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{{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1971)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Harald Brattbakk
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1971|2|1}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1971|2|1}}
| birth_place = [[Trondheim]], Norway
| birth_place = [[Trondheim]], Norway
| height = {{height|meter=1.82}}
| height = 1.82 m
| position = [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]]
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = –1989
| youthyears1 = –1989
| youthclubs1 = Kolstad IL
| youthclubs1 = Kolstad IL
| years1 = 1990–1991
| years1 = 1990–1991
| clubs1 = [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]
| caps1 = 14
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 1992–1993
| years2 = 1992–1993
| clubs2 = [[FK Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]]
| caps2 = 41
| goals2 = 24
| years3 = 1994–1997
| years3 = 1994–1997
| clubs3 = Rosenborg
| caps3 = 100
| goals3 = 94
| years4 = 1997–2000
| years4 = 1997–2000
| clubs4 = [[Celtic FC|Celtic]]
| caps4 = 44
| goals4 = 12
| years5 = 2000–2001
| years5 = 2000–2001
| years6 = 2001–2006
| years7 = 2005
| years8 = 2008
| clubs1 = [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]
| clubs2 = [[Bodø/Glimt]]
| clubs3 = [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]
| clubs4 = [[Celtic FC|Celtic]]
| clubs5 = [[F.C. Copenhagen|Copenhagen]]
| clubs5 = [[F.C. Copenhagen|Copenhagen]]
| clubs6 = [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]
| clubs7 = → [[Bodø/Glimt]] ''(loan)''
| clubs8 = Kolstad Fotball
| caps1 = 14
| caps2 = 41
| caps3 = 100
| caps4 = 44
| caps5 = 31
| caps5 = 31
| goals5 = 14
| years6 = 2001–2006
| clubs6 = Rosenborg
| caps6 = 109
| caps6 = 109
| goals6 = 55
| years7 = 2005
| clubs7 = → Bodø/Glimt (loan)
| caps7 = 11
| caps7 = 11
| goals7 = 5
| years8 = 2008
| clubs8 = [[Kolstad IL|Kolstad]]
| caps8 = 5
| caps8 = 5
| goals1 = 2
| goals2 = 24
| goals3 = 97
| goals4 = 12
| goals5 = 14
| goals6 = 54
| goals7 = 5
| goals8 = 2
| goals8 = 2
| totalcaps = 355
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'''Harald Martin Brattbakk''' (born 1 February 1971 in [[Trondheim]]) is a [[Norwegian people|Norwegian]] former football player, now working as a [[aviator|pilot]]. A former [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]], he was the all-time top scorer in the [[Tippeligaen|Norwegian top division]] with 166 goals in 255 matches, before being surpassed by [[Sigurd Rushfeldt]] in 2011.
'''Harald Martin Brattbakk''' (born 1 February 1971) is a Norwegian former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[striker (association football)|striker]]. He was the all-time top scorer in the [[Tippeligaen|Norwegian top division]] with 166 goals in 255 matches, before being surpassed by [[Sigurd Rushfeldt]] in 2011. After his retirement from playing he became a [[aviator|pilot]].


==Club career==
==Club career==
He has played for Kolstad, [[Rosenborg BK]], [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]], [[F.C. Copenhagen]] and [[F.K. Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]] (loan).
Brattbakk was born in [[Trondheim]]. He has played for [[Kolstad IL|Kolstad]], [[Rosenborg BK]], [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]], [[F.C. Copenhagen]] and [[F.K. Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]] (loan).


Brattbakk is most known for his goalscoring abilities for the Norwegian club [[Rosenborg BK]] where he has enjoyed three spells (1990–91, 1994–97 and 2001–06) scoring most of his goals which has helped him reach the top of the all-time goalscoring chart in the [[Norwegian Premier League]].
Brattbakk is most known for his goalscoring abilities for the Norwegian club [[Rosenborg BK]] where he has enjoyed three spells (1990–91, 1994–97 and 2001–06) scoring most of his goals which has helped him reach the top of the all-time goalscoring chart in the [[Norwegian Premier League]].
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At Celtic, where he played from December 1997 to January 2000, Brattbakk seemed overawed by the pressures of playing for one of Scotland's [[Old Firm]] clubs. Though he did enjoy some success with the club — including hitting the clinching goal against [[St Johnstone F.C.|St Johnstone]] to help them win the [[Scottish Premier League|SPL]] title on the final day of the [[1997-98 in Scottish football|1997–1998 season]], and scoring all four goals in a 4–0 win over [[Kilmarnock F.C.|Kilmarnock]] that same year — his spell in Glasgow was generally characterised by nervous performances and insufficient goals.
At Celtic, where he played from December 1997 to January 2000, Brattbakk seemed overawed by the pressures of playing for one of Scotland's [[Old Firm]] clubs. Though he did enjoy some success with the club — including hitting the clinching goal against [[St Johnstone F.C.|St Johnstone]] to help them win the [[Scottish Premier League|SPL]] title on the final day of the [[1997-98 in Scottish football|1997–1998 season]], and scoring all four goals in a 4–0 win over [[Kilmarnock F.C.|Kilmarnock]] that same year — his spell in Glasgow was generally characterised by nervous performances and insufficient goals.


However, Brattbakk has been very successful in Norway. With 166 goals he was the highest-scoring player in the history of the [[Norwegian Premier League]], until his record was beat by [[Sigurd Rushfeldt]] on 29 May 2011. Moreover, his record in the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] is an impressive one, and includes goals against such top sides as [[Real Madrid]] and [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]. He scored 28 goals in 66 matches for Rosenborg BK and scored 4 goals in 9 matches for Celtic in various European Cups.<ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/players/brattbakk-in-ec.html Harald Martin Brattbakk – Matches in European Cups] – RSSSF</ref> In November 2001, he scored twice against his old club Celtic as Rosenborg defeated them 2–0 in a Champions League tie in Trondheim.
However, Brattbakk has been very successful in Norway. With 166 goals he was the highest-scoring player in the history of the [[Norwegian Premier League]], until his record was beat by [[Sigurd Rushfeldt]] on 29 May 2011. Moreover, his record in the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] is an impressive one, and includes goals against such top sides as [[Real Madrid]] and [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]. He scored 28 goals in 66 matches for Rosenborg BK and scored 4 goals in 9 matches for Celtic in various European Cups.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/players/brattbakk-in-ec.html Harald Martin Brattbakk – Matches in European Cups] – RSSSF</ref> In November 2001, he scored twice against his old club Celtic as Rosenborg defeated them 2–0 in a Champions League tie in Trondheim.


Brattbakk returned to Rosenborg after being on a loan to Bodø/Glimt in the last half of the 2005 season, but on 20 February 2006 it was announced that he had been relieved from his contract and he has now retired from the game.
Brattbakk returned to Rosenborg after being on a loan to Bodø/Glimt in the last half of the 2005 season, but on 20 February 2006 it was announced that he had been relieved from his contract and he has now retired from the game.


