Quick Facts
Biography
Petter Normann Rudi (born 17 September 1973) is a retired Norwegian footballer. He finished his career at Belgian club K.A.A. Gent in 2007 after playing professionally in several countries in Europe during his career. He is currently contracted to Molde FK as analysis manager and talent scout.
Career
As midfielder, Rudi has played with several European clubs. These are K.A.A. Gent, A.C. Perugia, Sheffield Wednesday, Lokeren, Germinal Beerschot, Austria Wien and Molde FK.
Petter Rudi was signed by David Pleat in October 1997 from Molde FK. He made his debut against Spurs, and his style of play made him popular with the Wednesday fans. Rudi became a regular starter under Ron Atkinson later that season after Pleat was sacked. The Norwegian failed to score in his first season, he did however score the 5-3 penalty shoot-out victory against Watford in the 3rd round of the FA Cup.
Rudi made 79 and 6 sub appearances for The Owls scoring 8 goals.
During has career, Rudi has been capped 46 times for the Norway national football team scoring three goals.
Honour
Winner:
Molde
- Norwegian Football Cup: 1994, 2005
Runner-up:
Molde
- Norwegian Premier League: 1995
Austria Wien
- Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2003–04