Birk Risa (born 13 February 1998) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Molde.
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1998-02-13) 13 February 1998 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Stavanger, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back, Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Molde | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2012 | Sola FK | ||
| 2013–2014 | Sandnes Ulf | ||
| 2014–2017 | 1. FC Köln | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | 1. FC Köln II | 17 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | 1. FC Köln | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Odd | 75 | (4) |
| 2020– | Molde | 47 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014 | Norway U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2015 | Norway U17 | 3 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Norway U19 | 6 | (5) |
| 2017–2020 | Norway U21 | 23 | (6) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2020 | |||
Risa joined 1. FC Köln's youth ranks in 2014 from Sandnes Ulf. He made his Bundesliga debut for 1. FC Köln on 10 December 2017 against SC Freiburg.[1]
In March 2018, he left 1. FC Köln to return to Norway, joining Odd on a contract until December 2021. Despite his debut in Bundesliga in 2017, Risa signed for Odds BK to play regularly in the first team.[2]
On 6 October 2020, Risa signed a contract with Molde until 2023.[3] He made his debut on 25 October in a 2–1 win over Strømsgodset.[4] His European debut followed on 26 November, as he started at left-back in the 3–0 home loss to Arsenal in the UEFA Europa League group stage.[5] Molde would manage to knock out Hoffenheim in the round of 32, but eventually lost on aggregate to Granada in the round of 16.[6] Risa made five appearances for Molde in the 2020–21 European campaign.[7]
Risa scored his first goal for Molde on 16 June 2021 in a 4–1 win over Sarpsborg 08, after having come on as a substitute for Kristoffer Haugen in the 80th minute and scoring in injury time.[8][9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| 1. FC Köln | 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Odd | 2018 | Eliteserien | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2019 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 2 | ||||
| 2020 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 75 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 5 | ||
| Molde | 2020 | Eliteserien | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 26 | 2 | |||
| 2022 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 37 | 0 | |||
| Total | 47 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 115 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 7 | ||
Molde
Molde FK – current squad | |
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