Christian Landu Landu

Christian Landu Landu (born 25 January 1992) is a Norwegian footballer currently playing for Sandnes Ulf.

Christian Landu-Landu
Personal information
Full name Christian Tamba Landu Landu
Date of birth (1992-01-25) 25 January 1992
Place of birth Stavanger, Norway
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender/ Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Sandnes Ulf
Number 6
Youth career
?–2005 Tasta
2005–2008 Viking
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2015 Viking 88 (2)
2015–2018 Tromsø 83 (1)
2019– Sandnes Ulf 49 (2)
National team
2008 Norway U17 8 (0)
2009–2010 Norway U18 6 (1)
2010–2011 Norway U19 6 (0)
2012 Norway U20 2 (0)
2013 Norway U21 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 August 2013

Landu Landu is of Congolese descent, but has represented Norway at youth international level.

Club career

Landu Landu was born in Stavanger and started his career in local club Tasta, before he joined Viking in 2005. He trained with the Viking first-team for the first time in 2006, and later, while still a youth player, began training with the first team every day. Egil Østenstad described him as a talented player.[1]

He made his debut for the Viking first team as substitute in a Norwegian Premier League match on 3 August 2008, and started his first full-game against Sandefjord in Sandefjord. In the 2009 season he made 4 appearances for the first team, with another 12 following in the 2010 season. In November 2009 the player's agent claimed he was on trial at Liverpool.[2]

International career

He has been capped at all levels from U15 to U21 by Norway.[3]

Personal life

He was born in Stavanger to parents of Congolese ancestry. His father played football in his home country, but never at top level. He was at a young age brought to football by friends. He started his career as a goalkeeper, but thought that was boring after a while. He said that he suited best to an outfield role in an interview in 2009.[4]

Career statistics

As of match played on 7 December 2020[5]
Club Season Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Viking 2008 Tippeligaen 101020
2009 401050
2010 12010130
2011 17040210
2012 13130161
2013 24030270
2014 17141212
Total 8821711053
Tromsø 2015 Tippeligaen 20000200
2016 28050330
2017 Eliteserien 24120261
2018 11041151
Total 831111942
Sandnes Ulf 2019 OBOS-ligaen 24110251
2020 25100251
Total 49210502
Career Total 222052922497

References

  1. "Landu skriver lærlingkontrakt" Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Viking FK website, 12 April 2007 (in Norwegian)
  2. "Reds look at youngster". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
  3. "F.Y.R. Macedonia 0 - 4 Norway". UEFA. Archived from the original on March 31, 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
  4. "Ungt talent med utsikt mot profflivet". Stavanger Aftenblad. 23 February 2009. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  5. "Christian Landu Landu". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 17 March 2013.


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