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.

Petter Rudi
Personal information
Full name Petter Normann Rudi
Date of birth (1973-09-17) 17 September 1973
Place of birth Kristiansund, Norway
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1997 Molde FK 138 (8)
1996K.A.A. Gent (loan) 6 (0)
1997A.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

Source:[6][7]

Club Season Division League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Europe Other[lower-alpha 2] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Molde 1991 Tippeligaen 12010130
1992 20220222
1993 2225220294
1994 1. divisjon (2) 22241263
1995 Tippeligaen 251204[lower-alpha 3]0311
1996 260402[lower-alpha 4]0320
1997 11100111
Total 1388183602016411
Perugia (loan) 1996–97 Serie A 14100141
Sheffield Wednesday 1997–98 Premier League 2200000220
1998–99 3463110407
1999–2000 2021041253
2000–01 First Division 10000010
Total 77841518610
Molde 2000 Tippeligaen 30112[lower-alpha 5]061
2001 12210132
Total 1522120193
Molde 2004 Tippeligaen 26331294
2005 1633020213
2006 261104[lower-alpha 5]0311
Total 687714020818
Molde Total 221172751204026422
  1. Includes the Norwegian Cup, Coppa Italia and FA Cup
  2. All appaerances in relegation play-offs
  3. Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  4. Appearances in UEFA Cup qualifying round
  5. Appearances in UEFA Cup

International

Source:[8]

National teamYearAppsGoals
Norway 199520
199650
199783
199850
199970
200000
200160
200200
200330
200420
200550
200630
Total463

Honours

Molde

Austria Wien

References

  1. "Petter Normann Rudi 17.9.1973". n3sport.no. Football Association of Norway. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  2. "Petter Rudi klar for Gent" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 13 January 2007.
  3. Brunvoll, Olaus. "MFK 1991". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  4. Brunvoll, Olaus. "MFK 1992". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  5. "Petter Rudi national team profile". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  6. "Petter Rudi". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  7. "P. Rudi". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  8. "Petter Rudi". eu-football.info (in Norwegian). EU Football. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

Sources

http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=5072

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