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:Daniel Braaten

{{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1982)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Daniel Braaten

| image = 2012-08 Braathen2.jpg

| caption = Braaten in 2012

| full_name = Daniel Omoya Braaten{{cite web |url=https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/person/profil/?fiksId=3358907 |title=Daniel Omoya Braaten |publisher=Norwegian Football Federation |access-date=19 April 2022 |language=no}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|5|25|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/3356/Daniel-Braaten/overview |title=Daniel Braaten: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=19 April 2022}}

| birth_place = Oslo, Norway

| height = 1.84 m

| position = Winger

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1988–2000 |youthclubs1 = Skeid

| years1 = 2000–2004 |clubs1 = Skeid |caps1 = 102 |goals1 = 22

| years2 = 2004–2007 |clubs2 = Rosenborg |caps2 = 58 |goals2 = 10

| years3 = 2007–2008 |clubs3 = Bolton Wanderers |caps3 = 6 |goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2008–2013 |clubs4 = Toulouse |caps4 = 157 |goals4 = 13

| years5 = 2013–2014 |clubs5 = Copenhagen |caps5 = 23 |goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2015–2016 |clubs6 = Vålerenga |caps6 = 22 |goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2016–2018 |clubs7 = Brann |caps7 = 51 |goals7 = 3

| years8 = 2019 |clubs8 = Stabæk |caps8 = 18 |goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2020 |clubs9 = Skeid |caps9 = 18 |goals9 = 1

| totalcaps = 455 | totalgoals = 54

| nationalyears1 = 2000 |nationalteam1 = Norway U18 |nationalcaps1 = 4 |nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2003 |nationalteam2 = Norway U21 |nationalcaps2 = 2 |nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2004–2014 |nationalteam3 = Norway |nationalcaps3 = 52 |nationalgoals3 = 4

| club-update = 20 August 2021

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Daniel Omoya Braaten (born 25 May 1982) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a winger. He has previously played for Skeid, Rosenborg, Bolton Wanderers, Toulouse, Brann and Stabæk. Of Nigerian descent, he was capped 52 times for the Norway national team, scoring 4 goals.

Club career

=Early career=

File:Daniel Braaten.jpg]]

Braaten was born in Oslo, Norway.{{Hugman|22380|access-date=19 April 2022}} He started his career in the Skeid youth academy at the age of six. He later won the Norwegian Junior Cup with the team in 1999, aged 17. The following year he was promoted to the first team, where he played for four years before joining giants Rosenborg BK in 2004, after 102 caps and 22 goals for Skeid. Before signing for Rosenborg, Braaten had attracted interest from various clubs in Norway and abroad, and had a trial with French side RC Lens in late 2003 with Daniel Fredheim Holm.{{cite web|url=http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=208436 |title=Lens vil ha Daniel Braaten - 1. divisjon - VG |website=Vg.no |date=5 January 2004 |access-date=1 October 2016}} Braaten had however trained with Rosenborg as early as autumn 2002, but was still in contract with Skeid, before signing in 2004 for approximately £250,000.

Braaten had become one of the most profiled players of the Norwegian Premier League, through his colourful, untraditional and artistic playing style. He had become known especially for his individual technical skills and physical strength, and as a player who did unexpected things on the field, surprising both opposing players and the audience. He was famous not only for his pace, but also for his mastery of the seal dribble, an incredibly difficult trick involving running while bouncing (and controlling) the ball on top of the head.

=European career=

File:Daniel Braaten'13.JPG in 2013]]

On 3 August 2007, Braaten signed for Bolton Wanderers for a reported fee of £450,000. He scored his first goal in English football just over three weeks later, netting the final goal in Bolton's 3–0 win over Reading.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/6952878.stm | work=BBC News | first=Caroline | last=Cheese | title=Bolton 3–0 Reading | date=25 August 2007}} He failed to secure a permanent spot on the team, however, and after a tough season in England, Braaten signed a three-year contract with French side Toulouse on 25 June 2008.{{cite web |url=http://fotball.adressa.no/internasjonal/article111145.ece |title=Hareide glad for Braaten-overgang | adressa.no |access-date=25 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628173843/http://fotball.adressa.no/internasjonal/article111145.ece |archive-date=28 June 2008}} He was included as part of the deal which saw Johan Elmander move to Bolton. He scored his first league goal in Toulouse's 4–1 victory over Paris Saint-Germain.{{cite web |url=http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch.asp?saison%3D2008%2F2009%26code_evt%3DD1%26code_jr_tr%3DJ29%26num_ordre%3D10 |title=Ligue 1 : Toulouse FC / Paris Saint-Germain - 29ème Journée - Feuille de match |access-date=22 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324134017/http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008%2F2009&code_evt=D1&code_jr_tr=J29&num_ordre=10 |archive-date=24 March 2009}} He performed a unique celebration by spinning on his back while spinning upwards at the same time after scoring his first goal for the club. He was released from his contract in July 2013.

Two months later, in September, Braaten signed a one-year-long deal with Danish side Copenhagen, where he was given shirt no. 22. During his time in the Danish capital, he scored one goal in the league and a back-heel goal in the UEFA Champions League to secure a 1–0 victory over Galatasaray. At the end of the season Braaten left Copenhagen without a new contract and returned to Norway.

