Ruben Gabrielsen

Lunan Ruben Gabrielsen (born 10 March 1992) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender and captains Ligue 2 club Toulouse FC.[1]

Ruben Gabrielsen
Gabrielsen with Molde in 2018
Personal information
Full name Lunan Ruben Gabrielsen[1]
Date of birth (1992-03-10) 10 March 1992
Place of birth Lena, Norway
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Toulouse
Number 4
Youth career
Kapp
2007 Toten
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Gjøvik-Lyn 10 (3)
2009–2014 Lillestrøm 63 (3)
2014–2019 Molde 132 (8)
2020– Toulouse 26 (0)
National team‡
2007 Norway U15 4 (0)
2008 Norway U16 10 (1)
2009 Norway U17 10 (3)
2010 Norway U18 7 (0)
2010–2011 Norway U19 10 (0)
2012 Norway U20 2 (1)
2014 Norway U21 1 (0)
2015 Norway U23 1 (0)
2020– Norway 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2020

Career

Early career

He started his career in FK Toten, and went from there to SK Gjøvik-Lyn. After half a season on the senior team he was signed by Lillestrøm, featuring for their B team in the 2. divisjon.

Lillestrøm

On 4 April 2009 Gabrielsen became the youngest ever Lillestrøm player to debut in the Eliteserien in a game against Aalesunds FK at the age of 17 years and 25 days.[2]

Molde

In July 2014, Gabrielsen joined Molde and signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the club.[3] He made his debut in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round tie against Zorya Luhansk on 31 July 2014. With Molde, Gabrielsen won a double in the 2014 season after Molde became champions of both the 2014 Tippeligaen and the 2014 Norwegian Football Cup. In February 2017, Gabrielsen extended his contract till the end of the 2019 season.[4] In 2017, Gabrielsen succeeded Joona Toivio as club captain. After the end of the 2019 season, he left the club on a free transfer.

Toulouse

On 23 December 2019, Gabrielsen signed a three-year contract with Toulouse FC.[5][6]

International

Gabrielsen was born in Norway to a Cameroonian mother and Norwegian father.[7] Gabrielsen was called up to the senior Norway squad for a friendly against Belgium in June 2016.[8]

Career statistics
As of 30 January 2021[1]
Club Season Division League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lillestrøm 2009 Tippeligaen 6010——70
2010 3000——30
2011 24130——271
2012 16031——191
2013 0000——00
2014 14240——182
Total 633111————744
Molde 2014 Tippeligaen 1001010—120
2015 15140110—301
2016 2901020—320
2017 Eliteserien 2733000—303
2018 2521080—342
2019 262205000332
Total 1328120270001718
Toulouse 2019–20 Ligue 1 8010——90
2020–21 Ligue 2 18000——180
Total 260100000270
Career total 220112412700027112

Honours

Molde FK

References
  1. "Profile at Nifs.no". nifs.no. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  2. Reite, Terje (5 April 2009). "Tidenes sesongstart av Aafk" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  3. "Ser på Molde som eit fantastisk springbrett". www.nrk.no (in Norwegian). NRK. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  4. "Gabrielsen forlenger". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  5. "RUBEN KLAR FOR TOULOUSE". moldefk.no/ (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  6. "LE DÉFENSEUR NORVÉGIEN RUBEN GABRIELSEN S'ENGAGE AVEC LE TFC". toulousefc.com/fr (in French). Toulouse FC. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  7. Rbnett, Trond Hustad. "- Molde bedre enn ryktet". Aftenposten.
  8. Her er Høgmos utvalgte til kommende kamper, fotball.no (18 May 2016)
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