Birk Risa
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 February 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Stavanger, Norway | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back, centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | New York City FC | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2012 | Sola FK | ||
2013–2014 | Sandnes Ulf | ||
2014–2017 | 1. FC Köln | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | 1. FC Köln II | 17 | (3) |
2017–2018 | 1. FC Köln | 2 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Odd | 75 | (4) |
2020–2023 | Molde | 63 | (3) |
2023– | New York City FC | 35 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2014 | Norway U16 | 1 | (0) |
2015 | Norway U17 | 3 | (1) |
2016–2017 | Norway U19 | 6 | (5) |
2017–2020 | Norway U21 | 23 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2020 |
Birk Risa (born 13 February 1998) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender for New York City FC.
Club career
[edit]1. FC Köln
[edit]Risa joined 1. FC Köln's youth ranks in 2014 from Sandnes Ulf. He made his Bundesliga debut for 1. FC Köln on 10 December 2017 against SC Freiburg.[1]
Odd
[edit]In March 2018, he left 1. FC Köln to return to Norway, joining Odd on a contract until December 2021. Despite his debut in Bundesliga in 2017, Risa signed for Odds BK to play regularly in the first team.[2]
Molde
[edit]On 6 October 2020, Risa signed a contract with Molde until 2023.[3] He made his debut on 25 October in a 2–1 win over Strømsgodset.[4] His European debut followed on 26 November, as he started at left-back in the 3–0 home loss to Arsenal in the UEFA Europa League group stage.[5] Molde would manage to knock out Hoffenheim in the round of 32, but eventually lost on aggregate to Granada in the round of 16.[6] Risa made five appearances for Molde in the 2020–21 European campaign.[7]
Risa scored his first goal for Molde on 16 June 2021 in a 4–1 win over Sarpsborg 08, after having come on as a substitute for Kristoffer Haugen in the 80th minute and scoring in injury time.[8][9]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 21 October 2023[10]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
1. FC Köln | 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
Odd | 2018 | Eliteserien | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 29 | 2 | ||
2019 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 2 | ||||
2020 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 1 | ||||
Total | 75 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 5 | ||
Molde | 2020 | Eliteserien | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |
2021 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 24 | 3 | |||
2022 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | 42 | 0 | |||
2023 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | |||
Total | 63 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 3 | ||
New York City FC | 2023 | MLS | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | 10 | 0 | |||
Career total | 150 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 8 |
Honours
[edit]Molde
References
[edit]- ^ "1. FC Köln - SC Freiburg 3:4, 1. Bundesliga, Saison 2017/18, 15.Spieltag - LIVE!-Match - kicker". kicker Online (in German). 10 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ Digre, Bjørn Vegar (29 March 2018). "Birk Risa og Vebjørn Hoff klare for Odd". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Birk Risa klar for MFK". Molde (in Norwegian). 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Birk Risa etter seier i debuten: – Molde er det perfekte steg for meg". aftenposten.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Molde vs. Arsenal – 26 November 2020 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Molde-Granada 2021 History | UEFA Europa League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Birk Risa » Europa League 2020/2021". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Molde vs. Sarpsborg 08 – 16 June 2021 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ Berg, Kjetil A. (16 June 2021). "(+) Sarpingene røk stort i Molde". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian).
- ^ "Birk Risa". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
External links
[edit]- 1998 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Stavanger
- Norwegian men's footballers
- Norway men's youth international footballers
- Norway men's under-21 international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- 1. FC Köln players
- 1. FC Köln II players
- Odds BK players
- Molde FK players
- New York City FC players
- Bundesliga players
- Regionalliga players
- Eliteserien players
- Major League Soccer players
- Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany