Hugo Vetlesen

Hugo Vetlesen

Vetlesen in 2025 with Club Brugge
Personal information
Full name	Hugo Vegard Vetlesen [1]
Date of birth	(2000-02-29) 29 February 2000 (age 25) [2]
Place of birth	Bærum, Norway
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [3]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Club Brugge
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2020	Stabæk	93	(5)
2020–2023	Bodø/Glimt	75	(25)
2023–	Club Brugge	69	(5)
International career‡
2016	Norway U-16	3	(0)
2017	Norway U-18	9	(1)
2018	Norway U-19	7	(1)
2019	Norway U-20	4	(0)
2018–2022	Norway U-21	9	(0)
2022–	Norway	6	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 October 2024

Hugo Vegard Vetlesen (born 29 February 2000) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Club Brugge and the Norway national team.

Career

On 5 October 2020, Vetlesen left Stabæk to sign for Bodø/Glimt until the end of 2023. ^{[4] [5]} On 7 April 2022, Vetlesen headed in the game-winning goal in a shock 2–1 victory over Serie A side Roma in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa Conference League. ^[6]

On 3 July 2023, Vetlesen signed for Club Brugge until 2027 in a deal worth a reported €7,750,000. ^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 September 2025 ^[8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stabæk	2017	Eliteserien	26	0	5	0	–		–		31	0
	2018		24	1	3	0	–		1 [b]	0	28	1
	2019		24	0	3	1	–		–		26	1
	2020		19	4	–		–		–		19	4
	Total		93	5	11	1	0	0	1	0	105	6
Bodø/Glimt	2020	Eliteserien	8	1	–		–		–		8	1
	2021		27	5	3	0	19 [c]	3	–		49	8
	2022		29	16	6	0	15 [d]	3	–		50	19
	2023		11	3	5	1	0	0	–		16	4
	Total		75	25	14	1	34	6	0	0	123	32
Club Brugge	2023–24	Belgian Pro League	37	3	3	2	16 [e]	2	–		56	7
	2024–25		29	2	4	0	7 [f]	0	1 [g]	0	41	2
	2025–26		3	0	0	0	3 [f]	0	1 [g]	0	7	0
	Total		69	5	7	2	26	2	2	0	104	9
Career total			239	35	32	4	60	8	3	0	334	47

1. Includes Norwegian Cup, Belgian Cup
2. Appearance in Eliteserien relegation play-offs
3. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seventeen appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa Conference League
4. Eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
5. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
6. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
7. Appearance in Belgian Super Cup

International

As of 11 October 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Norway	2022	1	0
	2023	2	1
	2024	3	0
Total		6	1

Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vetlesen goal.

List of international goals scored by Hugo Vetlesen

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 September 2023	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Jordan	6–0	6–0	Friendly

Honours

Bodø/Glimt

• Eliteserien: 2020, 2021, 2023

Club Brugge

• Belgian Pro League: 2023–24
• Belgian Cup: 2024–25

Individual

• Eliteserien Young Player of the Month: November 2021 ^[9]
• Eliteserien Player of the Year: 2022

References

1. "Hugo Vegard Vetlesen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
2. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Norway" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
3. "Hugo Vetlesen". Club Brugge KV. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
4. "VETLESEN DRAR NORDOVER". stabak.no (in Norwegian). Stabæk Fotball. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
5. "HUGO VETLESEN HAR SIGNERT FOR KLUBBEN" (in Norwegian). FK Bodø/Glimt. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
6. "European roundup: Torres salvages first leg draw for Barcelona in Frankfurt". The Guardian. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
7. "Hugo Vetlesen joins Club Brugge". 3 July 2023.
8. Hugo Vetlesen at Soccerway . Retrieved 4 July 2023.
9. Forseth, Magnus (12 December 2021). "Coop månedens unge spiller november: Hugo Vetlesen" (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. Retrieved 26 August 2025.

External links

• Hugo Vetlesen at the Club Brugge KV website