Johan Lædre Bjørdal

Johan Lædre Bjørdal
Bjørdal playing for Rosenborg in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-05-05) 5 May 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Egersund, Norway
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003 Egersund
2003–2006 Viking 1 (0)
2005 → FK Tønsberg (loan) 8 (0)
2007–2011 Bodø/Glimt 71 (2)
2011–2013 Viking 81 (4)
2014–2015 AGF 32 (2)
2015–2017 Rosenborg 43 (2)
2018–2019 Zulte Waregem 8 (0)
2019–2020 Vålerenga 35 (1)
International career‡
2002 Norway U16 6 (0)
2003 Norway U17 10 (0)
2004 Norway U18 12 (1)
2005 Norway U19 10 (0)
2007–2008 Norway U21 7 (1)
2013 Norway 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 Msy 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2013

Johan Lædre Bjørdal (born 5 May 1986) is a former Norwegian footballer who plays as a centre back.

Career

Bjørdal was born in Egersund and began his career with his hometown club, Egersund IK, in 2003, but was signed up by Viking FK. He went on loan to FK Tønsberg in the 2005 season, having played just one game for Viking, and returned with eight games experience. Bjørdal remained at Viking for one more season, but did not play any more games, and was signed by FK Bodø/Glimt for the 2007 season. There, he played 26 games in his first season, scoring one goal. He returned to Viking ahead of the 2011 season.

Bjørdal has played at every level of Norwegian international football from under-16 to under-21 level. He was given his debut for Norway's senior team on 6 September 2013 against Cyprus.[1]

Bjørdal's contract with Viking expired after the 2013 season, and he joined the Danish club AGF in January 2014.

In June 2015 he joined the Norwegian footballclub Rosenborg BK.[2] He won the Norwegian top division three times during his spell in Rosenborg, in 2015, 2016 and 2017, as well as the Norwegian Football Cup in 2015 and 2016.

On 23 January 2018 Bjørdal signed a 2,5-year contract with Belgium side Zulte Waregem.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 December 2020[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Viking 2004 Tippeligaen 1 0 0 0 - - 1 0
2005 0 0 1 1 - - 1 1
2006 0 0 1 0 - - 1 0
Total 1 0 2 1 - - - - 3 1
Tønsberg (loan) 2005 1. divisjon 8 0 0 0 - - 8 0
Total 8 0 0 0 - - - - 8 0
Bodø/Glimt 2007 1. divisjon 26 1 2 0 - - 28 1
2008 Tippeligaen 6 0 1 0 - - 7 0
2009 13 1 0 0 - - 13 1
2010 1. divisjon 27 0 2 0 - - 29 0
Total 72 2 5 0 - - - - 77 2
Viking 2011 Tippeligaen 30 1 5 0 - - 35 1
2012 21 1 0 0 - - 21 1
2013 30 2 2 2 - - 34 4
Total 81 4 7 2 - - - - 88 6
AGF 2013–14 Superliga 15 0 1 0 - - 16 0
2014–15 1st Division 17 2 0 0 - - 17 2
Total 32 2 1 0 - - - - 33 2
Rosenborg 2015 Eliteserien 13 2 2 0 7 0 - 22 2
2016 12 0 5 1 2 0 - 19 1
2017 18 0 4 0 8 0 1 0 31 0
Total 43 2 11 1 17 0 1 0 72 3
Zulte Waregem 2017–18 Belgian First Division A 5 0 0 0 - - 5 0
2018–19 3 0 1 0 - - 4 0
Total 8 0 1 0 - - - - 9 0
Vålerenga 2019 Eliteserien 27 1 0 0 - - 27 1
2020 12 0 0 0 - - 12 0
Total 39 1 0 0 - - - - 39 1
Career total 284 11 27 4 17 0 1 0 329 15

Honours

Club

Rosenborg

References

  1. ^ Røed-Johannessen, Daniel (6 September 2013). "Debutanten ga Drillo besked om at han var klar" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  2. ^ "– Jeg er tiltenkt en viktig rolle på laget". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Johan Lædre Bjørdal". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  4. ^ Chris Thomas Skogli (24 September 2016). "Nyheter | Rosenborg". Rbk.no. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Spillerprofiler | Rosenborg". Rbk.no. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.