Espen Bugge Pettersen

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Espen Bugge Pettersen

| image = Espen Bugge Pettersen (cropped).jpg

| caption = Bugge Pettersen in 2008

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1980|5|10}}

| birth_place = Tønsberg, Norway

| height = {{height|m=1.89}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1999

| youthclubs1 = Tønsberg FK

| years1 = 1999–2001 | clubs1 = Eik-Tønsberg | caps1 = 28 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2002–2010 | clubs2 = Sandefjord | caps2 = 240 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2010–2014 | clubs3 = Molde | caps3 = 68 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2015–2018 | clubs4 = Strømsgodset | caps4 = 106 | goals4 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2009–2011 | nationalteam1 = Norway | nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2019–2025 | managerclubs1 = Sandefjord (managing director)

| manageryears2 = 2025– | managerclubs2 = Odd (managing director)

| medaltemplates =

}}

Espen Bugge Pettersen (born 10 May 1980) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was capped seven times for the Norway national team. Bugge Pettersen is currently managing director at Odd.{{cite web |url=https://www.sb.no/sport/fotball/sandefjord-fotball/keeperlegenden-blir-sfs-daglige-leder/s/5-73-833115 |title=Keeperlegenden blir SFs daglige leder |language=Norwegian |website=sb.no |publisher=Sandefjords Blad |date=6 December 2018 |accessdate=13 February 2020}}

Club career

=Early career=

Bugge Pettersen started his career in the local clubs Tønsberg FK and Eik-Tønsberg, and moved to Sandefjord Fotball before the 2002season. In the nine seasons he played in Sandefjord, he played 240 of 250 possible league matches.

=Molde=

On 31 July 2010, it was announced that Bugge Pettersen was sold from Sandefjord to Molde FK, signing a {{frac|3|1|2}}-year contract.{{cite web |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2010/07/31/sport/fotball/sandefjord/molde/espen_bugge_pettersen/12780232/ |title=Bugge Pettersen klar for Molde |language=Norwegian |work=db.no |publisher=Dagbladet |date=31 July 2010 |accessdate=12 November 2011}} In his second season in Molde, he won the league championship with Ole Gunnar Solskjær as manager, and won the Kniksen award as the best goalkeeper in Tippeligaen.{{cite web |url=http://www.sb.no/sport/bugge-pettersen-arets-keeper-1.6633275 |language=Norwegian |title=Bugge Pettersen årets keeper |work=sb.no |publisher=Sandefjords Blad |first=Flemming Hofmann |last=Tveitan |date=27 November 2011 |accessdate=5 March 2012}}

Bugge Pettersen played 123 consecutive first-team matches for Sandefjord and Molde, from he missed the Tippeliga-match against Start on 1 October 2007, until Solskjær decided to let the second-choice goalkeeper, Elias Valderhaug, play the last two league-games after Molde won Tippeligaen in 2011.{{cite web |url=http://fotball.rbnett.no/eliteserien/article215088.ece |title=Solskjær setter Bugge Pettersen på benken |language=Norwegian |work=rbnett.no |publisher=Romsdals Budstikke |date=17 November 2011 |accessdate=19 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121081050/http://fotball.rbnett.no/eliteserien/article215088.ece |archivedate=21 January 2012 |df=dmy-all }}

=Strømsgodset=

On 12 December 2014, Bugge Pettersen signed a two-year contract with Strømsgodset.{{cite web|title=FRA MOLDE TIL STRØMSGODSET|url=http://www.godset.no/news/article/1x6rn2ow0njjn1mxcagpq58eks/title/fra-molde-til-stromsgodset|website=www.godset.no|publisher=Strømsgodset Toppfotball|accessdate=12 December 2014|language=Norwegian|date=12 December 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213022916/http://www.godset.no/news/article/1x6rn2ow0njjn1mxcagpq58eks/title/fra-molde-til-stromsgodset|archivedate=13 December 2014|df=dmy-all}}

