Birger Meling

Birger Solberg Meling (born 17 December 1994) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Rennes.

Birger Meling
Personal information
Full name Birger Solberg Meling[1]
Date of birth (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994
Place of birth Stavanger, Norway
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Rennes
Number 25
Youth career
2000–2013 Viking
2013–2014 Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Stabæk 59 (5)
2017–2020 Rosenborg 79 (1)
2020–2021 Nîmes 26 (2)
2021– Rennes 29 (0)
National team‡
2015–2016 Norway U21 6 (0)
2017– Norway 26 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2021

Club career

Early career

After playing youth football for Viking and Middlesbrough,[2] Meling joined Stabæk before the 2014 season. He made his senior league debut in September 2014 in a 3–0 defeat against Aalesund.[3] In February 2017, he signed for Rosenborg.[4]

Nîmes

In July 2020, Meling joined Nîmes on a three-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Rosenborg was less than €1 million.[5] On his Ligue 1 debut on the season's first matchday, he contributed an assist and a goal in Nîmes's 4–0 win against Brest.[6]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 30 April 2022[7][8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stabæk 2014 Tippeligaen 2000——20
2015 Tippeligaen 27150——321
2016 Tippeligaen 304312[lower-alpha 1]0—355
Total 5958120—696
Rosenborg 2017 Eliteserien 2005111[lower-alpha 2]0—361
2018 Eliteserien 2816012[lower-alpha 3]1—462
2019 Eliteserien 2802114[lower-alpha 4]0—441
2020 Eliteserien 300000—30
Total 791132371—1294
Nîmes 2020–21 Ligue 1 26200——262
Rennes 2021–22 Ligue 1 2900060—350
Career total 1938214451—25913
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. Eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League

International
As of 16 November 2021[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Norway 201740
201860
201910
202030
2021120
Total260

Honours

Rosenborg

References
  1. "Birger Solberg Meling" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. "Dette er Norges nye englandsproff". www.vg.no.
  3. "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk". www.nifs.no.
  4. "Meling klar for Rosenborg". Rosenborg.
  5. "Ligue 1 : le défenseur Norvégien Birger Meling (Rosenborg) signe trois ans à Nîmes". L'Équipe (in French). 6 July 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  6. Arilas Berg Ould-Saada (23 August 2020). "Birger Meling herjet i fransk drømmedebut: – Fryktelig deilig". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  7. "Birger Meling". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  8. "B. Meling". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  9. "Birger Meling". football (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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