In 2008 Brattbakk made a comeback in football after signing a contract with his native Kolstad-Fotball, an amateur club in the Norwegian 3rd Division Dep. 19. However, the comeback lasted only for the rest of the 2008 season.<ref name="Proffklemma">{{cite web | url=http://norgesnytt.eu/?p=3084#more-3084 | title=Proffklemma|publisher=Norgesnytt |accessdate=21 April 2009|language=Norwegian}}</ref>
In 2008 Brattbakk made a comeback in football after signing a contract with his native [[Kolstad IL|Kolstad]], an amateur club in the Norwegian 3rd Division Dep. 19. However, the comeback lasted only for the rest of the 2008 season.<ref name="Proffklemma">{{cite web|url=http://norgesnytt.eu/?p=3084#more-3084|title=Proffklemma|publisher=Norgesnytt|access-date=21 April 2009|language=no|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192414/http://norgesnytt.eu/?p=3084#more-3084|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==International career==
==International career==
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==Retirement==
==Retirement==
On 21 November 2006 Brattbakk announced on the Norwegian television channel [[TV3 (Norway)|TV3]] that he intended to become an airline pilot after his retirement from professional football. He trained as a pilot in Florida at [[Phoenix East Aviation, Inc.]] and got his commercial aircraft certification in 2008. Until 2010 he flew for the aircraft company [[Helitrans]], based at [[Trondheim Airport, Værnes]].<ref name="Proffklemma"/> This included missions for [[Norwegian Coast Guard]]. From 2010 he has been working as a pilot for [[Norwegian Air Shuttle]].
On 21 November 2006, Brattbakk announced on the Norwegian television channel [[TV3 (Norway)|TV3]] that he intended to become an airline pilot after his retirement from professional football. He trained as a pilot in Florida at [[Phoenix East Aviation, Inc.]] and got his commercial aircraft certification in 2008. Until 2010 he flew for the aircraft company [[Helitrans]], based at [[Trondheim Airport, Værnes]].<ref name="Proffklemma"/> This included missions for [[Norwegian Coast Guard]]. From 2010 he has been working as a pilot for [[Norwegian Air Shuttle]].

==Personal life==
His son [[Filip Brattbakk]] plays for [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]].