International career

He made his international debut on 29 May 2010 against Montenegro, when he replaced Rune Jarstein as a substitute in the 89th minute.{{cite web |url=http://www.sb.no/sport/takket-drillo-med-fleksnes-parodi-1.5339282 |language=Norwegian |title=Takket Drillo med Fleksnes-parodi |work=sb.no |publisher=Sandefjords Blad |first=Anders Mehlum |last=Hasle |date=31 May 2010 |accessdate=5 March 2012}} The last couple of years, Bugge Pettersen have been Norway's second-choice goalkeeper, with Rune Jarstein being the first choice.{{cite web |url=http://fotball.fvn.no/landslaget/article219644.ece |language=Norwegian |title=Hvem av disse vinner keeperkampen? |work=fvn.no |publisher=Fædrelandsvennen |date=14 January 2012 |accessdate=19 January 2012}} As of November 2012 he has been capped seven times,{{cite web|title=Landslaget |url=http://www.home.no/greenriver/landslaget.html |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |accessdate=2 September 2011 |first=Thomas |last=Søfting |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726003621/http://www.home.no/greenriver/landslaget.html |archivedate=26 July 2011 |df=dmy }} and he started his first international game in a friendly matches against Thailand on 18 January 2012.

Personal life

Espen Bugge Pettersen is married to Lene Syversen, and together they have two children Storm and Pernille.{{cite web |url=http://fotball.rbnett.no/eliteserien/article215206.ece |language=Norwegian |title=Fotballfrue i særklasse |work=rbnett.no |publisher=Romsdals Budstikke |date=19 November 2011 |accessdate=22 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121235034/http://fotball.rbnett.no/eliteserien/article215206.ece |archive-date=21 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}

Career statistics

Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.altomfotball.no/element.do?cmd=player&personId=63222 |language=Norwegian |title=Espen Bugge Pettersen |work=altomfotball.no |publisher=TV 2 |accessdate=17 March 2013}}

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !rowspan="2"\|Division !colspan="2"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Europe !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="10" valign="center"\|Sandefjord \|2002 \|rowspan="4" valign="center"\|1. divisjon \|30	0	1	0	colspan="2"
\|31	0
2003 \|30	0	2	0	colspan="2"
\|32	0
2004 \|29	0	4	0	colspan="2"
\|33	0
2005 \|25	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|25	0
2006 \|rowspan="2" valign="center"\|Tippeligaen \|26	0	5	0	colspan="2"
\|31	0
2007 \|22	0	2	0	colspan="2"
\|24	0
2008 \|1. divisjon \|30	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|30	0
2009 \|rowspan="2" valign="center"\|Tippeligaen \|30	0	2	0	colspan="2"
\|32	0
rowspan="1" valign="center"\|2010 \|18	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|18	0
colspan="2" valign="center"\|Total !240	0	16	0	colspan="2"
!256	0
rowspan="6" valign="center"\|Molde \|rowspan="1" valign="center"\|2010 \|rowspan="5" valign="center"\|Tippeligaen \|12	0	0	0	1	0	13	0
2011 \|28	0	1	0	colspan="2"
\|29	0
2012 \|23	0	1	0	5	0	29	0
2013 \|2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2014 \|3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
colspan="2" valign="center"\|Total !68	0	2	0	6	0	76	0
rowspan="5" valign="center"\|Strømsgodset \|2015 \|rowspan="2" valign="center"\|Tippeligaen \|30	0	3	0	6	0	39	0
2016 \|30	0	3	0	2	0	35	0
2017 \|rowspan="2" valign="center"\|Eliteserien \|24	0	1	0	0	0	25	0
2018 \|22	0	3	0	0	0	25	0
colspan="2" valign="center"\|Total !106	0	10	0	8	0	124	0
colspan="3"\|Career total !413	0	27	0	14	0	454	0

Honours

Molde

Tippeligaen: 2011, 2012, 2014

Individual

Kniksen Goalkeeper of the Year: 2011

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20090531042824/http://www.sandefjordfotball.no/Default.aspx?Cat=140&Mode=Spillere&nLag=1&stats=1 Profile] at Sandefjord Fotball's official website

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