André Saltvold Danielsen (born 20 January 1985) is a Norwegian former

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Stavanger Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...

, Danielsen started his career with

Stavanger IF Stavanger Idrettsforening (SIF) was founded in 1905. SIF became an alliance club in 1998, and has divisions for association football, boxing, handball and track and field athletics. Football Stavanger IF Fotball is the football division of SIF ...

before joining

Viking Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...

in 2003. In the fall of 2005 he was loaned out to Bryne. Danielsen is the player with the most appearances for Viking of all time with a total of 553 appearances throughout 17 seasons at the club. This number includes league matches, cup matches, European matches and friendly matches. On 28 October 2019, he announced that he would retire from football after the 2019 season. The same day, he revealed that he would continue to be involved with Viking as a coach for the academy at the club. The 2019 season ended with victory in the 2019 Norwegian Cup Final. Danielsen did not make the squad, but he still received a winner's medal.

International career

Danielsen represented Norwegian national youth teams at under-18, under-19 and under-21 level. He made his senior debut for

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in a friendly match against

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on 31 May 2014. In August 2014, he made his second and last international appearance.

Career statistics

Honours

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Norwegian First Division The Norwegian First Division, also called 1. divisjon and OBOS-ligaen (named sponsor is property developer OBOS), is the second-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Each year, the top finishing teams in the 1. divisjon are p ...

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Norwegian Football Cup The Norwegian Football Cup ( no, Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer) is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football ...

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for Viking FK {{DEFAULTSORT:Danielsen, Andre 1985 births Living people Footballers from Stavanger Norwegian men's footballers Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Stavanger IF Fotball players Viking FK players Bryne FK players Men's association football midfielders Norway men's youth international footballers Norway men's under-21 international footballers Norway men's international footballers