 and 2014.[8]

International career

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With both a German and Norwegian citizenship, Vilsvik was eligible to represent both his mother's and father's country.[9]

In November 2011 he was called up in the Norway squad, for their game with Wales as a replacement for Tom Høgli.[10] Vilsvik made his debut for the national team in January 2012 for the King's Cup in Thailand, where he played his first two international matches. He was again called up for the national team for in June 2012 as a replacement for Jonathan Parr, and with Vilsvik's teammate Kim André Madsen also in the squad, Strømsgodset had two players in the Norwegian squad for the first time since 1970.[11]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 15 September 2024[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Strømsgodset 2010 Tippeligaen 27 2 7 0 - 34 2
2011 27 2 3 0 2 0 32 2
2012 30 3 5 1 - 35 4
2013 26 5 1 1 3 0 30 6
2014 25 2 3 0 2 0 30 2
2015 24 4 3 0 6 2 33 6
2016 29 3 6 1 2 0 37 4
2017 Eliteserien 28 0 2 0 - 30 0
2018 22 0 3 0 - 25 0
2019 28 1 1 0 - 29 1
2020 25 0 0 0 - 25 0
2021 26 1 2 0 - 28 1
2022 24 2 3 0 - 27 2
2023 24 1 3 0 - 27 1
2024 21 0 2 0 - 23 0
Total 386 26 44 3 15 2 445 31
Career total 386 26 44 3 15 2 445 31

Honours

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Club

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Individual

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References

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  1. ^ Lars-Christopher Vilsvik at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ "Lars-Christopher Vilsvik". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Realiserte en felles drøm". touch.dt.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Godset-Vilsvik barndomsvenn med Tyskland-stjerne". vg.no (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Vilsvik zum Probetraining beim HSV". die-fans.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Bunoza und Vilsvik heute bei Eintracht im Probetraining". braunschweiger-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Vilsvik fra Norge-tvil til landslagsjubel" (in Norwegian). VG. 8 November 2011.
  8. ^ a b c "Vilsvik signerer ny langtidskontrakt". Strømsgodset (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Anruf vom Onkel". tagesspiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  10. ^ "Høgli melder forfall - Vilsvik inn i troppen" (in Norwegian). VG. 8 November 2011.
  11. ^ Hoff, Jørgen B. (1 June 2012). "Dette har ikke skjedd på landslaget siden 1970" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  12. ^ "Lars Vilsvik". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
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