Christian Landu Landu (born 25 January 1992) is a Norwegian footballer currently playing for

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Club career

Viking

Landu Landu was born in

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and started his career in local club

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, before he joined

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in 2005. He trained with the Viking first-team for the first time in 2006, and later, while still a youth player, began training with the first team every day.

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described him as a talented player. He made his debut for the Viking first team as substitute in a Norwegian Premier League match on 3 August 2008, and started his first full-game against

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in Sandefjord. In the 2009 season he made 4 appearances for the first team, with another 12 following in the 2010 season. In November 2009 the player's agent claimed he was on trial at

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Bryne

After his contract with Sandnes Ulf expired, Landu Landu signed a two-year contract with Bryne, starting from the 2023 season.

International career

Landu Landu is of Congolese descent, but has represented Norway at youth international level. He has been capped at all levels from U15 to U21 by Norway.

Personal life

He was born in Stavanger to parents of Congolese ancestry. His father played football in his home country, but never at top level. He was at a young age brought to football by friends. He started his career as a goalkeeper, but thought that was boring after a while. He said that he suited best to an outfield role in an interview in 2009.

Career statistics

References

1992 births Living people Footballers from Stavanger Norwegian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Norway men's youth international footballers Norway men's under-21 international footballers Norwegian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Viking FK players Tromsø IL players Sandnes Ulf players Bryne FK players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub