André Saltvold Danielsen (born 20 January 1985) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a right-back or central midfielder.

Club career

Born in Stavanger, Danielsen started his career with Stavanger IF before joining Viking in 2003. In the fall of 2005 he was loaned out to Bryne. Danielsen is the player with the most appearances for Viking of all time with a total of 553 appearances throughout 17 seasons at the club. This number includes league matches, cup matches, European matches and friendly matches. On 28 October 2019, he announced that he would retire from football after the 2019 season. The same day, he revealed that he would continue to be involved with Viking as a coach for the academy at the club. The 2019 season ended with victory in the 2019 Norwegian Cup Final. Danielsen did not make the squad, but he still received a winner's medal.

André Danielsen

International career

Danielsen represented Norwegian national youth teams at under-18, under-19 and under-21 level. He made his senior debut for Norway in a friendly match against Russia on 31 May 2014. In August 2014, he made his second and last international appearance.

André Danielsen

Career statistics

Honours

Viking

Norwegian First Division: 2018

Norwegian Football Cup: 2019

References

External links

Profile for Viking FK

1985 births

Living people

Footballers from Stavanger

Norwegian men's footballers

Eliteserien players

Norwegian First Division players

Stavanger IF Fotball players

Viking FK players

Bryne FK players

Men's association football midfielders

Norway men's youth international footballers

Norway men's under-21 international footballers

Norway men's international footballers

André Danielsen