Christian Landu Landu
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christian Tamba Landu Landu | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Stavanger, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender/ Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bryne FK | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2005 | Tasta | ||
| 2005–2008 | Viking | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2015 | Viking | 93 | (2) |
| 2015–2018 | Tromsø | 84 | (1) |
| 2019–2022 | Sandnes Ulf | 94 | (3) |
| 2023– | Bryne FK | 52 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007 | Norway U15 | 2 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Norway U16 | 9 | (0) |
| 2008 | Norway U17 | 8 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Norway U18 | 6 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Norway U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2012 | Norway U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2013 | Norway U21 | 6 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2024 | |||
Christian Landu Landu (born 25 January 1992) is a Norwegian footballer currently playing for Bryne FK.[1]
Club career
Viking
Landu Landu was born in Stavanger and started his career in local club Tasta, before he joined Viking 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. Egil Østenstad described him as a talented player.[2]
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 Sandefjord 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 Liverpool.[3]
Bryne
After his contract with Sandnes Ulf expired, Landu Landu signed a two-year contract with Bryne, starting from the 2023 season.[1]
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.[4][5]
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.[6]
Career statistics
- As of 27 March 2024[4]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Viking | 2008 | Tippeligaen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2010 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2012 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| 2013 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 21 | 2 | |||
| Total | 93 | 2 | 17 | 1 | — | 110 | 3 | |||
| Tromsø | 2015 | Tippeligaen | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | Eliteserien | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2018 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| Total | 84 | 1 | 10 | 1 | — | 94 | 2 | |||
| Sandnes Ulf | 2019 | 1. divisjon | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2021 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2022 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Total | 94 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 3 | ||
| Bryne | 2023 | 1. divisjon | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 28 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 3 | ||
| Career Total | 296 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 333 | 11 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in Eliteserien play-offs
References
- ^ a b "Landu Landu klar for Bryne" (in Norwegian). Bryne FK. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Landu skriver lærlingkontrakt" Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Viking FK website, 12 April 2007 (in Norwegian)
- ^ "Reds look at youngster". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
- ^ a b Christian Landu Landu at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ "F.Y.R. Macedonia 0 - 4 Norway". UEFA. Archived from the original on March 31, 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
- ^ "Ungt talent med utsikt mot profflivet". Stavanger Aftenblad. 23 February 2009. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2012.