Eirik Granaas

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Eirik Granaas
Personal information
Full name Eirik Julius Granaas
Date of birth (2010-03-24) 24 March 2010 (age 15)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Fredrikstad
Number 40
Youth career
Mjøndalen
2025 Fredrikstad
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2025– Fredrikstad 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 July 2025

Eirik Granaas (born 24 March 2010) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fredrikstad.

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Club career

Eirik Granaas is the son of former professional footballer Lars Granaas, and his older brother Sondre Granaas also plays as a first tier footballer in Norway. [1] [2] [3]

Granaas is a youth product of Stoppen SK Mjøndalen IF, but joined Fredrikstad in Eliteserien in January 2025. [1] [4] [5] He signed his first professional contract with the club the following March. [6]

He made his professional debut with Fredrikstad in a 4–0 Norwegian Football Cup win over Sarpsborg FK on 12 April 2025. He came on for Patrick Metcalfe at the 59th minute. [7] [8]

Granaas made his Eliteserien on 22 June 2025, replacing Rocco Robert Shein in the last minutes of a 3–0 loss to Viking FK. At 15 years and 90 days, this made him the youngest player to ever play in the Norwegian top flight, breaking Martin Ødegaard's previous record. [1] [2] [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lysholm, Matias Næss (29 June 2025). "Slo Martin Ødegaard-rekord: Nå har Fredrikstads Eirik Granaas (15) boligplanen klar". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 "- Får sjelden lov å dra ut". TV 2 (in Norwegian Bokmål). 1 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  3. "Proffkontrakt til Sondre Granaas". Mjøndalen IF (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  4. "Fra Arsenal-kaptein til Arendal-back". TV 2 (in Norwegian Bokmål). 26 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  5. Redaksjonen (2 July 2024). "Eirik (14) fra Mjøndalen scorer høyt – kanskje en av Norges beste". Eikernytt.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  6. "Signert proffkontrakt: - Veldig gøy". Fredrikstad (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  7. Simensen, Joakim (16 April 2025). "(+) Eirik (15) ble FFK-historisk". Fredriksstad Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  8. "Tittelforsvaret fortsetter: Videre i NM etter 4-0-seier". Fredrikstad (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  9. Hopen, Andreas; Tetlie, Lisa Amdam (22 June 2025). "Fredrikstads historiske 15-åring hylles: – Helt fantastisk". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 July 2025.