Fredrik Gulbrandsen

**Fredrik Aasmundrud Gulbrandsen** (born 10 September 1992) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Molde FK.

### Lillestrøm

Gulbrandsen began his career with his hometown club Lillestrøm. He made his debut against IK Start in May 2009, as the youngest Lillestrøm player ever. In March 2010  he was loaned out to Lyn. While with Lyn he made 11 appearances and scored 2 goals. He returned to
Lillestrøm for the 2011 season, and on 3 July 2011 scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 victory over Viking FK.

### Molde

On 15 July 2013  Gulbrandsen signed a contract with Molde. His breakthrough season was in 2014 when he played 29 matches and scored 14 goals in all competitions. This season  Molde reached their first double in club history. On 23 November 2014, Gulbrandsen opened the scoring for Molde in a 2–0 victory over Odd in the 2014 Norwegian Football Cup Final. After an injury plagued 2015 season, Gulbrandsen regained his form scoring 4 goals in 9 matches to start the 2016 season, drawing the attention of top European sides.

### Red Bull Salzburg

On 16 June 2016, he moved to Red Bull Salzburg. On 23 July 2016, he scored his first goal for Red Bull Salzburg in his league debut in a 3–1 loss to Sturm Graz. On 23 October 2016 Gulbrandsen scored his second goal for Salzburg in a 5–1 victory over SKN St. Pölten.

On 10 March 2017, Gulbrandsen joined Major League Soccer side New York Red Bulls on a one-year loan. He was released on 6 June 2017.

### İstanbul Başakşehir

On 25 June 2019, he has signed three-year contract with Turkish Süper Lig club İstanbul Başakşehir.

### Adana Demirspor

On 8 September 2022, he has signed two-year contract with Turkish Süper Lig club Adana Demirspor.

## International career

Gulbrandsen made his debut for the Norway national football team on 27 August 2014 in a friendly against the United Arab Emirates in Stavanger. His competitive debut came on 16 November, replacing Tarik Elyounoussi in added time at the end of a 1–0 away win against Azerbaijan in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying.

## Personal life

He is the son of footballer Tom Gulbrandsen who played for Lillestrøm and SV Ried.

## Career statistics

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Lillestrøm|2009|Tippeligaen|5|0|2|1|—|—|7|1|||
|2010|Tippeligaen|5|0|0|0|—|—|5|0|||||
|2011|Tippeligaen|22|4|3|1|—|—|25|5|||||
|2012|Tippeligaen|10|1|1|0|—|—|11|1|||||
|2013|Tippeligaen|15|2|3|0|—|—|18|2|||||
|Lyn (loan)|2010|1. divisjon|8|1|3|1|—|—|11|2||||
|rowspan="5"|Molde|2013|Tippeligaen|10|5|2|0|2|0|—|14|5||
|2014|Tippeligaen|23|10|4|3|1|1|—|28|14||||
|2015|Tippeligaen|0|0|0|0|2|0|—|2|0||||
|2016|Tippeligaen|9|4|1|0|1|0|—|11|4||||
|rowspan="4"|Red Bull Salzburg|2016–17|Austrian Bundesliga|9|2|2|0|6|0|—|17|2||
|2017–18|Austrian Bundesliga|31|11|5|4|19|3|—|55|18||||
|2018–19|Austrian Bundesliga|23|6|3|0|9|5|—|35|11||||
|New York Red Bulls (loan)|2017|MLS|12|0|0|0|0|0|—|12|0|||
|rowspan="4"|İstanbul Başakşehir|2019–20|Süper Lig|20|3|2|0|11|0|—|33|3||
|2020–21|Süper Lig|29|7|3|4|4|0|1|0|37|11|||
|2021–22|Süper Lig|30|5|0|0|—|—|30|5|||||
|rowspan="2"|Adana Demirspor|2022–23|Süper Lig|23|2|1|0|—|—|24|2|||
|rowspan="3"|Molde|2023|Eliteserien|7|2|1|1|5|2|—|13|5||
|2024|Eliteserien|0|0|0|0|4|5|—|4|5||||

## Honours

**Molde**
- Tippeligaen: 2014
- Norwegian Cup: 2013, 2014, 2023

**Red Bull Salzburg**
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2016–17, 2017–18
- Austrian Cup: 2016–17

**İstanbul Başakşehir**
- Süper Lig: 2019–20

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Fredrik Gulbrandsen
- **image**: FC Admira Wacker Mödling vs. FC Red Bull Salzburg 2018-04-15 (064).jpg
- **caption**: Gulbrandsen with FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg in 2018
- **full name**: Fredrik Aasmundrud Gulbrandsen
- **birth place**: Lillestrøm, Norway
- **height**: 1.75 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **currentclub**: Molde FK, Molde
- **clubnumber**: 8
- **youthclubs1**: Lillestrøm SK, Lillestrøm
- **years1**: 2008–2013
- **clubs1**: Lillestrøm SK, Lillestrøm
- **caps1**: 57
- **goals1**: 7
- **years2**: 2010
- **clubs2**: → Lyn Fotball, Lyn (loan)
- **caps2**: 8
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 2013–2016
- **clubs3**: Molde FK, Molde
- **caps3**: 42
- **goals3**: 19
- **years4**: 2016–2019
- **clubs4**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps4**: 63
- **goals4**: 19
- **years5**: 2017
- **clubs5**: → New York Red Bulls (loan)
- **caps5**: 12
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2019–2022
- **clubs6**: İstanbul Başakşehir F.K., İstanbul Başakşehir
- **caps6**: 79
- **goals6**: 15
- **years7**: 2022–2023
- **clubs7**: Adana Demirspor
- **caps7**: 23
- **goals7**: 2
- **years8**: 2023–
- **clubs8**: Molde FK, Molde
- **caps8**: 7
- **goals8**: 2
- **nationalyears1**: 2011
- **nationalteam1**: Norway U19
- **nationalcaps1**: 5
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2013
- **nationalteam2**: Norway national under-21 football team, Norway U21
- **nationalcaps2**: 2
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2014–
- **nationalteam3**: Norway national football team, Norway
- **nationalcaps3**: 3
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **club-update**: 4 December 2023
- **nationalteam-update**: 3 April 2016