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Per Ciljan Skjelbred

ペア・シリアン・シェルブレット　/　ぺあ・しりあん・しぇるぶれっと

Association football player from Norway

June 16, 1987 (age 38)　・　Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway

Sør-Trøndelag
association football player

My Take

Per Ciljan Skjelbred is exactly the type of midfielder I treasure: the unglamorous engine room. Born in Trondheim, he carved out a long career at Hertha Berlin and Hamburger SV, two demanding German clubs that do not tolerate passengers, and earned 43 caps for Norway. At 175 cm he was never an imposing physical specimen, which tells me his value lay in intelligence, work rate, and reading the game. The world remembers goalscorers, but football is held together by players like him. I have enormous respect for the quiet metronomes who make everyone around them better.

Overview

Per Ciljan Skjelbred (born 16 June 1987) is a former Norwegian footballer who played as a midfielder. He has previously played for Hertha Berlin and Hamburger SV, and has been capped 43 times playing for Norway, but as of 2017, retired from international football.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Per Ciljan Skjelbred
Name (Japanese): ペア・シリアン・シェルブレット
Reading: ぺあ・しりあん・しぇるぶれっと
Born: June 16, 1987 (age 38)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Rabbit
Origin: Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Blood type: Private
Height: 175 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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