=Return to Norway=

On 9 February 2015, Braaten signed a one-year deal with Kjetil Rekdal and Vålerenga in the Norwegian Tippeliga after almost eight months as a free agent. He scored his first, and only, goal for his new club away versus Sandefjord on his birthday, 25 May. On 3 December 2015, it was announced that his contract would not be renewed, something that surprised many critics as he had performed well in the previous season.{{cite web|author=Joachim Baardsen joachim.baardsen@dagbladet.no |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2015/12/03/sport/fotball/valerenga/daniel_braaten/42222440/ |title=Braaten ferdig i Vålerenga - sport |website=Dagbladet.no |date=3 December 2015 |access-date=1 October 2016}} After training with SK Brann during the winter, he signed a one-year contract with the club on 21 February 2016, his fourth club in just as many years.{{cite web |author=Tekst: Gorm Natlandsmyr, Brann.no |url=http://www.brann.no/news/article/rtex0qi4yk8l1jf8a6vs5k2t3/title/na-har-braaten-signert-for-brann |title=Nyheter | Brann |website=Brann.no |access-date=1 October 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224084141/http://www.brann.no/news/article/rtex0qi4yk8l1jf8a6vs5k2t3/title/na-har-braaten-signert-for-brann |archive-date=24 February 2016}} After 55 games for Brann, he left the club at the end of the 2018 season.[https://www.tv2.no/a/10218390/ Daniel Braaten (36) er ferdig i Brann], tv2.no, 15 November 2018

International career

File:Daniel Braaten defended by Stewart Downing Norway-England.jpg

After playing four matches for Norway U18 in 2000, and two matches for Norway U21 in 2003,{{cite web|url=http://www.fotball.no/Community/Profil/?fiksId=1999268 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509144507/http://www.fotball.no/Community/Profil/?fiksId=1999268 |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 May 2012 |language=no |title=Daniel Omoya Braaten's profil |work=fotball.no |publisher=Football Association of Norway |access-date=31 October 2012 }} Braaten made his debut for Norway on 22 January 2004 in a friendly match against Sweden, when playing for Skeid in Adeccoligaen, the second-tier league in Norway. His first international goal came against Estonia, in a Friendly match on 20 April 2005, a game Norway won 2–1. As of May 2018, he has been capped 52 times for Norway, scoring four goals.{{cite web|url=http://www.home.no/greenriver/players/braaten.html |language=no |title=Daniel Braaten |access-date=12 November 2011 |first=Thomas |last=Søfting |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612180533/http://www.home.no/greenriver/players/braaten.html |archive-date=12 June 2012}}

Career statistics

=Club=

{{Updated|match played 12 December 2020}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!rowspan="2"|Division

!colspan="2"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|Europe

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="6"|Skeid

|2000{{soccerway|daniel-omoya-braaten/7915|accessdate=20 August 2021}}

|rowspan="5"|1. divisjon

|13

010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—140
2001

|28

330colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—313
2002

|25

441colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—295
2003

|22

651colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—277
2004

|14

930colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—179
colspan="2"|Total

!102

22162colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—11024
rowspan="5"|Rosenborg

|2004

|rowspan="4"|Tippeligaen

|10

41081colspan="2"|—195
2005

|14

10081colspan="2"|—222
2006

|19

34020colspan="2"|—253
2007

|15

24000colspan="2"|—192
colspan="2"|Total

!58

1090182colspan="2"|—8512
Bolton

|2007–08{{soccerbase season|39253|2007|accessdate=20 August 2021}}

|Premier League

|6

1305000141
rowspan="6"|Toulouse

|2008–09

|rowspan="5"|Ligue 1

|30

1510000352
2009–10

|32

4507100445
2010–11

|32

5100000335
2011–12

|31

1100000321
2012–13

|32

2000000322
colspan="2"|Total

!157

13121710017615
Copenhagen

|2013–14

|Superliga

|23

1004100272
Vålerenga

|2015

|rowspan="2"|Tippeligaen

|22

120colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—241
rowspan="4"|Brann

|2016

|25

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—250
2017

|rowspan="2"|Eliteserien

|15

310colspan="2"|—10173
2018

|11

0410000151
colspan="2"|Total

!51

3510010574
Stabæk

|2019

|Eliteserien

|18

241colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—223
rowspan="1"|Skeid

|2020

|rowspan="1"|PostNord-ligaen

|18

100colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—181
colspan="3"|Career total

!455

545153441054163

=International=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="11"|Norway

|2004

20
200551
200640
200741
200820
200980
201020
201160
201290
201382
201420
colspan="2"|Total524

:Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Braaten goal

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Daniel Braaten

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|120 April 2005A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia{{fb|EST}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|2–1Friendly
align="center"|26 June 2007Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway{{fb|HUN}}align="center"|2–0align="center"|4–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
align="center"|311 June 2013Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway{{fb|MKD}}align="center"|2–0align="center"|2–0Friendly
align="center"|415 October 2013Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway{{fb|ISL}}align="center"|1–1align="center"|1–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Rosenborg

  • Tippeligaen: 2004, 2006{{cite web|url = http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_trondelag/sport_nrk_trondelag/rbk/1.1065148|title = Mestvinnende spillere| date=19 October 2006 |access-date =28 July 2012|publisher = Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation|language = no}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

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  • {{NFT player}}
  • {{Soccerbase}}
  • [http://www.rbkweb.no/spiller/braaten Player profile on RBK official site]
  • {{Soccerway}}

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Category:1982 births

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