Petter Vaagan Moen

Petter Vaagan Moen (born 5 February 1984) is a Norwegian former professional footballer^[2] who played as a midfielder for HamKam, Brann, Queens Park Rangers, Lillestrøm and Strømsgodset Toppfotball. Vaagan Moen has 44 national junior caps (16 caps and one goal for Norway's U21 national team which he captained from autumn 2005 until 2006).

Petter Vaagan Moen

Vaagan Moen in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-02-05) 5 February 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Hamar, Norway
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	HamKam
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2005	HamKam	96	(10)
2006–2010	Brann	123	(31)
2011–2012	Queens Park Rangers	7	(0)
2012–2015	Lillestrøm	77	(21)
2015–2016	Strømsgodset	26	(2)
2017–2019[1]	HamKam	47	(8)
Total		376	(72)
International career
2004–2006	Norway U21	18	(1)
2006–2011	Norway	9	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

HamKam

Vaagan Moen started his career in HamKam and helped the club to promotion to the Tippeliga in 2003. Vaagan Moen's great crosses and free-kicks got him noticed by the big clubs in Norway, and he was though upon as one of the biggest talent in Norwegian football. It was during his spell at HamKam Moen earned the nickname "Mjøsas Beckham" (The Beckham of Mjøsa)

Brann

In 2005, Vaagan Moen signed with SK Brann, a deal worth 10 million NOK (approx £1 million). The winger quickly established himself as a regular on the first team, and was an important contribution to Brann's first league title since 1963. In the 2008 and 2009 season he did not play as good as expected, and many thought he had lost his potential.

In the 2010 season he was positioned as a centre midfielder and he scored 14 goals and was Brann's topscorer and was select player of the year. Because of his good form he was called up to the Norway national team for the first time since 2007. After the 2010 season he chose not to renew his contract with Brann because of several offers from foreign clubs.

Queens Park Rangers

In December 2010, Queens Park Rangers of the English Championship confirmed that Vaagan Moen had signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the club and would join on a free transfer on 1 January 2011.^[3] He made his début on 3 January, coming on for midfielder Adel Taarabt in the 87th minute.^[4] He finished his first season at QPR making eight appearances.

After QPR were promoted to the Premier League, the team brought in new players and it became very difficult for Vaagan Moen to break into the first team. When the new season started and QPR had to reveal their 25-men squad, Vaagan Moen was not involved and had to play reserve games for QPR instead for the rest of the year. He did however score twice for QPR in pre-season; one in a 13–0 win over Tavistock,^[5] and one in a 7–0 win against Bodmin Town.^[6]

In December 2011, QPR announced their plans to bring in new players and on 30 January 2012 it was confirmed that QPR had cancelled the contract of six players including Vaagan Moen, he therefore became free agent.^[7]

Lillestrøm

On 29 February 2012, the Norwegian club Lillestrøm SK announced that they had signed a three-year contract with Vaagan Moen. He wore shirt number 10.^[8]

Strømsgodset

On 27 January 2015, Vaagan Moen signed a three-year contract for Strømsgodset Toppfotball on a free transfer.^[9]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	Division	League		Cup		Europe		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
HamKam	2001	Adeccoligaen	4	0	0	0	—		4	0
	2002		16	3	0	0	—		16	3
	2003		28	3	1	0	—		29	3
	2004	Tippeligaen	25	1	5	0	0	0	30	1
	2005		23	3	3	1	0	0	26	4
	Total		96	10	9	1	0	0	105	11
Brann	2006	Tippeligaen	24	3	4	0	1	0	29	3
	2007		25	5	2	0	10	3	37	8
	2008		22	3	2	0	5	0	29	3
	2009		25	6	3	0	0	0	28	6
	2010		27	14	2	1	0	0	29	15
	Total		123	31	13	1	16	3	152	35
Queens Park Rangers	2010–11	Championship	7	0	1	0	—		8	0
	2011–12	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		7	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
Lillestrøm	2012	Tippeligaen	23	6	4	0	0	0	27	6
	2013		27	8	5	0	0	0	32	12
	2014		27	7	5	4	0	0	31	11
	Total		77	21	17	8	0	0	94	29
Strømsgodset	2015	Tippeligaen	6	1	1	1	4	1	11	3
	2016		20	1	4	1	1	0	25	2
	Total		26	2	5	2	5	1	36	5
HamKam	2017	2. divisjon	23	1	1	1	—		24	2
	2018	OBOS-ligaen	23	7	3	0	—		26	7
	2019		1	0	2	0	—		3	0
	Total		47	8	6	1	0	0	53	9
Career total			376	72	51	13	21	4	448	89

International goals

Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Moen goal.

International goal scored by Petter Vaagan Moen

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 February 2007	Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka, Croatia	Croatia	1–2	1–2	Friendly

Honours

Brann

• Norwegian Premier League: 2007

Queens Park Rangers

• Football League Championship: 2010–11

References

1. Heister-Rosvold, Simen (15 January 2020). "Petter Vaagan Moen". HA-bloggen (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 16 January 2020.
2. "Alle Eliteserie-overgangene i januar" (in Swedish). m.nettavisen.no. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
3. "QPR confirm Petter Vaagan Moen signing". BBC Sport. 30 December 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
4. "QPR 2–2 Bristol City". BBC Sport. 3 January 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
5. Fisher, Alex (18 July 2011). "Tavistock 0-13 QPR: Hogan Ephraim stars as Neil Warnock's side runs riot in pre-season friendly". Goal.com.
6. "Webber scores twice in Rangers stroll". westlondonsport.com. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
7. "QPR contract cancelled". QPR.co.uk. 31 January 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
8. "LSK overbeviste Vaagan Moen på 28-årsdagen". vg.no (in Norwegian). VG. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
9. "Petter Vaagan Moen er klar for Strømsgodset" [Petter Vaagan Moen signs for Strømsgodset]. www.godset.no/ (in Norwegian). Strømsgodset Toppfotball. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.

External links

• Petter Vaagan Moen at Soccerbase