==Career statistics==
==Career statistics==
<ref>{{cite web|title=Brattbakk, Harald|url=http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/player.php?playerid=2848|publisher=FitbaStats|accessdate=6 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Harald Brattbakk|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=13516|publisher=Soccerbase|accessdate=6 April 2015}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{cite web|title=Brattbakk, Harald|url=http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/player.php?playerid=2848|publisher=FitbaStats|access-date=6 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Harald Brattbakk|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=13516|publisher=Soccerbase|access-date=6 April 2015}}</ref>
|-
|-
! colspan=3 | Club performance
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup
!colspan="3"|League
! colspan=2 | Continental
!colspan="2"|Cup
! colspan=2 | Total
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
! Season !! Club !! League
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]
|1990
|rowspan="2"|[[Tippeligaen]]
|3||1||0||0||0||0||3||1
|-
|-
|1991
! colspan=3 | Norway
|11||1||4||2||2||0||17||3
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]]
! colspan=2 | [[UEFA|Europe]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
|1990||rowspan="2"|[[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]||rowspan="2"|[[Tippeligaen]]||3||1||0||0||0||0||3||1
!14!!2!!4!!2!!2!!0!!20!!4
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[FK Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]]
|1991||11||1||4||2||2||0||17||3
|1992
|[[Adeccoligaen|First Division]]
|19||14||5||5||colspan="2"|–||24||19
|-
|-
|1993
|1992||rowspan="2"|[[Bodø/Glimt]]||rowspan="1"|[[Adeccoligaen|First Division]]||19||14||5||5||-||-||24||19
|Tippeligaen
|22||10||7||4||colspan="2"|–||29||14
|-
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
|1993||rowspan="1"|[[Tippeligaen]]||22||10||7||4||-||-||29||14
!41!!24!!12!!9!!0!!0!!53!!33
|-
|-
|1994||rowspan="4"|[[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]||rowspan="4"|[[Tippeligaen]]||22||17||7||10||4||3||33||30
|rowspan="5"|Rosenborg
|1994
|rowspan="4"|Tippeligaen
|22||17||7||10||4||3||33||30
|-
|-
|1995||26||26||10||10||7||4||43||40
|1995
|26||26||10||10||7||4||43||40
|-
|-
|1996||26||28||4||11||10||2||40||41
|1996
|26||28||4||11||10||2||40||41
|-
|-
|1997||26||23||5||7||8||5||39||35
|1997
|26||23||5||7||8||5||39||35
|-
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!100!!94!!26!!38!!29!!14!!155!!146
|-
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]
! colspan=3 | Scotland
|1997–98
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [[Scottish Cup]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Scottish Premier League]]
! colspan=2 | [[UEFA|Europe]]
|17||7||4||3||colspan="2"|–||21||10
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|-
|1998–99
|1997–98||rowspan="3"|[[Celtic Football Club|Celtic]]||rowspan="3"|[[Scottish Premier League|Premier League]]||17||7||4||3||-||-||21||10
|25||5||2||1||7||2||34||8
|-
|-
|1999–2000
|1998–99||25||5||2||1||7||2||34||8
|2||0||0||0||2||2||4||2
|-
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
|1999–2000||2||0||0||0||2||2||4||2
!44!!12!!6!!4!!9!!4!!59!!20
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[F.C. Copenhagen|Copenhagen]]
! colspan=3 | Denmark
|1999–2000
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [[Danish Cup]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Danish Superliga]]
|14||7||2||1||0||0||16||8
! colspan=2 | [[UEFA|Europe]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|-
|2000–01
|1999–2000||rowspan="2"|[[F.C. Copenhagen|Copenhagen]]||rowspan="2"|[[Danish Superliga|Superliga]]||14||7||2||1||0||0||16||8
|17||7||2||0||colspan="2"|–||19||7
|-
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
|2000–01||17||7||2||0||-||-||19||7
!31!!14!!4!!1!!0!!0!!35!!15
|-
|-
|rowspan="6"|Rosenborg
! colspan=3 | Norway
|2001
! colspan=2 | League
|rowspan="5"|Tippeligaen
! colspan=2 | [[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]]
|25||15||3||3||8||3||36||21
! colspan=2 | [[UEFA|Europe]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|-
|2002
|2001||rowspan="5"|[[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]||rowspan="5"|[[Tippeligaen]]||25||15||3||3||8||3||36||21
|25||17||4||10||8||3||37||30
|-
|-
|2003
|2002||25||17||4||10||8||3||37||30
|25||17||6||9||8||5||39||31
|-
|-
|2004
|2003||25||17||6||9||8||5||39||31
|25||4||5||11||9||3||39||18
|-
|-
|2005
|2004||25||4||5||11||9||3||39||18
|9||2||3||2||0||0||12||4
|-
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
|2005||9||2||3||2||0||0||12||4
!109!!55!!21!!35!!33!!14!!163!!104
|-
|-
|Bodø/Glimt (loan)
|2005||[[Bodø/Glimt]]||[[Tippeligaen]]||11||5||0||0||-||-||13||6
|2005
|Tippeligaen
|11||5||0||0||colspan="2"|–||11||6
|-
|-
|2008||Kolstad||Third division||5||2||0||0||-||-||5||2
|Kolstad
|2008
|Third division
|5||2||0||0||colspan="2"|–||5||2
|-
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
! rowspan=3 | Total
!355!!208!!73!!89!!73!!32!!501!!329
! colspan=2 | Norway
!280||182||63||84||64||28||407||294
|-
! colspan=2 | Scotland
!44||12||6||4||9||4||59||20
|-
! colspan=2 | Denmark
!31||14||4||1||0||0||35||15
|-
! colspan=3 | Career total
!355||208||73||89||73||32||481||329
|}
|}

* Total games and goals does not include Third Division and below.


==Honours==
==Honours==
'''Bodø/Glimt'''
*[[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]]: [[1993 Norwegian Football Cup|1993]]


'''Rosenborg'''<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_trondelag/sport_nrk_trondelag/rbk/1.1065148
===Club===
|title = Mestvinnende med RBK| date=19 October 2006 |access-date =20 August 2009|publisher = Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation|language = no}}</ref>
;[[FK Bodø/Glimt]]
*[[Eliteserien|Tippeligaen]]: [[1994 Tippeligaen|1994]], [[1995 Tippeligaen|1995]], [[1996 Tippeligaen|1996]], [[1997 Tippeligaen|1997]], [[2001 Tippeligaen|2001]], [[2002 Tippeligaen|2002]], [[2003 Tippeligaen|2003]], [[2004 Tippeligaen|2004]]
*[[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]]: [[Norwegian Football Cup 1993|1993]]
*[[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]]: [[1995 Norwegian Football Cup|1995]], [[2003 Norwegian Football Cup|2003]]

