Per Ciljan Skjelbred

Per Ciljan Skjelbred

Personal information
Full name	Per Ciljan Skjelbred
Date of birth	June 16, 1987 (1987-06-16) (age 24)
Place of birth	Trondheim, Norway
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Hamburger SV
Number	25
Youth career
	Trygg/Lade
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2011	Rosenborg	156	(9)
2011–	Hamburger SV	5	(0)
National team‡
2007–	Norway	16	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:00, 15 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:00, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Per Ciljan Skjelbred (born 16 June 1987 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Hamburger SV.^[1]

Club career

Skjelbred started his career at local football club Trygg/Lade. He made an impression, and was selected to compete in a football talent competition entitled Proffdrømmen on Norwegian TV3. Skjelbred won this competition and as first prize, he got a week's training with Liverpool^[2] Liverpool offered him a contract in order to include him in their youth team, but he declined. Instead, he went to the Norwegian club Rosenborg, where he soon made an impression.

On 22 May 2005, Skjelbred became the youngest player in the Norwegian Tippeligaen to receive a red card, against Molde After scoring a goal in the first match of the 2005 Champions League against Olympiacos, he was tackled in the return match at Lerkendal on November 23 by Ieroklis Stoltidis. Both bones in Skjelbred's lower leg snapped just above the ankle. Although he went in with both legs and had no chance of getting the ball, Stoltidis said he had not meant to harm Skjelbred.^[3] Skjelbred returned to football on 10 March 2006 in Rosenborg's match against Aalesund, playing the first half of the match which Rosenborg won 5–1.^[4]

International career

Skjelbred has been capped for the Norwegian under-16, 17, 18, 19, 21, and the senior national teams.

Career statistics

Club	Season	Division	League		Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2004	Rosenborg	Tippeligaen	2	0	2	0	4	0
2005		Tippeligaen	13	3	3	1	16	4
2006		Tippeligaen	20	0	5	2	25	2
2007		Tippeligaen	25	2	4	0	29	2
2008		Tippeligaen	25	1	2	1	27	2
2009		Tippeligaen	27	1	4	0	31	1
2010		Tippeligaen	29	1	5	2	34	3
2011		Tippeligaen	15	1	3	2	18	3
2011–12	Hamburger SV	Bundesliga	5	0	1	0	5	0
Career Total			161	9	29	8	190	17

Statistics accurate as of match played 5 November 2011^[5]

Honours

Club

Rosenborg

• Tippeligaen (3): 2006, 2009, 2010^[6]

References

1. ^ "Perfekt: Skjelbred kommt früher zum HSV [Perfect: Skjelbred is coming earlier for HSV]" (in German). HSV. 14 July 2011. http://www.hsv.de/teams/meldungen/bundesliga/juli-2011/perfekt-skjelbred-kommt-frueher-zum-hsv. Retrieved 6 August 2011. 
2. ^ "Per (15) får trene med Liverpool [Per (15) to train with Liverpool]" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet Sport. 27 November 2002. http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2002/11/27/354891.html. Retrieved 4 April 2009. 
3. ^ "Skjelbred suffers broken leg". UEFA.com. 24 November 2005. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=371647.html. Retrieved 4 April 2009. 
4. ^ Monssen, Håkon (6 April 2006). "Rosenborg utklasset Aalesund" (in Norwegian). rbk.no. http://www.rbk.no/incoming/article.jhtml?articleID=94735. Retrieved 6 August 2001. 
5. ^ "Per Ciljan Skjelbred" (in Norwegian). altomfotball.no. http://www.altomfotball.no/element.do?cmd=player&personId=92842. Retrieved 15 November 2011. 
6. ^ Berre, Tom. "Mestvinnende spillere" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_trondelag/sport_nrk_trondelag/rbk/1.1065148. Retrieved 2 November 2010. 

Persondata
Name	Skjelbred, Per Ciljan
Alternative names	Skjelbred, Per Ciljan
Short description	Norwegian footballer
Date of birth	16 June 1987
Place of birth	Trondheim, Norway
Date of death
Place of death