# Birger Meling

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 13 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Stabæk | 2014 | Eliteserien | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Stabæk | 2015 | Eliteserien | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 32 | 1 |
| Stabæk | 2016 | Eliteserien | 30 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 5 |
| Stabæk | Total | Total | 59 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 6 |
| Rosenborg | 2017 | Eliteserien | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 |
| Rosenborg | 2018 | Eliteserien | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | — | — | 46 | 2 |
| Rosenborg | 2019 | Eliteserien | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | — | — | 44 | 1 |
| Rosenborg | 2020 | Eliteserien | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 |
| Rosenborg | Total | Total | 79 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 37 | 1 | — | — | 129 | 4 |
| Nîmes | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 26 | 2 |
| Rennes | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 |
| Rennes | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 |
| Rennes | Total | Total | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | — | 59 | 0 |
| Copenhagen | 2023–24 | Superliga | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 |
| Copenhagen | 2024–25 | Danish Superliga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 |
| Copenhagen | Total | Total | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 236 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 323 | 13 |
* 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Appearances in the 2016 Eliteserien playoffs
* ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
* 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
* ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

### International

    As of 20 June 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Norway | 2017 | 4 | 0 |
| Norway | 2018 | 6 | 0 |
| Norway | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| Norway | 2020 | 3 | 0 |
| Norway | 2021 | 12 | 0 |
| Norway | 2022 | 7 | 0 |
| Norway | 2023 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 37 | 0 |

## Honours

Rosenborg
* Norwegian League: 2017, 2018
* Norwegian Football Cup: 2018