Personal information | |||
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Full name | Benjamin Thoresen Faraas | ||
Date of birth | 8 September 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Flisa, Norway | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Fredikstad | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
2017–2021 | Flisa | ||
2021 | HamKam | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2023 | HamKam 2 | 29 | (13) |
2021–2023 | HamKam | 23 | (2) |
2023–2025 | Club NXT | 37 | (3) |
2025– | Fredrikstad | 9 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2021 | Norway U16 | 8 | (3) |
2021 | Norway U17 | 9 | (3) |
2022–2023 | Norway U18 | 8 | (3) |
2023– | Norway U19 | 16 | (5) |
2024– | Norway U20 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:23, 14 October 2024 (UTC) |
Benjamin Thoresen Faraas (born 8 September 2005) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fredrikstad.
Faraas started off in the youth teams of Flisa before joining HamKam in 2021. [1] He started by representing their second team in the Norwegian Fourth Division. [2] He made his first team debut for HamKam in July 2021, as a substitute in a 3–0 win over Gjøvik-Lyn in the Norwegian Football Cup. [3] In April 2022, he made his Eliteserien debut as a substitute in a 3–0 win over Sandefjord. [4] In August 2023, Faraas joined Club NXT, the youth team of Club Brugge. [5] On 18 January 2025, Faraas signed for Eliteserien side Fredrikstad on a four-year deal. [6]