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 1.73 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 8 (0)
International career‡
2015–2016 Norway U21 6 (0)
2017– Norway 39 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2023
‡ 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,[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]

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 November 2023[7][8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stabæk 2014 Eliteserien 2000——20
2015 Eliteserien 27150——321
2016 Eliteserien 304312[lower-alpha 1]02[lower-alpha 2]0375
Total 595812020716
Rosenborg 2017 Eliteserien 2005111[lower-alpha 3]0—361
2018 Eliteserien 2816012[lower-alpha 4]1—462
2019 Eliteserien 2802114[lower-alpha 5]0—441
2020 Eliteserien 30—00—30
Total 791132371—1294
Nîmes 2020–21 Ligue 1 26200——262
Rennes 2021–22 Ligue 1 310006[lower-alpha 6]0—370
2022–23 Ligue 1 160105[lower-alpha 1]0—220
Total 47010110—590
Copenhagen 2023–24 Superliga 80004[lower-alpha 7]0—120
Career total 21982245412029713
  1. 1 2 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[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Norway 201740
201860
201910
202030
2021120
202270
202340
Total370

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.
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