Bjørn Otto Bragstad

Football player infobox
playername = Bjørn Otto Bragstad


fullname = Bjørn Otto Bragstad
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1971|1|5
cityofbirth = Trondheim
countryofbirth = Norway
height = 1,94 m.
currentclub = retired
clubnumber =
position = defender
youthyears =
youthclubs = Utleira
years = 1989-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2004
clubs = Rosenborg Derby County → Birmingham City "(loan)" SW Bregenz
caps(goals) = 195 (26) 12 (0) 3 (0) 41 (2)
nationalyears = 1999-2000
nationalteam = fb|Norway
nationalcaps(goals) = 15 (0)
pcupdate = 12 January 2008
ntupdate = 12 January 2008

Bjørn Otto Bragstad (born January 5, 1971) is a former football defender from Norway.He currently works as a teacher.

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. Playing just 12 matches, he was no success and went on loan to Birmingham where he would only play three matches the following season. 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 [ [http://www.geocities.com/thomsof/landslaget/landslaget.html Norway - International Players] - Landslaget] . His last international match was an August 2000 friendly against Finland. Bragstad was a squad player at the Euro 2000 and played in Norway's all three matches.

Honours

With Rosenborg B.K.

*Norwegian Premier League Champion: 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
*Norwegian Football Cup Win: 1992,1995, 1999

External links

* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=23520 Career stats] - National football teams

References