Morten Skjønsberg

Morten Skjønsberg

Personal information
Full name	Morten Morisbak Skjønsberg
Date of birth	(1983-02-12) 12 February 1983
Place of birth	Bærum, Norway
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Stabæk
Number	3
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2011	Stabæk	215	(1)
2012–2014	IFK Norrköping	67	(0)
2014–	Stabæk	75	(0)
National team‡
2003–2005	Norway U21	20	(1)
2008–	Norway	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 August 2008

Morten Morisbak Skjønsberg (born 12 February 1983) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Stabæk in Tippeligaen. Skjønsberg is a versatile defender who can play anywhere across the back line. In the early years of his career, he usually played at right-back, but has later been converted to central defender.

Career

Club career

Skjønsberg playing for IFK Norrköping in a 2013 Allsvenskan game against AIK.

Skjønsberg made his debut for Stabæk in 2002. By the end of the 2007 season, he had played 114 league games for the club. On 3 August 2008, he scored his first league goal for Stabæk, against Bodø/Glimt.^[1] On 10 January 2012 he transferred to Swedish club IFK Norrköping.^[2]

International career

At international level, Skjønsberg has played 20 times for Norway U-21, and in August 2008, he got his first call-up to the senior national team.^[3]

At 19 November 2008, he got his first and so far only senior cap, when he came on as a substitute against Ukraine in Dnepropetovsk

Career statistics

As of 30 November 2016

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Morten Skjønsberg.

• Profile at Stabæk's official site
• Morten Skjønsberg at National-Football-Teams.com