;[[Rosenborg BK]]<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_trondelag/sport_nrk_trondelag/rbk/1.1065148
|title = Mestvinnende med RBK|accessdate =20 August 2009|publisher = Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation|language = Norwegian}}</ref>
*[[Eliteserien|Tippeligaen]]: [[Tippeligaen 1994|1994]], [[Tippeligaen 1995|1995]], [[Tippeligaen 1996|1996]], [[Tippeligaen 1997|1997]], [[Tippeligaen 2001|2001]], [[Tippeligaen 2002|2002]], [[Tippeligaen 2003|2003]], [[Tippeligaen 2004|2004]]
*[[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]]: [[Norwegian Football Cup 1995|1995]], [[Norwegian Football Cup 2003|2003]]


;[[Celtic F.C.]]
'''Celtic'''
*[[Scottish Premier League|Scottish Premier League Championship]]: [[1997-98 in Scottish football|1997–1998]]
*[[Scottish Premier Division]]: [[1997–98 Scottish Premier Division|1997–98]]


;[[F.C. Copenhagen]]
'''Copenhagen'''
*[[Danish Superliga|Danish Superliga Championship]]: [[Danish Superliga 2000-01|2000–2001]]
*[[Danish Superliga]]: [[2000–01 Danish Superliga|2000–01]]


===Individual===
'''Individual'''
*[[List of Eliteserien top scorers|Tippeligaen top scorer:]] 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003
*[[List of Eliteserien top scorers|Tippeligaen top scorer:]] 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003
*[[Kniksen Award]] Striker of the Year: [[Kniksen award#1994|1994]], [[Kniksen award#1995|1995]], [[Kniksen award#1997|1997]], [[Kniksen award#2003|2003]]
*[[Kniksen Award]] Striker of the Year: [[Kniksen award#1994|1994]], [[Kniksen award#1995|1995]], [[Kniksen award#1997|1997]], [[Kniksen award#2003|2003]]
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Harald Brattbakk
Personal information
Full name Harald Martin Brattbakk
Date of birth (1971-02-01) 1 February 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Trondheim, Norway
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
–1989 Kolstad IL
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 Rosenborg 14 (2)
1992–1993 Bodø/Glimt 41 (24)
1994–1997 Rosenborg 100 (94)
1997–2000 Celtic 44 (12)
2000–2001 Copenhagen 31 (14)
2001–2006 Rosenborg 109 (55)
2005 → Bodø/Glimt (loan) 11 (5)
2008 Kolstad 5 (2)
Total 355 (208)
International career
1995–2004 Norway 17 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harald Martin Brattbakk (born 1 February 1971) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was the all-time top scorer in the Norwegian top division with 166 goals in 255 matches, before being surpassed by Sigurd Rushfeldt in 2011. After his retirement from playing he became a pilot.

Club career

[edit]

Brattbakk was born in Trondheim. He has played for Kolstad, Rosenborg BK, Celtic, F.C. Copenhagen and Bodø/Glimt (loan).

Brattbakk is most known for his goalscoring abilities for the Norwegian club Rosenborg BK where he has enjoyed three spells (1990–91, 1994–97 and 2001–06) scoring most of his goals which has helped him reach the top of the all-time goalscoring chart in the Norwegian Premier League.

At Celtic, where he played from December 1997 to January 2000, Brattbakk seemed overawed by the pressures of playing for one of Scotland's Old Firm clubs. Though he did enjoy some success with the club — including hitting the clinching goal against St Johnstone to help them win the SPL title on the final day of the 1997–1998 season, and scoring all four goals in a 4–0 win over Kilmarnock that same year — his spell in Glasgow was generally characterised by nervous performances and insufficient goals.

