Petter Rudi
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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Petter Normann Rudi | ||
| Date of birth | 17 September 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Kristiansund, Norway | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1997 | Molde FK | 138 | (8) |
| 1996 | →K.A.A. Gent (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1997 | →A.C. Perugia (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 1997–2000 | Sheffield Wednesday | 77 | (8) |
| 2000–2001 | Molde FK | 15 | (2) |
| 2001–2002 | KSC Lokeren | 13 | (2) |
| 2002–2003 | Germinal Beerschot | 13 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Austria Wien | 4 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Molde FK | 68 | (7) |
| 2006–2007 | K.A.A. Gent | 12 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 1991 | Norway U17 | 9 | (2) |
| 1992 | Norway U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 1993 | Norway U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 1992–1995 | Norway U21 | 35 | (7) |
| 1995–2006 | Norway[1] | 46 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Club 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.[2]
Molde
17 years old, Rudi became part of Molde's senior squad in the 1991 season. He got his debut on 12 May 1991 in a league game the club drew 1–1 against Fyllingen.[3] Rudi scored his first goals for Molde on 16 August 1992, when he scored a brace against Mjøndalen in Molde's 4–0 win at Nedre Eiker Stadion.[4] Molde were relegated fom the top division in 1993, but Rudi played all games in th following season and contributed to Molde being promoted back to Tippeligaen. Rudi was suspended in the final of the 1994 Norwegian Cup where Molde defeated Lyn 3–2 and won the club's first major trophy.[3]
Sheffield Wednesday
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 Wednesday scoring 8 goals.
International career
Rudi played a total of 52 games and scored 9 goals for Norway at international youth level.[5]
During has career, Rudi has been capped 46 times for the Norway national football team scoring three goals.[1]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup | Europe | Other[lower-alpha 2] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Molde | 1991 | Tippeligaen | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 1992 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 2 | |||||
| 1993 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 29 | 4 | ||||
| 1994 | 1. divisjon (2) | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 26 | 3 | ||||
| 1995 | Tippeligaen | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |||
| 1996 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | ||||
| 1997 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 138 | 8 | 18 | 3 | — | — | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 164 | 11 | ||
| Perugia (loan) | 1996–97 | Serie A | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 1 | |||
| Sheffield Wednesday | 1997–98 | Premier League | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 7 | ||||
| 1999–2000 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 25 | 3 | ||||
| 2000–01 | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 77 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 86 | 10 | ||
| Molde | 2000 | Tippeligaen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 2[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2001 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 3 | ||
| Molde | 2004 | Tippeligaen | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 29 | 4 | |||
| 2005 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3 | ||||
| 2006 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 68 | 7 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 8 | ||
| Molde Total | 221 | 17 | 27 | 5 | — | — | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 264 | 22 | ||
- Includes the Norwegian Cup, Coppa Italia and FA Cup
- All appaerances in relegation play-offs
- Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
- Appearances in UEFA Cup qualifying round
- Appearances in UEFA Cup
References
- "Petter Normann Rudi 17.9.1973". n3sport.no. Football Association of Norway. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- "Petter Rudi klar for Gent" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 13 January 2007.
- Brunvoll, Olaus. "MFK 1991". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- Brunvoll, Olaus. "MFK 1992". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- "Petter Rudi national team profile". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- "Petter Rudi". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- "P. Rudi". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- "Petter Rudi". eu-football.info (in Norwegian). EU Football. Retrieved 26 March 2018.