Morten Moldskred

Morten Moldskred

Personal information
Full name	Morten Moldskred
Date of birth	June 13, 1980 (1980-06-13) (age 31)
Place of birth	Ulsteinvik, Norway
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Rosenborg
Number	10
Youth career
	Austvatn
	Haddal
1993–1996	Hødd
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–2001	Hødd	92	(28)
2002	Moss	11	(1)
2003–2005	Aalesund	79	(20)
2006	Haugesund	0	(0)
2006–2010	Tromsø	76	(29)
2010–	Rosenborg	37	(8)
National team‡
2009–	Norway	9	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 18, 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 June 2011

Morten Moldskred (born 13 June 1980) is a Norwegian football player, currently playing for Rosenborg BK. He plays as a midfielder or forward.

Club career

Early years

Moldskred started his career in Hødd from Ulsteinvik, where he stayed until the 2001 season when he was sold to Moss. In 2002 Moss was promoted to the Norwegian Premier League where he played in 11 games, scoring one goal. Moss were relegated the same year.

Aalesund and Haugesund

After the 2002 season Moldskred was sold to Aalesund who had been promoted to the top-flight. He played in all games, scoring 4 goals in the process, but for the second time in a row, he suffered the experience of being relegated. In 2004 he had his finest season so far in his career, nothing up 15 goals in 29 appareances in Adeccoligaen, helping Aalesund to another promotion. He only managed 1 goal in 24 games the following season, going through another relegation from the elite group of clubs.

He was sold to Haugesund before the 2006 season, but suffered a cruciate ligament injury right after signing, and did not play any games.

Tromsø

Halfway through the 2006 season, Premier League side Tromsø picked him up on a three-year deal.^[1] His former coach at Aalesund, Ivar Morten Normark was coach at the time. After the injury he got while at Haugesund, it was expected that he was going to be out for the rest of the season, but amazingly he managed to make his debut on 30 July 2006. He only played three games before another injury definitely held him back for rest of the season.

After a difficult start at Tromsø I.L. with much time on the sideline and frequent injuries, Moldskred finally got his breakthrough and earned a place as forward in the regular starting line-up in the summer of 2007. After the departure of veteran and club-legend Ole Martin Årst in a mid-season transfer to Start. Moldskred finished the season in style and ended up the club top-scorer with 12 goals, including three in the final game of the season against the champions Brann.

Another injury set him back a bit during pre season in 2008, but after a slow start, he ended up scoring 10 goals in 21 games, helping Tromsø to a surprising bronze medal in the league.

Rosenborg

On 7 January 2010 Rosenborg and Tromsø came to agreement over a transfer fee and Moldskred signed under for Norwegian powerhouse Rosenborg a few days later.

Moldskred scored his first goal for Rosenborg on 13 May 2010 in the first round of the Norwegian Football Cup against 3rd division side Stjørdals/Blink.

He scored his first league goal for Rosenborg on 25 July 2010 against Stabæk in a 2-1 victory for Rosenborg, scoring the winner goal in injury time at Telenor Arena.

International career

Morten Moldskred made his international debut for Norway on 5 September 2009, when he was substituted in for Thorstein Helstad in the 2010 World Cup qualifier away to Iceland.^[2] His first international goal came in his fifth match, a friendly away to Slovakia, where he scored the lone goal securing Norway their fourth consecutive win, and sixth match in a row without a loss.^[3]

International goals

Morten Moldskred: International Goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	3 March 2010	Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina	Slovakia	0–1	Win	Friendly

Honours

Club

Rosenborg BK

• Norwegian Premier League Championship: 2010 ^[4]

Career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Norway			League		Norwegian Football Cup		Europe		Total
1998	Hødd	Adeccoligaen					-	-
1999							-	-
2000							-	-
2001							-	-
2002	Moss	Tippeligaen	11	1	3	2	-	-	14	3
2003	Aalesund		26	4	3	3	-	-	29	7
2004		Adeccoligaen	29	15			-	-
2005		Tippeligaen	24	1	4	2	-	-	28	3
2006	Haugesund	Adeccoligaen	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	0
2006	Tromsø	Tippeligaen	3	0	0	0
2007			22	12	4	4			26	16
2008			21	10	4	3	-	-	25	13
2009			30	7	5	7	0	0	35	14
2010	Rosenborg	Tippeligaen	20	3	3	3	10	1	33	7
2011			17	5	2	0	2	0	21	5
Total	Norway		202	57	28	24	?	?	?	?

References

1. ^ Moldskred til Tromsø at NRK Retrieved 15 July 2007
2. ^ (Norwegian) Moldskred klar for landslaget Nordlys.no
3. ^ (Norwegian) Moldskred avgjorde for Norge NRK.no
4. ^ "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. 

External links

• Morten Moldskred profile at til.no (Norwegian)

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Name	Moldskred, Morten
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Date of birth	13 June 1980
Place of birth	Ulsteinvik, Norway
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