Thomas Pauck Rogne (born 29 June 1990) is a Norwegian former professional

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who played as a

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for Scottish Premier League Club Celtic FC, Wigan and Helsingborgs. Rogne has also been capped for the Norway national team.

Club career

Stabæk

Rogne started his career with Norwegian club Stabæk. He missed the entire 2008 season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee in a pre-season friendly against Russian side Krylia Sovetov in

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.Rogne makes Riise comparison in early switch to Scotland
STV Sport, 24 January 2010 He played for Stabæk in

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qualifying matches against

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and

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,Celtic 1 – 0 Dundee Utd: Josh Thompson and Thomas Rogne give Celtic no need to worry
Scotsman.com, 22 February 2010 and also represented the club in the

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.Thomas Rogne
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Celtic

Rogne signed for

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on 20 January 2010, and joined on a three-and-a-half-year contract. Rogne was given the number 25 shirt. On 10 February 2010, Rogne made his Celtic debut coming on as a substitute for

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in a 2–0 home win against Hearts in the SPL. He made his first start for Celtic at home against

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in a 1–0 victory on 20 February 2010, he played very well and impressed the coach

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. Rogne impressed against

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on 28 February 2010 but was taken off due to a hamstring injury. He returned two months later in an away game against

but once again had to leave the field early through injury. Rogne made his first competitive start of the 2010–11 season for Celtic against St Johnstone in a 3–0 win.Rogne in for the long haul
Express.co.uk, 1 November 2010 In the following game he was

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for a

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against

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.Celtic hit nine past Aberdeen in record SPL victory
The Observer, 6 November 2010 Despite this, Celtic went on to win the game by a record-breaking 9–0 score. He scored his first goal for Celtic in a 1–1 draw against

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in December 2010. Rogne won many plaudits for his performance as Celtic beat Rangers 2–0 at Ibrox in the 2011 New Year derby. He scored his second goal for Celtic against Aberdeen in their 4–1 League Cup semi-final win on 29 January 2011. Rogne took part in his first major Cup Final on 20 March 2011 when Celtic played Rangers in the Scottish League Cup Final, but they lost 2–1. An injury in May sidelined Rogne for the rest of the season. Injury kept Rogne out of the Celtic side for the first few months of the following season. He returned to the Celtic first team in October 2011 in their League Cup quarter-final tie against Hibernian. Rogne continued to struggle with a series of minor injuries, but nevertheless played well in the majority of his sporadic appearances, having kept a

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in over half the games he played. On 25 March 2012, he scored in Celtic's 3–2 defeat to Rangers at Ibrox.

Wigan Athletic

On 27 June 2013, it was confirmed that Rogne would leave Celtic after his contract expired to join

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holders

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on a free transfer, signing a three-year contract. On 31 August 2013, Rogne made his Wigan debut at home against Nottingham Forest in a 2–1 win for the side.

IFK Göteborg

On 14 March 2015, Rogne signed a three-year-long contract with

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team

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Lech Poznań

On 1 August 2017, Rogne signed a four-year contract with

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side

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, effective from 1 January 2018. He was the captain from January 2020 until July 2021. On 19 December 2021, following Lech's 2–0 home win against

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, it was announced his contract would not be extended and he would depart the club on 31 December 2021.

Apollon Smyrnis

On 4 January 2022, Greek side

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, via his official website, informed about the acquisition of Thomas Rogne from

on a free transfer. The central defender, after passing the medical tests, signed a contract with the Greek club valid until 30 June 2023.

Helsingborg

On 1 July 2022, Rogne signed a contract with

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in Sweden until the end of 2024. He left the contract at the end of 2024, as his contract expired.

International career

Rogne has represented Norway at youth level, and played for the under-19 team in the 2009 UEFA Under-19 Championship qualification. Rogne was later captain of the under-21 team, and were playing alongside the captain

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in the central defence when Norway U21 qualified for the

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. In March 2011, he received his first call-up to the Norway senior side for their Euro 2012 qualification match with

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but did not feature. Rogne made his senior debut for

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on 29 February 2012 in a 3–0 friendly win against

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Personal life

In May 2019, Rogne married female professional footballer

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Stabæk * Superfinalen:

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: 2011–12,

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IFK Göteborg *

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: 2014–15 Lech Poznań II *

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: 2018–19 Lech Poznań *

: 2021–22

References

External links

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at Stabæk * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rogne, Thomas 1990 births Living people Footballers from Bærum Norwegian men's footballers 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen Norway men's youth international footballers Norway men's under-21 international footballers Norway men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Stabæk Fotball players Celtic F.C. players Wigan Athletic F.C. players IFK Göteborg players Lech Poznań players Lech Poznań II players Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players Helsingborgs IF players Eliteserien players Scottish Premier League players English Football League players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Ekstraklasa players II liga players III liga players Super League Greece players Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in England Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Greece