Kenneth Udjus

Kenneth Udjus (born 2 July 1983) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Asker.^[2]

Kenneth Udjus

Personal information
Full name	Nils Kenneth Udjus
Date of birth	(1983-07-02) 2 July 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth	Kristiansand, Norway
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Asker
Number	1
Youth career
	Hånes
	Start
	Vigør
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004	Arendal	23	(0)
2004	Tromsø	0	(0)
2005–2006	Tønsberg	18	(0)
2006	Arendal	11	(0)
2007–2011	Brann	15	(0)
2007	0→ Løv-Ham (loan)	22	(0)
2011–2012	Sogndal	55	(0)
2013–2015	Lillestrøm	22	(0)
2014	0→ Sogndal (loan)	6	(0)
2015–2016	Brann	9	(0)
2016	IFK Norrköping	0	(0)
2017–	Asker	15	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 March 2019

Youth career

Udjus played as a defender as a junior in IK Start, until Thomas Gill discovered his goalkeeping abilities by chance when Udjus was 17.^[3]

In the 2012 season he kept a clean sheet for 558 minutes, which at the time was a record in the Norwegian top division.^[4] The record has since been broken by Sondre Rossbach (730 minutes).^[5]

Other

He is the grandson of the Norwegian politician Ragnar Udjus.^[6]

Career statistics

As of 12 June 2017^[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brann	2007	Tippeligaen	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2008		6	0	0	0	6	0
	2009		9	0	3	0	12	0
	2010		0	0	2	0	2	0
	Total		15	0	5	0	20	0
Løv-Ham (loan)	2007	Adeccoligaen	22	0	0	0	22	0
Sogndal	2011	Tippeligaen	25	0	4	0	29	0
	2012		30	0	0	0	30	0
	Total		55	0	4	0	59	0
Lillestrøm	2013	Tippeligaen	22	0	1	0	23	0
	2014		0	0	2	0	2	0
	Total		22	0	3	0	25	0
Sogndal (loan)	2014	Tippeligaen	6	0	0	0	6	0
Brann	2015	1. divisjon	9	0	1	0	10	0
Norrköping	2016	Allsvenskan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Asker	2017	2. divisjon	14	0	0	0	14	0
	2018		1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		15	0	0	0	15	0
Career total			144	0	13	0	157	0

Honours

• Kniksen award: Goalkeeper of the year (2012)^[7]