Kenneth Udjus
Personal information
Full name Nils Kenneth Udjus
Date of birth (1983-07-02) 2 July 1983
Place of birth Kristiansand, Norway
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Asker
Number 1
Youth career
Hånes
Start
Vigør
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004 Arendal 23 (0)
2004 Tromsø 0 (0)
2005–2006 Tønsberg 18 (0)
2006 Arendal 11 (0)
2007–2011 Brann 15 (0)
2007 0Løv-Ham (loan) 22 (0)
2011–2012 Sogndal 55 (0)
2013–2015 Lillestrøm 22 (0)
2014 0Sogndal (loan) 6 (0)
2015–2016 Brann 9 (0)
2016 IFK Norrköping 0 (0)
2017– Asker 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 March 2019

Kenneth Udjus (born 2 July 1983) is a Norwegian football goalkeeper who plays for Asker.[2]

Youth career

He played as a defender as a junior in IK Start, until Thomas Gill discovered his goalkeeping abilities by chance when Udjus was 17.[3]

In the 2012 season he kept a clean sheet for 558 minutes, which at the time was a record in the Norwegian top division.[4] The record has since been broken by Sondre Rossbach (730 minutes).[5]

Other

He is the grandson of the Norwegian politician Ragnar Udjus.[6]

Career statistics

As of 12 June 2017[1]
Club Season Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brann 2007 Tippeligaen 000000
2008 600060
2009 9030120
2010 002020
Total 15050200
Løv-Ham (loan) 2007 Adeccoligaen 22000220
Sogndal 2011 Tippeligaen 25040290
2012 30000300
Total 55040590
Lillestrøm 2013 Tippeligaen 22010230
2014 002020
Total 22030250
Sogndal (loan) 2014 Tippeligaen 600060
Brann 2015 1. divisjon 9010100
Norrköping 2016 Allsvenskan 000000
Asker 2017 2. divisjon 14000140
2018 100010
Total 15000150
Career total 14401301570

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 "Kenneth Udjus". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  2. Kenneth Udjus har signert for ny klubb‚ aftenposten.no, 9 January 2017
  3. "Var forsvarskjempe som junior - nå er han rekordkeeper | Aftenposten.no". Archived from the original on 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
  4. "Udjus skrev historie på Fosshaugane mot FKH".
  5. Nullen sprakk for Rekord-Rossbach, TV 2 (24 April 2016). Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  6. "Kenneth vil ha blåmandag". 12 September 2009.
  7. "Solskjær fikk Kniksenprisen som årets trener". 18 November 2012.


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