Christian Grindheim

Christian Grindheim

Personal information
Date of birth	17 July 1983 (1983-07-17) (age 28)
Place of birth	Haugesund, Norway
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	F.C. Copenhagen
Number	8
Youth career
	Haugar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2004	Haugesund	98	(20)
2005–2008	Vålerenga	70	(7)
2008–2011	Heerenveen	86	(7)
2011–	F.C. Copenhagen	15	(0)
National team‡
2004–2005	Norway U-21	15	(1)
2005–	Norway	48	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of Mentoz86 (talk) 19:52, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Christian Grindheim (born July 17, 1983 in Haugesund) is a football midfielder who currently plays for the Danish Superliga club F.C. Copenhagen. Grindheim is known as a hardworking midfielder with tough tackling and powerful shots. He has made over 40 appearances for the Norway national team.

Club career

Christian Grindheim was a hot name on the pre-season market after his club having fought in the bottom of the Norwegian First Division. But the young Haugesund captain was believed to have a poor radius of action, and was considered too "light" for clubs that were otherwise interested. However, both Vålerenga IF Fotball and Viking offered Grindheim a contract. He ended up choosing the Oslo-based Vålerenga, which he played for from 2005 to 2008.

On 7 January 2008, Grindheim was transferred to Heerenveen.

On 15 June 2011, Grindheim transferred to FC Copenhagen on a three year contract.

International career

Grindheim made his debut for the Norwegian national team, on 17 August 2005 in a friendly match against Switzerland. He scored his first goal on the national team in a friendly match against Germany on 11 February 2009. As of November 2011, he has been capped 48 times, scoring two goals.^[1]

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 February 2009	LTU Arena, Düsseldorf	Germany	1–0	Win	Friendly
2	29 May 2010	Ullevaal stadion, Norway	Montenegro	2–1	Win	Friendly

Source: ^[1]

Honours

Vålerenga IF

• Norwegian Premier League: 2005

SC Heerenveen

• KNVB Cup 2008-09

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Søfting, Thomas. "Harry Hestad" (in Norwegian). http://www.home.no/greenriver/players/grindheim.html. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 

External links

• (Danish) F.C. Copenhagen profile
• Christian Grindheim at National-Football-Teams.com

Persondata
Name	Grindheim, Christian
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Short description
Date of birth	17 July 1983
Place of birth	Haugesund, Norway
Date of death
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