Vegard Forren
Norwegian footballer (born 1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vegard Valgermo Forren (born 16 February 1988) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for KÍ Klaksvík. He was capped over 30 times for the Norway national team.
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Full name | Vegard Valgermo Forren[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1988-02-16) 16 February 1988 (age 36) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kyrksæterøra, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | KÍ Klaksvík | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
KIL/Hemne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2013 | Molde | 146 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Southampton | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2017 | Molde | 92 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | Molde | 55 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Brann | 36 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Eide og Omegn | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Træff | 22 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2023– | KÍ Klaksvík | 17 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Norway U21 | 14 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Norway U23 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2017 | Norway | 33 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2023 |
Born in Kyrksæterøra, Forren was originally a youth player at local club KIL/Hemne, before starting his professional career with Molde in 2007. After making over 150 appearances for Molde, he joined Southampton in January 2013 for a fee in the region of £4 million, but ended up not playing a single game. He returned to Molde in July 2013 for an undisclosed fee. As of 1 December 2019, Forren has made 384 appearances for Molde, the second-highest number of appearances by any player for the club. Alongside Trond Strande and Mattias Moström, he is the only player to have appearances for Molde in 12 consecutive Eliteserien seasons.