Michael Stilson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Christopher Stilson | ||
| Date of birth | 4 July 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Trondheim, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Strindheim | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2014 | Ranheim | 81 | (7) |
| 2014 | Lokomotiv Oslo | 5 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Mjøndalen | 16 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Ranheim (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Michael Christopher Stilson (born 4 July 1987) is a Norwegian footballer and novelist.
Personal life
[edit]Stilson was born in Trondheim.[2] His father being American and his mother Norwegian, he had three older sisters.[3]
Football career
[edit]Stilson made his debut for Mjøndalen in 2015. After not playing many games for Mjøndalen in 2015 he was loaned out to his former club Ranheim for the rest of the season.[citation needed]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 9 December 2016
| Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2011 | Ranheim | Adeccoligaen | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 2012 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | ||
| 2013 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 2 | ||
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | Mjøndalen | Tippeligaen | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2015 | Ranheim | 1. divisjon | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 2016 | Mjøndalen | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | |
| Career Total | 110 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 121 | 11 | ||
Literary career
[edit]Stilson made his literary debut with Bare spille ball (2018), followed by Alene gjennom (2020) and Kampfikseren (2023). These are football-themed young adult fiction books. His debut earned him the award Uprisen.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Michael Stilson at Soccerway
- ^ "Michael Stilson". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV2.
- ^ Winge, Åge (14 June 2020). "Fotball-forfatteren". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "Michael Stilson". Lille norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
| International | |
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| National | |
Categories:
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Trondheim
- Writers from Trondheim
- Norwegian people of American descent
- Norwegian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Ranheim Fotball players
- Mjøndalen IF Fotball players
- Eliteserien players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Norwegian children's writers
- 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen