Fredrik Aursnes

★ WorkhorseDefender · Benfica

Caps

Int'l goals

Years

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Age

Position

Caps

Int'l goals

Benfica

Club

UEFA Champions League

League

NOR

National team

// the read

The shape of him

Defending at a World Cup is a tightrope — one mistake ends a campaign. The profile below is the positional read; the moments that define it come in the knockouts.

// the equation

reading × timing × the last-ditch nerve

the back linethe cover positionthe duel

// the x-factor

The job

The last line of trust.

Read the danger early, time the tackle, marshal the line. At this level the margin between a clean sheet and an early flight is a single lapse.

30Years old

DefenderRole

// the cabinet

Honours

club

Club

Super Cup

×3

NM Cupen

×2

Eliteserien

×2

Primeira Liga

×2

Taça da Liga

×2

// the closing word

Fredrik Aursnes.Norway · Defender.The full dossier — season numbers, takes and tape — lands closer to kickoff.

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