Petter Rudi

Petter Rudi
Personal information
Full name	Petter Normann Rudi
Date of birth	17 September 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Kristiansund, Norway
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1997	Molde
1996	→Gent (loan)
1997	→Perugia (loan)
1997–2000	Sheffield Wednesday
2000–2001	Molde
2001–2002	Lokeren
2002–2003	Germinal Beerschot
2003–2004	Austria Wien
2004–2006	Molde
2006–2007	Gent
Total
International career
1991	Norway U17
1992	Norway U18
1993	Norway U20
1992–1995	Norway U21
1995–2006	Norway
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Petter Normann Rudi (born 17 September 1973) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

He notably played in the Premier League for Sheffield Wednesday and in Serie A for Perugia. He also played for Molde, Gent, Lokeren, Germinal Beerschot and Austria Wien. He was capped 46 times by Norway, scoring 3 goals.

Club career

As midfielder, Rudi has played with several European clubs. These are Gent, Perugia, Sheffield Wednesday, Lokeren, Germinal Beerschot, Austria Wien and Molde.^[2]

Molde

At 17 years old, Rudi became part of Molde's senior squad in the 1991 season. He got his debut on 12 May 1991 in a league game the club drew 1–1 against Fyllingen.^[3] Rudi scored his first goals for Molde on 16 August 1992, when he scored a brace against Mjøndalen in Molde's 4–0 win at Nedre Eiker Stadion.^[4] Molde were relegated from the top division in 1993, but Rudi played all games in the following season and contributed to Molde being promoted back to Tippeligaen. Rudi was suspended in the final of the 1994 Norwegian Cup where Molde defeated Lyn 3–2 and won the club's first major trophy.^[3]

Sheffield Wednesday

Rudi was signed by David Pleat in October 1997 from Molde. He made his debut against Spurs, and his style of play made him popular with the Wednesday fans. Rudi became a regular starter under Ron Atkinson later that season after Pleat was sacked. The Norwegian failed to score in his first season, he did however score in the 5–3 penalty shoot-out victory against Watford in the third round of the FA Cup.^{[citation needed]}

Rudi made 79 and six sub appearances for Wednesday, scoring eight goals.

International career

Rudi played a total of 52 games and scored nine goals for Norway at international youth level.^[5]

During has career, Rudi has been capped 46 times for the Norway national football team scoring three goals.^[1]

Career statistics

Club

Source:^[6]^[7]

Club	Season	Division	League		Cup^[a]		League Cup		Europe		Other^[b]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Molde	1991	Tippeligaen	12	0	1	0	—		—		—		13	0
	1992		20	2	2	0	—		—		—		22	2
	1993		22	2	5	2	—		—		2	0	29	4
	1994	1. divisjon (2)	22	2	4	1	—		—		—		26	3
	1995	Tippeligaen	25	1	2	0	—		4^[c]	0	—		31	1
	1996		26	0	4	0	—		2^[d]	0	—		32	0
	1997		11	1	0	0	—		—		—		11	1
	Total		138	8	18	3	—	—	6	0	2	0	164	11
Perugia (loan)	1996–97	Serie A	14	1	0	0	—		—		—		14	1
Sheffield Wednesday	1997–98	Premier League	22	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		22	0
	1998–99		34	6	3	1	1	0	—		—		40	7
	1999–2000		20	2	1	0	4	1	—		—		25	3
	2000–01	First Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		77	8	4	1	5	1	—	—	—	—	86	10
Molde	2000	Tippeligaen	3	0	1	1	—		2^[e]	0	—		6	1
	2001	Tippeligaen	12	2	1	0	—		—		—		13	2
	Total		15	2	2	1	—	—	2	0	—	—	19	3
Molde	2004	Tippeligaen	26	3	3	1	—		—		—		29	4
	2005		16	3	3	0	—		—		2	0	21	3
	2006		26	1	1	0	—		4^[e]	0	—		31	1
	Total		68	7	7	1	—	—	4	0	2	0	81	8
Molde Total			221	17	27	5	—	—	12	0	4	0	264	22

^ Includes the Norwegian Cup, Coppa Italia and FA Cup
^ All appearances in relegation play-offs
^ Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
^ Appearances in UEFA Cup qualifying round
^ ^a ^b Appearances in UEFA Cup

International

Source:^[8]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Norway	1995	2	0
	1996	5	0
	1997	8	3
	1998	5	0
	1999	7	0
	2000	0	0
	2001	6	0
	2002	0	0
	2003	3	0
	2004	2	0
	2005	5	0
	2006	3	0
	Total	46	3

Honours

Molde

Norwegian Cup: 1994, 2005

Austria Wien

Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2003–04

References

^ ^a ^b "Petter Normann Rudi 17.9.1973". n3sport.no. Football Association of Norway. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
^ "Petter Rudi klar for Gent" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 13 January 2007.
^ ^a ^b Brunvoll, Olaus. "MFK 1991". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
^ Brunvoll, Olaus. "MFK 1992". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
^ "Petter Rudi national team profile". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
^ "Petter Rudi". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
^ "P. Rudi". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
^ "Petter Rudi". eu-football.info (in Norwegian). EU Football. Retrieved 26 March 2018.