Bjørn Otto Bragstad

Bjørn Otto Bragstad
Personal information
Full name	Bjørn Otto Bragstad
Date of birth	5 January 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Trondheim, Norway
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Central defender
Youth career
	Utleira
	Rosenborg
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–2000	Rosenborg
2000–2002	Derby County
2001	→ Birmingham City (loan)
2002–2004	SW Bregenz
Total
International career
1999–2000	Norway
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bjørn Otto Bragstad (born 5 January 1971) is a former football defender from Norway.

Club career

Bragstad came through the youth ranks at Rosenborg before making his senior debut in the 1989 season. He scored 26 goals in 194 matches for them. In 2000, he joined English team Derby.^[1] Playing just 12 league matches, and scoring twice in a League Cup tie against West Bromwich Albion,^[2] he failed to make a significant impact at the club and went on loan to Birmingham where he would only play three matches the following season. He eventually departed Derby halfway through the 2002–03 season.^[3] He spent the rest of his career in Austria with Bregenz before retiring in the summer of 2004.

International career

He made his debut for Norway in a January 1999 friendly match against Israel and was capped 15 times.^[4] His last international match was an August 2000 friendly against Finland. Bragstad was a squad player at the Euro 2000 and played in all three matches for Norway.

Honours

Rosenborg BK

Norwegian top division:^[5] 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Norwegian Cup: 1992, 1995, 1999

Personal life

He is the father of Emilie Bragstad.^[6]

References

^ "Rams seal Bragstad deal". BBC. 26 July 2000. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
^ "West Brom 2-4 Derby (Agg: 4-5)". BBC. 26 September 2000. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
^ "Rams release two more". BBC. 27 November 2002. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
^ Norway - International Players - Landslaget
^ "Mestvinnende med RBK" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
^ Bergh, Nicolas (8 April 2021). "– Jeg er datteren til en tidligere Rosenborg-helt, men jeg er min egen person". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 September 2021.

External links

Bjørn Otto Bragstad at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] "Rams seal Bragstad deal". BBC. 26 July 2000. Retrieved 16 October 2018.

[2] "West Brom 2-4 Derby (Agg: 4-5)". BBC. 26 September 2000. Retrieved 3 November 2009.

[3] "Rams release two more". BBC. 27 November 2002. Retrieved 16 October 2018.

[4] Norway - International Players - Landslaget

[5] "Mestvinnende med RBK" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 20 August 2009.

[6] Bergh, Nicolas (8 April 2021). "– Jeg er datteren til en tidligere Rosenborg-helt, men jeg er min egen person". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 September 2021.

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