Kenneth Udjus (born 2 July 1983) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

for

Asker Asker (), also called Asker proper (''Askerbygda'' or ''gamle Asker'' in Norwegian), is a district and former Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus, Norway, located approximately 20km southwest of Oslo. From 2020 it is part of the ...

Youth career

Udjus played as a defender as a junior in

IK Start Idrettsklubben Start (or simply IK Start) is a Norwegian Association football, football club from the city of Kristiansand that currently plays in the Norwegian First Division, the second tier of the Norwegian football league system. The club was ...

, until Thomas Gill discovered his goalkeeping abilities by chance when Udjus was 17. In the 2012 season he kept a clean sheet for 558 minutes, which at the time was a record in the

Norwegian top division Eliteserien () is a professional association football league in Norway and the highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Norwegian First Division ...

. The record has since been broken by Sondre Rossbach (730 minutes).

Other

He is the grandson of the Norwegian politician Ragnar Udjus.

Career statistics

Honours

Kniksen award The Kniksen Award (), established in 1990, honors the best players in the Norwegian football premiership. The award is named after the legendary Norwegian football player Roald Jensen, nicknamed "Kniksen". Categories Category A A jury comp ...

: Goalkeeper of the year (2012)

References

External links

* 1983 births Living people Footballers from Kristiansand Norwegian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Tromsø IL players FK Tønsberg players SK Brann players Løv-Ham Fotball players Sogndal Fotball players Lillestrøm SK players FK Arendal players IFK Norrköping players Asker Fotball players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-footy-goalkeeper-stub