Aslak Falch

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Aslak Falch
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-05-25) 25 May 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Hundvåg, Norway
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Haugesund
Number 22
Youth career
0000–2007 Hundvåg
2007–2009 Viking
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2011 Viking 1 (0)
2010Vidar (loan) 1 (0)
2012–2014 Sandnes Ulf 16 (0)
2014–2015 Hødd 53 (0)
2016–2017 Vålerenga 13 (0)
2017 Norrköping 0 (0)
2018–2020 Sarpsborg 23 (0)
2020–2024 Sandnes Ulf 85 (0)
2024– Haugesund 0 (0)
International career
2013–2014 Norway U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 March 2024

Aslak Falch (born 25 May 1992) is a Norwegian football goalkeeper who plays for Haugesund.

Falch was born in Hundvåg, [1] where he also grew up, and played for Hundvåg FK until February 2007, when he joined Viking's youth team. [2] He made his senior debut on 25 October 2009 against Strømsgodset IF, as a substitute when Artur Kotenko was sent off. [3] After the 2011-season he signed for Sandnes Ulf, [4] and when Bo Andersen in June 2012 announced that he would retire after the season, [5] Sandnes Ulf played with Falch as their first-choice goalkeeper in Tippeligaen for the rest of the season. [6]

Falch is the grandson of former Norway international defender Edgar Falch. [2]

Career statistics

As of 15 May 2021 [1]
SeasonClubDivisionLeagueCupTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2009 Viking Tippeligaen 100010
2010 000000
2011 000000
2012 Sandnes Ulf 10010110
2013 602080
2014 Hødd 1. divisjon 25000250
2015 OBOS-ligaen 28010290
2016 Vålerenga Tippeligaen 13040170
2017 Eliteserien 001010
2017 Norrköping Allsvenskan 000000
2018 Sarpsborg 08 Eliteserien 18000180
2019 202040
2020 300030
2020 Sandnes Ulf 1. divisjon 15000150
2021 100010
Career Total12201101330

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