Kim Skogsrud

Kim Skogsrud
Personal information
Full name Kim Eugen Skogsrud[1]
Date of birth (1993-04-14) 14 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Norway
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Central defender
Youth career
Skeid
2009–2011 Manchester City
2011–2012 Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Sandefjord 19 (0)
2012–2014 Sandefjord 2 23 (1)
2014 → Strømmen (loan) 10 (0)
2014 → Strømmen 2 (loan) 3 (2)
2015–2018 Egersund 72 (2)
2017 Egersund 2 3 (0)
2018–2019 Skeid 45 (1)
2023 Sagene 9 (5)
Total 184 (11)
International career
2008 Norway U15 4 (1)
2009 Norway U16 7 (0)
2010 Norway U17 6 (0)
2011 Norway U18 8 (1)
2012 Norway U19 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kim Eugen Skogsrud (born 14 April 1993) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Early career

Raised in Oslo with his twin brother, Tom, the pair began their footballing career with Skeid.[2] They were scouted by English Premier League side Manchester City, going on trial in April 2008 before going on to sign a contract in November of the same year.[2][3] Having made the move to Manchester in the summer of 2009,[4] the brothers were housed with a host family, and Skogsrug later described his struggles adapting to life at a professional football club in England, stating the changes were a "culture shock" to him.[5][6]

After two years with Manchester City, the brothers were offered deals with Scottish side Rangers, and accepted contracts in May 2011 which made them the highest paid academy players in the club's history.[6][7] However, the club went into administration in February 2012, and following relegation to the Scottish Football League Third Division, the brothers left the club with one year left on their two-year deals.[8]

Return to Norway

On their return to Norway, the twins joined Norwegian First Division side Sandefjord.[9] After two years, in which he featured sparingly, Skogsrud was loaned to fellow Norwegian First Division side Strømmen in August 2014 following an injury sustained earlier in the year.[10]

Having departed Sandefjord in March 2015, Skogsrud joined Norwegian Second Division side Egersund, also taking up an apprenticeship as a plumber.[6] He would go on to re-join former side Skeid in 2018, also reuniting with his brother, who had joined the club a year earlier.[11] He left the club after two seasons, retiring at the age of twenty-six.[12]

International career

Skogsrud represented Norway from under-15 to under-19 level.[13]

Personal life

While in Glasgow playing for Rangers, Skogsrud met his future wife, with whom he would have two children.[6] Having returned to Norway, Skogsrud and his brother began working for their father's plumbing company.[14]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sandefjord 2012 1. divisjon 4 0 1[a] 0 1[b] 0 6 0
2013 15 0 3[a] 0 0 0 18 0
2014 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 19 0 4 0 1 0 24 0
Sandefjord 2 2012 3. divisjon 6 0 – 0 0 6 0
2013 15 1 – 0 0 15 1
2014 2 0 – 0 0 2 0
Total 23 1 0 0 0 0 23 1
Strømmen (loan) 2014 1. divisjon 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Strømmen 2 (loan) 2014 3. divisjon 3 2 – 0 0 3 2
Egersund 2015 2. divisjon 26 0 1[a] 0 0 0 27 0
2016 24 0 2[a] 0 0 0 26 0
2017 22 2 2[a] 0 0 0 24 2
Total 72 2 5 0 0 0 77 2
Egersund 2 2017 4. divisjon 3 0 – 0 0 3 0
Skeid 2018 2. divisjon 25 1 3[a] 0 0 0 28 1
2019 1. divisjon 20 0 2[a] 0 0 0 22 0
Total 45 1 3 0 0 0 48 1
Sagene 2023 7. divisjon 9 5 0 0 0 0 9 5
Career total 184 11 14 0 0 0 198 11
Notes
  1. ^ a b c d e f g Appearances in the Norwegian Football Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in the Tippeligaen promotion playoff

References

  1. ^ a b Kim Skogsrud at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b Lindbæk, Andreas (21 March 2008). "Talentfabrikken Skeid med nye talenter" [Talent factory Skeid with new talents]. nab.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  3. ^ Råve, Geir (4 November 2008). "Skriver under for City" [Signing for City]. abcnyheter.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Tvillinger får sjansen i Manchester City" [Twins get their chance at Manchester City]. dt.no (in Norwegian). 3 July 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  5. ^ Schwencke, Morten (4 July 2018). "Proffdrømmens sosiale barrierer" [The social barriers of the professional dream]. vl.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 September 2024. (subscription required)
  6. ^ a b c d Wikan, Magnus; Bjelland, Vegard (28 May 2022). "Berishas vanskelige valg: – Føler meg glemt i Norge" [Berisha's difficult choice: - I feel forgotten in Norway]. tv2.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  7. ^ Ludt, Øyvind (24 May 2011). "Norske tvillinger klare for Rangers" [Norwegian twins ready for Rangers]. nettavisen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  8. ^ Prescott, Jack (13 July 2012). "Norwegian twins leave Rangers". sportsmole.co.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  9. ^ Øie, Sigurd (13 August 2012). "SF signerer tvillingpar – vil ikke ha Haugen" [SF signs twin pair - does not want Haugen]. sb.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Strømmen hentet ny midtstopper" [Strømmen brought in a new centre-back]. rb.no (in Norwegian). 8 August 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  11. ^ "– Et litt spesielt eventyr" [- A somewhat special adventure]. dagsavisen.no (in Norwegian). 20 July 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2024. (subscription required)
  12. ^ "Nå setter Skogsrud-brødrene punktum – eller?" [Now the Skogsrud brothers put an end to it - right?]. dagsavisen.no (in Norwegian). 4 February 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2024. (subscription required)
  13. ^ Kim Skogsrud at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  14. ^ Mathisen, Georg (25 February 2019). "Tre generasjoner på samme prosjekt" [Three generations on the same project]. nemitek.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 September 2024.