peoplepill id: espen-bugge-pettersen
EBP
Norway
1 views today
1 views this week
Espen Bugge Pettersen
Footballer

Espen Bugge Pettersen

The basics

Quick Facts

Intro
Footballer
Places
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Tønsberg, Vestfold, Eastern Norway, Norway
Age
44 years
Stats
Height:
189
Weight:
87
Espen Bugge Pettersen
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Espen Bugge Pettersen (born 10 May 1980) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Strømsgodset and formerly the Norway national football team.

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 2002-season. In the nine seasons he played in Sandefjord, he played 240 of 250 league-matches.

Molde FK

On 31 July 2010, it was announced that Bugge Pettersen was sold from Sandefjord to Molde FK, signing a 3 1/2-year contract. 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. 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.

Strømsgodset Toppfotball

On 12 December 2014, Bugge Pettersen signed a two-year contract with Strømsgodset.

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. The last couple of years, Bugge Pettersen have been Norway's second-choice goalkeeper, with Rune Jarstein being the first choice. As of November 2012 he has been capped seven times, 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.

Career statistics

ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueCupEuropeTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sandefjord2002Adeccoligaen30010-310
200330020-320
200429040-330
200525000-250
2006Tippeligaen26050-310
200722020-240
2008Adeccoligaen30000-300
2009Tippeligaen30020-320
201018000-180
Total2400160-2560
Molde2010Tippeligaen1200010130
201128010-290
20122301050290
201320000020
201430000030
Total6802060760
Strømsgodset2015Tippeligaen3003060390
20162902020330
Total5905080720
Career Total36702301404040

Honours

  • Tippeligaen (3): 2011, 2012, 2014 Tippeligaen
The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Lists
Espen Bugge Pettersen is in following lists
comments so far.
Comments
From our partners
Sponsored
Espen Bugge Pettersen
arrow-left arrow-right instagram whatsapp myspace quora soundcloud spotify tumblr vk website youtube pandora tunein iheart itunes