| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lars-Christopher Horst Jan Vilsvik | ||
| Date of birth | (1988-10-18)18 October 1988 (age 37) | ||
| Place of birth | West Berlin,West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Right back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Strømsgodset | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1998 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | ||
| 1998–2006 | Lichterfelder FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2010 | Lichterfelder FC | 79 | (18) |
| 2010– | Strømsgodset | 419 | (28) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Norway U23[1] | 2 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Norway | 5 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 March 2018 | |||
Lars-Christopher Horst Jan Vilsvik (born 18 October 1988) is a Norwegianfootballer who plays as adefender for theEliteserien sideStrømsgodset. Vilsvik, who has a German mother and a Norwegian father, grew up in Germany where he played for the amateur sidesTennis Borussia Berlin andLichterfelder FC. In 2010, he made his professional debut in Norway with Strømsgodset. Being eligible to play for both Norway and Germany, Vilsvik made his debut for theNorwegian national team in 2012.
Vilsvik was born inWest Berlin[2] to a Norwegian father and a German mother,[3] and began his football career as a 6-year old for the clubTennis Borussia Berlin, where he played with his good friendJérôme Boateng.[4]
When he was 16 years old he began playing for the German fifth-tier clubLichterfelder FC. He played half a season as a junior for the club, before he as the youngest player (17) was promoted to the first team, where he played for four years. He also had trials atRosenborg BK,[3]Hamburger SV[5] andEintracht Braunschweig.[6]
In November 2009, Vilsvik went on trial for the Norwegian clubStrømsgodset, mostly as a favor to his uncle, who was a sponsor. He impressed the coach and sports director, and was given a three-year contract with the club.[7] He became a regular starter in his first season, with 21 league games, and won the Norwegian Cup the same year.
In 2013, he declined a move toEintracht Braunschweig because he wanted to win the league with his club.[8]
By 11 August 2017, when he signed a new 4.5-year-contract, Vilsvik had made 243 appearances for the club, placing him 8th in club history.[8] He won the cup in 2010, the league in 2013, and runner-up in the league in 2012 and 2014.[8]
With both a German and Norwegian citizenship, Vilsvik was eligible to represent both his mother's and father's country.[9]
In November 2011 he was called up in theNorway squad, for their game withWales as a replacement forTom Høgli.[10] Vilsvik made his debut for the national team in January 2012 for theKing's Cup inThailand, where he played his first two international matches. He was again called up for the national team for in June 2012 as a replacement forJonathan Parr, and with Vilsvik's teammateKim André Madsen also in the squad, Strømsgodset had two players in the Norwegian squad for the first time since 1970.[11]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Strømsgodset | 2010 | Tippeligaen | 27 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | 34 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 2 | ||
| 2012 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | 35 | 4 | |||
| 2013 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 6 | ||
| 2014 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 | ||
| 2015 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 6 | ||
| 2016 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 4 | ||
| 2017 | Eliteserien | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 29 | 1 | |||
| 2020 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2022 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | 27 | 2 | |||
| 2023 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | 27 | 1 | |||
| 2024 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2025 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | 27 | 2 | |||
| Total | 419 | 28 | 45 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 479 | 33 | ||
| Career total | 419 | 28 | 45 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 479 | 33 | ||