Daniel Braaten
Braaten in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Daniel Omoya Braaten | ||
| Date of birth | 25 May 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Brann | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–2000 | Skeid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2004 | Skeid | 102 | (22) |
| 2004–2007 | Rosenborg | 63 | (12) |
| 2007–2008 | Bolton Wanderers | 6 | (1) |
| 2008–2013 | Toulouse | 157 | (13) |
| 2013–2014 | F.C. Copenhagen | 23 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Vålerenga | 22 | (1) |
| 2016– | Brann | 33 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003–2004 | Norway U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2004– | Norway | 52 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 May 2014 |
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Daniel Omoya Braaten (born 25 May 1982) is a Norwegian footballer, who currently plays as a winger for the Norwegian club SK Brann after signing a one-year contract with the club on 21 February 2016. He has previously played for Skeid, Rosenborg and Toulouse, with 157 caps and 13 goals in the latter club. He has been capped 52 times for the Norway national football team.
Born in Oslo, Norway to a Nigerian father and Norwegian mother, Braaten started his career in the Skeid youth academy at the age of six. He later won the Norwegian Junior Cup with the team in 1999, aged 17. The following year he was promoted to the first team, where he played for four years before joining giants Rosenborg BK in 2004, after 102 caps and 22 goals for Skeid. Before signing for Rosenborg, Braaten had attracted interest from various clubs in Norway and abroad, and had a trial with French side RC Lens in late 2003 with Daniel Fredheim Holm. Braaten had however trained with Rosenborg as early as autumn 2002, but was still in contract with Skeid, before signing in 2004 for approximately £250,000.
Braaten had become one of the most profiled players of the Norwegian Premier League, through his colourful, untraditional and artistic playing style. He had become known especially for his individual technical skills and physical strength, and as a player who did unexpected things on the field, surprising both opposing players as well as the audience. He was famous not only for his pace, but also for his mastery of the seal dribble, an incredibly difficult trick involving running while bouncing (and controlling) the ball on top of the head.
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