Alexander Ødegaard

{{Short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1980)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alexander Ødegaard

| image = AlexanderOdegaard01.jpg

| caption = Ødegaard in June 2007

| fullname = Alexander Ødegaard

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|9|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Voss, Hordaland, Norway

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Winger / striker

| youthyears1 = 199?–1999 | youthclubs1 = Førde

| years1 = 1999–2004 | clubs1 = Sogndal | caps1 = 125 | goals1 = 46

| years2 = 2005 | clubs2 = Rosenborg | caps2 = 17 | goals2 = 4

| years3 = 2006–2010 | clubs3 = Viking | caps3 = 118 | goals3 = 16

| years4 = 2011–2012 | clubs4 = Metz | caps4 = 13 | goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2012–2015 | clubs5 = Førde | caps5 = 75 | goals5 = 33

| nationalyears1 = 1997 | nationalteam1 = Norway U17

| nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears3 = 1998 | nationalteam3 = Norway U18

| nationalcaps3 = 6 | nationalgoals3 = 5

| nationalyears4 = 1999 | nationalteam4 = Norway U19

| nationalcaps4 = 2 | nationalgoals4 = 0

| nationalyears5 = 1999 | nationalteam5 = Norway U20

| nationalcaps5 = 1 | nationalgoals5 = 0

| nationalyears6 = 2001 | nationalteam6 = Norway U21

| nationalcaps6 = 2 | nationalgoals6 = 0

| nationalyears7 = 2004 | nationalteam7 = Norway

| nationalcaps7 = 4 | nationalgoals7 = 1

}}

Alexander Ødegaard (born 13 September 1980) is a Norwegian former footballer. He played four times for the Norwegian national team, scoring one goal, and has played professionally for Sogndal, Rosenborg, Viking and French club Metz.

Career

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Ødegaard started his career with Førde IL. He left Førde and joined Sogndal IL in January 2001. Ødegaard was one of the 1980 generation players to break into the first team of Sogndal. After a successful 2004 season where he scored 15 league goals for Sogndal, and made his international debut for Norway, his services were wanted by Brann and Rosenborg.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/arkiv/tippeliga/article301253.ece|title=Brann eller RBK for Ødegaard|language=Norwegian|work=Nettavisen|date=11 November 2004|accessdate=2 June 2013}} He chose the 13-in-a-row league champions Rosenborg, but his first season was a disappointment, as Rosenborg failed to win the title. After the season, he was sold to Viking in a deal worth €875,000.

On 24 January 2011, he signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with French side Metz in Ligue 2.

In August 2012, Ødegaard returned to Norway, where he signed for his youth club – the Third Division side Førde.{{cite news|url=http://fotball.aftenposten.no/incoming/article244927.ece |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223092133/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/incoming/article244927.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 February 2013 |language=Norwegian |title=Alexander Ødegaard til 3. divisjon |work=NTB |publisher=Aftenposten |date=1 August 2012 |accessdate=7 August 2012 }}

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
rowspan="2"|Season

!rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Division

!colspan="2"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|OtherIncludes 2000 playoff, 2005–06 UEFA Champions League (6 apps, 1 goal), Royal League (6 apps, 1 goal) and 2008–09 UEFA Cup

!colspan="2"|Total

AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1999[https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/person/profil/?fiksId=3067521 Alexander Ødegaard] (in Norwegian). NFF Retrieved 10 November 2017.Førde2. divisjon|10colspan="2"|–10
colspan=3 | Førde total

!||||1||0||colspan="2"|–||1||0

1999

|rowspan="6"|Sogndal

rowspan="2"|1. Divisjon

|6

300colspan="2"|–63
2000[http://www.altomfotball.no/element.do?cmd=player&personId=1839 "Alexander Ødegaard"] (in Norwegian). Altomfotball. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

|24

1031202911
2001rowspan="4"|Tippeligaen

|24

842colspan="2"|–2810
2002

|21

320colspan="2"|–233
2003

|25

746colspan="2"|–2913
2004

|25

1530colspan="2"|–2815
colspan=3 | Sogndal total

!125||46||16||9||2||0||143||55

2005[http://rbkmedia.no/statistikk/spiller.php?player_id=70 Alexander Ødegaard] (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK. Retrieved 2 June 2013.RosenborgTippeligaen

|17

4441223310
colspan=3 | Rosenborg total

!17||4||4||4||12||2||33||10

2006[https://web.archive.org/web/20120207103626/http://www.viking-fk.no/newsread/spillerarkiv.aspx?docid=10293 10. Alexander Ødegaard] (in Norwegian). Viking FK. Retrieved 10 November 2017.rowspan="5"|Vikingrowspan="5"|Tippeligaen

|23

343colspan="2"|–276
2007

|21

543colspan="2"|–258
2008

|24

51140296
2009

|25

130colspan="2"|–281
2010

|25

240colspan="2"|–292
colspan=3 | Viking total

!118||16||16||7||4||0||138||23

2010–11[http://www.ligue1.com/joueur/odegaard-alexander#bloc_carriere "Alexander ODEGAARD"]. LFP. Retrieved 10 November 2017.rowspan="2"|Metzrowspan="2"|Ligue 2

|5

1100061
2011–12

|8

0000080
colspan=3 | Metz total

!13||1||1||0||0||0||14||1

2012rowspan="4"|Førde3. divisjon

|11

1100colspan="2"|–1111
2013

|rowspan="3"|2. divisjon

|24

1100colspan="2"|–2411
2014

|23

710colspan="2"|–247
2015

|17

410colspan="2"|–184
colspan=3 | Førde total

!75||33||2||0||colspan="2"|—||77||33

colspan="3"|Career Total

!348

1004020182406122

=International goals=

class="wikitable"
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
align=center| 113 October 2004Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway{{fb|SLO}}align=center| 3–0align=center| 3–0World Cup 2006 Qualifier

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