Birger Meling

Birger Meling
Meling in 2026 with Copenhagen
Personal information
Full name Birger Solberg Meling
Date of birth (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth Stavanger, Norway
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Copenhagen
Number 24
Youth career
2000–2013 Viking
2013–2014 Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Stabæk 59 (5)
2017–2020 Rosenborg 79 (1)
2020–2021 Nîmes 26 (2)
2021–2023 Rennes 59 (0)
2023– Copenhagen 56 (5)
International career‡
2015–2016 Norway U21 6 (0)
2017–2023 Norway 39 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 October 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 January 2024

Birger Solberg Meling (born 17 December 1994) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Danish Superliga club Copenhagen, and the Norway national football team.

Club career

Early career

After playing youth football for Viking and Middlesbrough, Meling joined Stabæk before the 2014 season. He made his senior league debut in September 2014 in a 3–0 defeat against Aalesund. In February 2017, he signed for Rosenborg.

Nîmes

In July 2020, Meling joined Nîmes on a three-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Rosenborg was less than €1 million. On his Ligue 1 debut on the season's first matchday, he contributed an assist and a goal in Nîmes's 4–0 win against Brest.

Copenhagen

On 14 August 2023, Meling signed a contract with the Danish champions Copenhagen until the summer of 2027.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 October 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stabæk 2014 Eliteserien 2000——20
2015 Eliteserien 27150——321
2016 Eliteserien 304312020375
Total 595812020716
Rosenborg 2017 Eliteserien 20051110—361
2018 Eliteserien 28160121—462
2019 Eliteserien 28021140—441
2020 Eliteserien 30—00—30
Total 791132371—1294
Nîmes 2020–21 Ligue 1 26200——262
Rennes 2021–22 Ligue 1 3100060—370
2022–23 Ligue 1 1601050—220
Total 47010110—590
Copenhagen 2023–24 Superliga 1900050—240
2024–25 Danish Superliga 1001080—190
2025–26 Danish Superliga 1704080–290
2026–27 Danish Superliga 1051050–165
Total 56560260—885
Career total 267132857612037318
  1. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in the 2016 Eliteserien playoffs
  3. ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  7. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of 20 June 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Norway 201740
201860
201910
202030
2021120
202270
202340
Total370

Honours

Rosenborg

Copenhagen

References

  1. ↑ Birger Meling at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  2. ↑ "Dette er Norges nye englandsproff". www.vg.no. 29 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk". www.nifs.no.
  4. ↑ "Meling klar for Rosenborg". Rosenborg.
  5. ↑ "Ligue 1 : le défenseur Norvégien Birger Meling (Rosenborg) signe trois ans à Nîmes". L'Équipe (in French). 6 July 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  6. ↑ Arilas Berg Ould-Saada (23 August 2020). "Birger Meling herjet i fransk drømmedebut: – Fryktelig deilig". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "Birger Meling". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "B. Meling". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "Birger Meling". football (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "Mediano Superliga: Tillykke til FC København". Mediano. 25 May 2025.
  11. ↑ "FCK tager tiende pokaltitel med soloridt på hadebanen". www.bt.dk. 29 May 2025.