Petter Vaagan Moen

Petter Vaagan Moen
Vaagan Moen in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-02-05) 5 February 1984
Place of birth Hamar, Norway
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Midfielder
Youth career
HamKam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 HamKam 96 (10)
2006–2010 Brann 123 (31)
2011–2012 Queens Park Rangers 7 (0)
2012–2015 Lillestrøm 77 (21)
2015–2016 Strømsgodset 26 (2)
2017–2019[1] HamKam 47 (8)
Total 376 (72)
International career
2004–2006 Norway U21 18 (1)
2006–2011 Norway 9 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Petter Vaagan Moen (born 5 February 1984) is a Norwegian former professional footballer[2] who played as a midfielder for HamKam, Brann, Queens Park Rangers, Lillestrøm and Strømsgodset Toppfotball. Vaagan Moen has 44 national junior caps (16 caps and one goal for Norway's U21 national team which he captained from autumn 2005 until 2006).

Career

HamKam

Vaagan Moen started his career in HamKam and helped the club to promotion to the Tippeliga in 2003. Vaagan Moen's crosses and free-kicks got him noticed by the big clubs in Norway, and he was thought upon as one of the biggest talents in Norwegian football. It was during his trials at HamKam that Moen earned the nickname "Mjøsas Beckham" (The Beckham of Mjøsa)

Brann

In 2005, Vaagan Moen signed with SK Brann, a deal worth 10 million NOK (approx £1 million). The winger quickly established himself as a regular on the first team, and was an important contribution to Brann's first league title since 1963. In the 2008 and 2009 season he did not play as good as expected, and many thought he had lost his potential.

In the 2010 season he was positioned as a centre midfielder and he scored 14 goals and was Brann's topscorer and was select player of the year. Because of his good form he was called up to the Norway national team for the first time since 2007. After the 2010 season he chose not to renew his contract with Brann because of several offers from foreign clubs.

Queens Park Rangers

In December 2010, Queens Park Rangers of the English Championship confirmed that Vaagan Moen had signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the club and would join on a free transfer on 1 January 2011.[3] He made his début on 3 January, coming on for midfielder Adel Taarabt in the 87th minute.[4] He finished his first season at QPR making eight appearances.

After QPR were promoted to the Premier League, the team brought in new players and it became very difficult for Vaagan Moen to break into the first team. When the new season started and QPR had to reveal their 25-men squad, Vaagan Moen was not involved and had to play reserve games for QPR instead for the rest of the year. He did however score twice for QPR in pre-season; one in a 13–0 win over Tavistock,[5] and one in a 7–0 win against Bodmin Town.[6]

In December 2011, QPR announced their plans to bring in new players and on 30 January 2012 it was confirmed that QPR had cancelled the contract of six players including Vaagan Moen, he therefore became free agent.[7]

Lillestrøm

On 29 February 2012, the Norwegian club Lillestrøm SK announced that they had signed a three-year contract with Vaagan Moen. He wore shirt number 10.[8]

Strømsgodset

On 27 January 2015, Vaagan Moen signed a three-year contract for Strømsgodset Toppfotball on a free transfer.[9]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
HamKam 2001 Norwegian First Division 4000—40
2002 16300—163
2003 28310—293
2004 Tippeligaen 25150—301
2005 23331—264
Total 961091—10511
Brann 2006 Tippeligaen 243401[b]0293
2007 2552010[b]3378
2008 2232050293
2009 25630—286
2010 271421—2915
Total 1233113116315235
Queens Park Rangers 2010–11 Championship 7010—80
2011–12 Premier League 0000—00
Total 7010—80
Lillestrøm 2012 Tippeligaen 23640—276
2013 27850—3212
2014 27754—3111
Total 7721178—9429
Strømsgodset 2015 Tippeligaen 61114[c]1113
2016 201411[c]0252
Total 2625251365
HamKam 2017 Norwegian Second Division 23111—242
2018 Norwegian First Division 23730—267
2019 1020—30
Total 47861—539
Career total 37672511321444889
  1. ↑ Includes Norwegian Football Cup, FA Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Moen goal.
International goal scored by Petter Vaagan Moen
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 February 2007Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka, Croatia Croatia1–21–2Friendly

Honours

Brann

Queens Park Rangers

References

  1. ↑ Heister-Rosvold, Simen (15 January 2020). "Petter Vaagan Moen". HA-bloggen (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Alle Eliteserie-overgangene i januar" (in Swedish). m.nettavisen.no. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "QPR confirm Petter Vaagan Moen signing". BBC Sport. 30 December 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  4. ↑ "QPR 2–2 Bristol City". BBC Sport. 3 January 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  5. ↑ Fisher, Alex (18 July 2011). "Tavistock 0-13 QPR: Hogan Ephraim stars as Neil Warnock's side runs riot in pre-season friendly". Goal.com.
  6. ↑ "Webber scores twice in Rangers stroll". westlondonsport.com. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "QPR contract cancelled". QPR.co.uk. 31 January 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  8. ↑ "LSK overbeviste Vaagan Moen på 28-årsdagen". vg.no (in Norwegian). VG. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  9. ↑ "Petter Vaagan Moen er klar for Strømsgodset" [Petter Vaagan Moen signs for Strømsgodset]. www.godset.no/ (in Norwegian). Strømsgodset Toppfotball. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
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