Birger Meling

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Birger Meling
Personal information
Full name Birger Solberg Meling
Date of birth (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 26)
Place of birth Stavanger, Norway
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Rennes
Number 25
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– Rennes 3 (0)
National team‡
2015–2016 Norway U21 6 (0)
2017– Norway 22 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 August 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2021

Birger Solberg Meling (born 17 December 1994) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Rennes.

Club career[]

Early career[]

After playing youth football for Viking and Middlesbrough,[1] Meling joined Stabæk before the 2014 season. He made his senior league debut in September 2014 in a 3–0 defeat against Aalesund.[2] In February 2017, he signed for Rosenborg.[3]

Nîmes[]

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

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 26 August 2021[6][7]
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 27 1 5 0 — — 32 1
2016 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 28 1 6 0 12[c] 1 — 46 2
2019 28 0 2 1 14[d] 0 — 44 1
2020 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 3 0 0 0 2 0 — 5 0
Career total 167 8 21 4 41 1 — 229 13
  1. ^ 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

International[]

As of 7 September 2021[8]
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 8 0
Total 22 0

Honours[]

Rosenborg

References[]

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