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Norwegian footballer (born 1988)

Ruben Kristiansen
Kristiansen in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-02-20) 20 February 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Nordreisa, Norway
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team Tromsø
Youth career
Nordreisa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Nordreisa
2007–2009 Skjervøy
2010–2011 Tromsdalen 43 (5)
2012–2014 Tromsø 43 (1)
2014–2015 Vålerenga 42 (0)
2015–2024 Brann 228 (4)
2025– Tromsø 0 (0)
International career
2012 Norway U23 1 (0)
2013–2014 Norway 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:03, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Ruben Kristiansen (born 20 February 1988) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays for Tromsø as a defender.

Career

Early years

Kristiansen hails from Nordreisa Municipality. He started his career at local club Nordreisa, before moving on to play for Skjervøy, Tromsdalen.

Tromsø

In late 2011 Kristiansen signed a three-year contract with Eliteserien club Tromsø.

Vålerenga

He signed for Vålerenga in March 2014.

Brann

After two seasons at Vålerenga, Kristiansen joined fellow Eliteserien side Brann in 2015, helping them reach promotion at the end of the season.

He subsequently signed several new contracts with the club, stretching all the way through the 2024 season.

Return to Tromsø

In October 2024 Brann announced that Kristiansen would not be offered a contract extention after the season was finished. The following December, his formed club Tromsø confirmed that they had signed Kristiansen on a one-year contract.

International career

Kristiansen made one appearance for Norway's U23 team in 2012 against Estonia's U23 team, where they lost 2-0.

He made his international senior debut for Norway against South Africa in a friendly game in January 2013.

Career statistics

Club

As of 16 December 2024
Club Season Division League National Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tromsdalen 2010 1. divisjon 19 2 3 0 — — 22 2
2011 2. divisjon 24 3 1 0 — — 25 3
Total 43 5 4 0 — — 47 5
Tromsø 2012 Eliteserien 16 1 6 0 6 0 — 28 1
2013 27 0 2 0 13 0 — 42 0
Total 43 1 8 0 19 0 — 70 1
Vålerenga 2014 Eliteserien 26 0 2 0 — — 28 0
2015 16 0 1 0 — — 17 0
Total 42 0 3 0 — — 45 0
Brann 2015 1. divisjon 12 2 0 0 — — 12 2
2016 Eliteserien 28 0 0 0 — — 28 0
2017 28 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 33 1
2018 13 0 0 0 — — 13 0
2019 28 0 0 0 2 0 — 30 0
2020 21 0 — — — 21 0
2021 26 1 2 0 — — 28 1
2022 1. divisjon 30 0 2 0 — — 32 0
2023 Eliteserien 13 0 5 0 4 0 — 22 0
2024 29 0 1 0 6 0 — 36 0
Total 228 4 12 0 14 0 1 0 255 4
Tromsø 2025 Eliteserien 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Career Total 357 10 27 0 33 0 1 0 418 10
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance in Mesterfinalen
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
Kristiansen in 2012.

International

As of match played 18 January 2014
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 2013 3 0
2014 1 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Tromsø
Brann

References

  1. ^ Ruben Kristiansen at Soccerway
  2. Profile at Tromsø IL
  3. ^ Ruben Kristiansen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. Skeie, Torgeir (1 November 2011). "Ny back klar for Tromsø" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  5. "Vålerenga henter Ruben Kristiansen fra TIL" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  6. Bolstad, Jon; Kongsvik, Christine (10 August 2015). "Nok ein venstreback klar for Brann" (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  7. "Ruben har signert ny kontrakt" (in Norwegian). SK Brann. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  8. "Har forlenget kontrakten ut 2024" (in Norwegian). SK Brann. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  9. Biørnstad, Carl Henning (8 October 2024). "Bekrefter at profilen er ferdig – to andre spillere tar følge" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  10. de Wahl, Stian André (16 December 2024). "Ruben Kristiansen blir Tromsø-spiller" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  11. "South Africa vs. Norway 0 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  12. "Ruben Kristiansen: Internationals". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
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