# Ruben Kristiansen

Ruben Kristiansen (born 20 February 1988) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays for Tromsø as a defender.

## Career
### Early years

Kristiansen hails from Nordreisa Municipality. He started his career at local club Nordreisa, before moving on to play for Skjervøy, Tromsdalen.

### Tromsø

In late 2011 Kristiansen signed a three-year contract with Eliteserien club Tromsø.

### Vålerenga

He signed for Vålerenga in March 2014.

### Brann

After two seasons at Vålerenga, Kristiansen joined fellow Eliteserien side Brann in 2015, helping them reach promotion at the end of the season.
He subsequently signed several new contracts with the club, stretching all the way through the 2024 season.

### Return to Tromsø

In October 2024 Brann announced that Kristiansen would not be offered a contract extention after the season was finished. The following December, his formed club Tromsø confirmed that they had signed Kristiansen on a one-year contract.

## International career

Kristiansen made one appearance for Norway's U23 team in 2012 against Estonia's U23 team, where they lost 2-0.
He made his international senior debut for Norway against South Africa in a friendly game in January 2013.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 16 December 2024
| Club | Season | Division | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Tromsdalen | 2010 | 1. divisjon | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 2 |
| Tromsdalen | 2011 | 2. divisjon | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 3 |
| Tromsdalen | Total | Total | 43 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 47 | 5 |
| Tromsø | 2012 | Eliteserien | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 1 |
| Tromsø | 2013 | Eliteserien | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | — | 42 | 0 |
| Tromsø | Total | Total | 43 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 0 | — | — | 70 | 1 |
| Vålerenga | 2014 | Eliteserien | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 28 | 0 |
| Vålerenga | 2015 | Eliteserien | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 0 |
| Vålerenga | Total | Total | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 45 | 0 |
| Brann | 2015 | 1. divisjon | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 2 |
| Brann | 2016 | Eliteserien | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 28 | 0 |
| Brann | 2017 | Eliteserien | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| Brann | 2018 | Eliteserien | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 0 |
| Brann | 2019 | Eliteserien | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 |
| Brann | 2020 | Eliteserien | 21 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 0 |
| Brann | 2021 | Eliteserien | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 28 | 1 |
| Brann | 2022 | 1. divisjon | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 32 | 0 |
| Brann | 2023 | Eliteserien | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 |
| Brann | 2024 | Eliteserien | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 |
| Brann | Total | Total | 228 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 255 | 4 |
| Tromsø | 2025 | Eliteserien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Total | Career Total | Career Total | 357 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 418 | 10 |
* 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Appearance in Mesterfinalen
* 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

### International

    As of match played 18 January 2014
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Norway | 2013 | 3 | 0 |
| Norway | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 4 | 0 |

## Honours
### Tromsø

* Norwegian Cup runner-up: 2012

### Brann

* Norwegian First Division: 2022
* Norwegian Football Cup: 2022
* Mesterfinalen runner-up: 2017