Thomas Kind Bendiksen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Kind Bendiksen | ||
| Date of birth | 8 August 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Norway | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Tromsø | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Harstad IL | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2011 | Rangers | 3 | (0) |
| 2012– | Tromsø | 50 | (7) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014– | Norway | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 October 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Thomas Kind Bendiksen (born 8 August 1989) is a Norwegian association footballer who plays for Norwegian Premier League club Tromsø.
Career
A Norwegian youth international, Bendiksen signed for Rangers on 31 August 2007 on a three-year deal from Harstad IL.[2] Rangers paid the Norwegian side 1 million Norwegian krone (around £90,000).[3] A long-term knee injury put his career on hold and ruled him out of the entire 2008–09 season and most of the following season.[4]
Bendiksen impressed in reserve team games when he returned to action late in the 2009–10 season, and he was named as a substitute for a league match against Hibernian in April 2010.[4] Bendiksen made his first 'first team' appearance in a pre-season friendly match against Queen of the South in July 2010. After further injury problems, he agreed a new six-month contract in July 2011.[4][5] Bendiksen scored a goal in a friendly match against Hamburg, after which he was offered a new contract.[6] He played his first competitive match for Rangers on 3 December 2011, in a 2–1 win home against Dunfermline Athletic.[7]
Bendiksen rejected the offer of a new contract by Rangers and instead signed a deal with Tromsø.[8]
Career statistics
- As of 13 December 2013
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rangers | |||||||||||
| 2011–12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tromsø | |||||||||||
| 2012 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 44 | 9 | |
| Total | 50 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 76 | 10 | |
| Career total | 53 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 79 | 10 | |
References
- ↑ "Thomas Bendiksen". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ↑ "Gers land Norwegian starlet". Sky Sports (BSkyB). 31 August 2007.
- ↑ Swan, Craig (1 December 2011). "Rangers kid Thomas Kind Bendiksen's extra training sessions could have ended his dream, says youth coach Tommy Wilson". Daily Record (Trinity Mirror). Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Thomas Bendiksen". Rangers.co.uk (Rangers F.C.). Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ↑ "Thomas Kind-Bendiksen wants to earn new Rangers contract after three years of injury hell". Daily Record (Trinity Mirror). 17 July 2011.
- ↑ "Bendiksen offered new terms". Sky Sports (BSkyB). 3 December 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ↑ "Bendiksen debuterte fra start da Rangers vant". tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV2. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ↑ "Thomas Bendiksen rejects Rangers deal to sign for Tromso". BBC Sport (BBC). 3 January 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
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