Magne Simonsen

Magne Simonsen
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-07-13) 13 July 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Slemmestad, Norway
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Byåsen
Youth career
Slemmestad
Lyn
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Lyn 65 (2)
2007 → Asker (loan)
2010–2015 Molde 80 (4)
2016–2017 Fredrikstad 18 (0)
2018– Byåsen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 February 2018

Magne Simonsen (born 13 July 1988) is a Norwegian football defender who currently plays for 2. divisjon club Byåsen.[1]

Career

He hails from Slemmestad, but joined Lyn at a young age. He made his debut in the 2006 Royal League, then played a Norwegian football cup game before making his Norwegian top flight debut on 6 August 2006 against Molde FK. He even scored a goal.[2] Ahead of the 2007 season he was loaned to Asker.[3] He returned before the end of the season, and played 7 league games. He made his breakthrough in the 2008 season.[2] He joined Molde ahead of the 2010 season.[4]

Ahead of the 2018 season he was named as Byåsen's new playing assistant coach.[5]

Career statistics

As of 2 November 2016[6]
Club Season Division League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lyn 2006 Tippeligaen 6 1 1 0 0 0 7 1
2007 Tippeligaen 7 1 0 0 — 7 1
2008 Tippeligaen 23 0 3 1 — 26 1
2009 Tippeligaen 29 0 3 0 — 32 0
Total 65 2 7 1 0 0 72 3
Molde 2010 Tippeligaen 24 0 3 1 4 0 31 1
2011 Tippeligaen 27 2 3 0 — 30 2
2012 Tippeligaen 14 1 3 0 7 0 24 1
2013 Tippeligaen 9 0 4 1 1 0 14 1
2014 Tippeligaen 3 0 2 0 0 0 5 0
2015 Tippeligaen 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 1
Total 80 4 15 2 13 0 108 6
Fredrikstad 2016 1. divisjon 18 0 2 0 — 20 0
2017 1. divisjon 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 18 0 2 0 0 0 20 0
Byåsen 2018 3. divisjon 21 0 0 0 — 21 0
2019 2. divisjon 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Career Total 184 6 24 3 13 0 221 9

References

  1. ^ To nye signeringer‚ byasenfotball.no, 24 January 2018
  2. ^ a b "Magne Simonsen". LynFotball.net. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
  3. ^ Karlsen, Tor Kise (13 April 2007). "Lyn kvitter seg med unggutter". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
  4. ^ Haugen, Eivind A. (1 January 2010). "Magne Simonsen klar for Molde" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Spillende assistenttrener".
  6. ^ "Magne Simonsen". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 17 March 2013.


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