Thomas Kind Bendiksen

Thomas Kind Bendiksen

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Kind Bendiksen
Date of birth	8 August 1989
Place of birth	Harstad, Norway
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Molde
Youth career
	Harstad IL
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2011	Rangers	3	(0)
2012–2014	Tromsø	80	(11)
2014–	Molde	6	(0)
2015	→ Tromsø (loan)	11	(0)
2016	→ Elfsborg (loan)	9	(0)
National team^‡
2014-	Norway	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 November 2014

Thomas Kind Bendiksen (born 8 August 1989) is a Norwegian association footballer who plays for Norwegian Tippeligaen club Molde.^[2]

Career

Club

A Norwegian youth international, Bendiksen signed for Rangers on 31 August 2007 on a three-year deal from Harstad IL.^[3] Rangers paid the Norwegian side 1 million Norwegian krone (around £90,000).^[4] A long-term knee injury put his career on hold and ruled him out of the entire 2008–09 season and most of the following season.^[5]

Bendiksen impressed in reserve team games when he returned to action late in the 2009–10 season, and he was named as a substitute for a league match against Hibernian in April 2010.^[5] Bendiksen made his first 'first team' appearance in a pre-season friendly match against Queen of the South in July 2010. After further injury problems, he agreed a new six-month contract in July 2011.^[5][6] Bendiksen scored a goal in a friendly match against Hamburg, after which he was offered a new contract.^[7] He played his first competitive match for Rangers on 3 December 2011, in a 2–1 win home against Dunfermline Athletic.^[8]

Bendiksen rejected the offer of a new contract by Rangers and instead signed a deal with Tromsø.^[9]

Molde

On 23 December 2014 Bendiksen signed for Molde FK.^[10]

On 29 July 2015, Bendiksen joined Tromsø on loan for the remainder of the 2015 season.^[11]

On 31 March 2016, Bendiksen Elfsborg on a season-long loan deal.^[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 October 2016^[13][14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rangers	2007-08	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
	2008-09		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
	2009-10		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
	2010-11		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
	2011-12		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		3	0
	Total		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	3	0
Tromsø	2012	Tippeligaen	23	1	6	0	-		6	0	-		35	1
	2013		27	6	3	2	-		14	1	-		44	9
	2014	1. divisjon	30	4	3	2	-		4	0	-		37	6
	Total		80	11	12	4	-	-	24	1	-	-	116	16
Molde	2015	Úrvalsdeild	6	0	4	1	-		1	0	-		11	1
	2016		0	0	0	0	-		-		-		0	0
	Total		6	0	4	1	-	-	1	0	-	-	11	1
Tromsø (loan)	2015	Tippeligaen	11	0	0	0	–		–		–		11	0
Elfsborg (loan)	2016	Allsvenskan	9	0	1	2	–		–		–		10	2
Career total			109	11	17	7	-	-	25	1	-	-	151	19

International

Norway national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2014	2	0
Total	2	0

Statistics accurate as of match played 18 January 2014^[15]

References

1. "Thomas Bendiksen". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
2. "IF Elfsborg leier Thomas Kind Bendiksen". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
3. "Gers land Norwegian starlet". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 31 August 2007.
4. Swan, Craig (1 December 2011). "Rangers kid Thomas Kind Bendiksen's extra training sessions could have ended his dream, says youth coach Tommy Wilson". Daily Record. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
5. "Thomas Bendiksen". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers F.C. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
6. "Thomas Kind-Bendiksen wants to earn new Rangers contract after three years of injury hell". Daily Record. Trinity Mirror. 17 July 2011.
7. "Bendiksen offered new terms". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
8. "Bendiksen debuterte fra start da Rangers vant". tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV2. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
9. "Thomas Bendiksen rejects Rangers deal to sign for Tromso". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 January 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
10. "Ny spiller klar for Molde". moldefk.no/ (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
11. "Kind Bendiksen klar for TIL". www.itromso.no (in Norwegian). iTromsø. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
12. "IF Elfsborg leier Thomas Kind Bendiksen". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
13. "T.Bendiksen". soccerway.com. Soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
14. "Thomas Kind Bendiksen". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
15. "Thomas Kind Bendiksen". National Football Teams. Retrieved 11 November 2016.

External links

• Thomas Kind Bendiksen career statistics at Soccerbase