Birger Meling
Birger Solberg Meling (born 17 December 1994) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Nîmes in Ligue 1.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Birger Solberg Meling | ||
| Date of birth | 17 December 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Stavanger, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Nîmes | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2013 | Viking | ||
| 2013–2014 | Middlesbrough | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Stabæk | 57 | (5) |
| 2017–2020 | Rosenborg | 79 | (1) |
| 2020– | Nîmes | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | Norway U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2017– | Norway | 11 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 June 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2019 | |||
Club 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]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National 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 | — | — | 33 | 1 | ||||
| 2016 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 33 | 5 | |||
| Total | 57 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 67 | 6 | |||
| Rosenborg | 2017 | Eliteserien | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 36 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 12[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | — | 46 | 2 | |||
| 2019 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 44 | 2 | |||
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 79 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 37 | 1 | — | 129 | 5 | |||
| Nîmes | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 136 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 39 | 1 | — | 197 | 11 | |||
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
References
- "Dette er Norges nye englandsproff". www.vg.no.
- "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk". www.nifs.no.
- "Meling klar for Rosenborg". Rosenborg.
- https://www.rbk.no/nyheter/meling-forlater-rosenborg
- "Birger Meling". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- "B. Meling". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
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