Fredrik Pallesen Knudsen

Fredrik Pallesen Knudsen
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-08-30) 30 August 1996
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
Brann
Number 3
Youth career
2015–2011 Djerv
2012–2014 Brann
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Djerv
2015–2016 Brann 10 (0)
2016 → Åsane (loan) 28 (1)
2017–2021 Haugesund 84 (4)
2021– Brann 123 (6)
International career
2015 Norway U19 2 (0)
2017–2018 Norway U21 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 August 2026

Fredrik Pallesen Knudsen (born 30 August 1996) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for and captains Brann.[1]

He started his youth career in the Møhlenpris neighborhood club SK Djerv, and also played for its senior team in the 4. divisjon.[2] Joining SK Brann's junior ranks in 2012,[3] he finished his junior career as captain of the Brann team that won the 2014 Norwegian Junior Cup. Among his teammates who later became professional were Ådne Nissestad, Markus Olsen Pettersen, Emil Hansson, Joachim Soltvedt and Håkon Lorentzen.[4] The next year he made his debut as a Norway youth international.[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 August 2026[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brann 2015 1. divisjon 10030–130
Total 10030–130
Åsane (loan) 2016 1. divisjon 28110–291
Total 28110–291
Haugesund 2017 Eliteserien 260103[a]0300
2018 23240–272
2019 131202[a]0171
2020 151––151
2021 7000–70
Total 8447050964
Brann 2021 Eliteserien 11100–111
2022 OBOS-ligaen 26330–293
2023 Eliteserien 271704[b]2383
2024 271306[b]1362
2025 170108[a]0260
2026 1505010[c]0300
Total 12361902831709
Career total 2451130033330814
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  3. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances in UEFA Conference League

References

  1. ↑ Fredrik Pallesen Knudsen at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "4. divisjon menn avd. 02". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). 18 September 2011. p. 44.
  3. 1 2 Fredrik Pallesen Knudsen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. ↑ Bøyum, Mats (22 November 2014). "Helten hylles for måten han taklet vrakingen på". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). pp. 24–25.
  5. ↑ "Fredrik Pallesen Knudsen". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.