Aleksander Hammer Kjelsen

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Aleksander Hammer Kjelsen
Personal information
Full name Aleksander Hammer Kjelsen [1]
Date of birth (2006-01-03) 3 January 2006 (age 19) [2]
Place of birth Bærum, Norway
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender [2]
Team information
Current team
Aalesund
Number 5
Youth career
–2020 Bærums Verk Hauger
2021 Vålerenga
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2024 Vålerenga 18 (0)
2021–2024 Vålerenga 2 61 (2)
2025– Aalesund 13 (0)
International career
2021 Norway U15 7 (1)
2022 Norway U16 13 (0)
2023 Norway U17 4 (0)
2023 Norway U18 17 (3)
2024– Norway U19 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 July 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 November 2023

Aleksander Hammer Kjelsen (born 3 January 2006) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as defender for the Norwegian club Aalesund.

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Club career

Kjelsen spent his youth career at Bærums Verk Hauger.

On his 15th birthday, he signed a three-year contract with the Oslo based club Vålerenga. [3] He got his first team debut in a cup match on 19 May 2022, being substituted on in the 82nd minute in a 5–1 win against Kolbu/KK. [4] His league debut was on 16 May 2023, playing the last three minutes in a 3–0 win against HamKam. [5]

On 4 March 2025, Kjelsen signed a contract with Aalesund until the summer of 2028. [6]

References

  1. "Aleksander Hammer Kjelsen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Aleksander Hammer Kjelsen". Vålerenga Fotball. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  3. "Vålerenga sikret seg stortalent!". Vålerenga (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  4. "- En drøm jeg har hatt i mange år". Vålerenga (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  5. Fotballforbund, Norges. "Vålerenga - HamKam - 16.05.2023 18.00". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  6. "Henter stoppertalent fra Vålerenga!" [Bringing in a talented defender from Vålerenga!] (in Norwegian). Aalesund. 4 March 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2025.