Place of birth Haugesund, Norway 2000–2004 Haugesund Weight 74 kg Years Team Height 1.79 m | Number 19 Role Football midfielder Playing position Name Christian Grindheim | |
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Date of birth (1983-07-17) 17 July 1983 (age 32) Current teams Norway national football team (Midfielder), Valerenga Fotball (#19 / Midfielder) | ||
Mooie momenten van christian grindheim seizoen 2010 2011
Christian Grindheim (born 17 July 1983) is a football midfielder who currently plays for the Tippeligaen club Vålerenga Fotball. Grindheim is known as a hardworking midfielder with tough tackling and powerful shots. He has made over 50 appearances for the Norway national team.
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- Mooie momenten van christian grindheim seizoen 2010 2011
- Christian grindheim etter kampen mot bod glimt
- Club career
- International career
- International goals
- Honours
- References
Christian grindheim etter kampen mot bod glimt
Club career
Grindheim was born in Haugesund and started his career in the local club Haugar, before he joined Haugesund where he made his debut for the first team in Tippeligaen at the age of 17. After Haugesund's relegation from the First Division in 2004, several Tippeliga-clubs was interested in the talented midfielder's signature. Viking, with Roy Hodgson as manager, made an offer for Grindheim, but he chose Vålerenga where he was a playing regularly for the team that won the league in 2005.
On 7 January 2008, Grindheim was transferred to Heerenveen.
On 15 June 2011, Grindheim transferred to FC Copenhagen on a three-year contract.
In February 2013, Grindheim moved to Vålerenga on loan with an option to buy, which Vålerenga took up in July 2013, signing Grindheim to a three-year contract.
International career
Grindheim made his debut for the Norwegian national team, on 17 August 2005 in a friendly match against Switzerland. Grindheim played 45 minutes in a match Norway lost 2–0. He scored his first goal in Egil Olsen first match in his second stint as head coach of Norway, the friendly match against Germany on 11 February 2009, He reached his 50th cap in the friendly match against England.