However, Brattbakk has been very successful in Norway. With 166 goals he was the highest-scoring player in the history of the Norwegian Premier League, until his record was beat by Sigurd Rushfeldt on 29 May 2011. Moreover, his record in the Champions League is an impressive one, and includes goals against such top sides as Real Madrid and Milan. He scored 28 goals in 66 matches for Rosenborg BK and scored 4 goals in 9 matches for Celtic in various European Cups.[1] In November 2001, he scored twice against his old club Celtic as Rosenborg defeated them 2–0 in a Champions League tie in Trondheim.

Brattbakk returned to Rosenborg after being on a loan to Bodø/Glimt in the last half of the 2005 season, but on 20 February 2006 it was announced that he had been relieved from his contract and he has now retired from the game.

In 2008 Brattbakk made a comeback in football after signing a contract with his native Kolstad, an amateur club in the Norwegian 3rd Division Dep. 19. However, the comeback lasted only for the rest of the 2008 season.[2]

International career

[edit]

Brattbakk made his debut for Norway in a February 1995 friendly match against Estonia in which he scored two goals. He went on to play seventeen times for his country, scoring five goals.[3]

Retirement

[edit]

On 21 November 2006, Brattbakk announced on the Norwegian television channel TV3 that he intended to become an airline pilot after his retirement from professional football. He trained as a pilot in Florida at Phoenix East Aviation, Inc. and got his commercial aircraft certification in 2008. Until 2010 he flew for the aircraft company Helitrans, based at Trondheim Airport, Værnes.[2] This included missions for Norwegian Coast Guard. From 2010 he has been working as a pilot for Norwegian Air Shuttle.

Personal life

[edit]

His son Filip Brattbakk plays for Rosenborg.

Career statistics

[edit]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[4][5]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rosenborg 1990 Tippeligaen 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
1991 11 1 4 2 2 0 17 3
Total 14 2 4 2 2 0 20 4
Bodø/Glimt 1992 First Division 19 14 5 5 – 24 19
1993 Tippeligaen 22 10 7 4 – 29 14
Total 41 24 12 9 0 0 53 33
Rosenborg 1994 Tippeligaen 22 17 7 10 4 3 33 30
1995 26 26 10 10 7 4 43 40
1996 26 28 4 11 10 2 40 41
1997 26 23 5 7 8 5 39 35
Total 100 94 26 38 29 14 155 146
Celtic 1997–98 Scottish Premier League 17 7 4 3 – 21 10
1998–99 25 5 2 1 7 2 34 8
1999–2000 2 0 0 0 2 2 4 2
Total 44 12 6 4 9 4 59 20
Copenhagen 1999–2000 Danish Superliga 14 7 2 1 0 0 16 8
2000–01 17 7 2 0 – 19 7
Total 31 14 4 1 0 0 35 15
Rosenborg 2001 Tippeligaen 25 15 3 3 8 3 36 21
2002 25 17 4 10 8 3 37 30
2003 25 17 6 9 8 5 39 31
2004 25 4 5 11 9 3 39 18
2005 9 2 3 2 0 0 12 4
Total 109 55 21 35 33 14 163 104
Bodø/Glimt (loan) 2005 Tippeligaen 11 5 0 0 – 11 6
Kolstad 2008 Third division 5 2 0 0 – 5 2
Career total 355 208 73 89 73 32 501 329

Honours

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Bodø/Glimt

Rosenborg[6]

Celtic

Copenhagen

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ Harald Martin Brattbakk – Matches in European Cups – RSSSF
  2. ^ a b "Proffklemma" (in Norwegian). Norgesnytt. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
  3. ^ Norway – International Players – Landslaget
  4. ^ "Brattbakk, Harald". FitbaStats. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Harald Brattbakk". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Mestvinnende med RBK" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 October 2006. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
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