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Norwegian footballer (born 1994)

Birger Meling
Meling in 2023 with Copenhagen
Personal information
Full name Birger Solberg Meling
Date of birth (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Stavanger, Norway
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team Copenhagen
Number 24
Youth career
2000–2013 Viking
2013–2014 Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Stabæk 59 (5)
2017–2020 Rosenborg 79 (1)
2020–2021 Nîmes 26 (2)
2021–2023 Rennes 59 (0)
2023– Copenhagen 24 (0)
International career
2015–2016 Norway U21 6 (0)
2017– Norway 39 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 January 2024

Birger Solberg Meling (born 17 December 1994) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Danish Superliga club Copenhagen, and the Norway national football team.

Club career

Early career

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

Nîmes

In July 2020, Meling joined Nîmes on a three-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Rosenborg was less than €1 million. 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.

Copenhagen

On 14 August 2023, Meling signed a contract with the Danish champions Copenhagen until the summer of 2027.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stabæk 2014 Eliteserien 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2015 Eliteserien 27 1 5 0 — — 32 1
2016 Eliteserien 30 4 3 1 2 0 2 0 37 5
Total 59 5 8 1 2 0 2 0 71 6
Rosenborg 2017 Eliteserien 20 0 5 1 11 0 — 36 1
2018 Eliteserien 28 1 6 0 12 1 — 46 2
2019 Eliteserien 28 0 2 1 14 0 — 44 1
2020 Eliteserien 3 0 — 0 0 — 3 0
Total 79 1 13 2 37 1 — 129 4
Nîmes 2020–21 Ligue 1 26 2 0 0 — — 26 2
Rennes 2021–22 Ligue 1 31 0 0 0 6 0 — 37 0
2022–23 Ligue 1 16 0 1 0 5 0 — 22 0
Total 47 0 1 0 11 0 — 59 0
Copenhagen 2023–24 Superliga 19 0 0 0 5 0 — 24 0
2024–25 Danish Superliga 5 0 0 0 5 0 — 10 0
Total 24 0 0 0 10 0 — 34 0
Career total 235 8 22 4 60 1 2 0 319 13
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in the 2016 Eliteserien playoffs
  3. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. Eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  7. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of 20 June 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 2017 4 0
2018 6 0
2019 1 0
2020 3 0
2021 12 0
2022 7 0
2023 4 0
Total 37 0

Honours

Rosenborg

References

  1. Birger Meling at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  2. "Dette er Norges nye englandsproff". www.vg.no. 29 July 2013.
  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.
F.C. Copenhagen – current squad
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