Kristian Eriksen

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Kristian Eriksen
Kristian Eriksen Ham-Kam 2015.jpg
Eriksen with Hamkam in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-07-18) 18 July 1995 (age 29)
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Molde
Number 20
Youth career
Vang
Hamkam
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 Hamkam 43 (1)
2016–2017 Brumunddal 41 (8)
2018–2020 Elverum 46 (7)
2020–2022 HamKam 61 (19)
2022– Molde 78 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2025

Kristian Eriksen (born 18 July 1995) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eliteserien club Molde.

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Career

He hails from Hamar. [2] Eriksen played youth football for Vang FL before playing for the U17 and U20 teams of Hamkam. He made his senior debut in the 2014 1. divisjon against Nest-Sotra, and played most of the games in 2014, but with fewer games and no league goals in 2015 he was deemed surplus to requirements. In 2016 he moved on to Brumunddal and in 2018 to Elverum. [3]

Elverum's 2020 3. divisjon was postponed and later cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway. Elverum was allowed to train, but without player contact. Eriksen's career having hit a dead end, he sent a text message to Hamkam, asking to train with the 1. divisjon team. "I have always been 100% and am more than willing to bleed for the childhood club", he wrote. [2] The director of sports Espen Olsen received "thousands" of inquiries from players wanting to play on the Norwegian second tier, and left most of them unanswered, but decided to give the chance to this one former Hamkam player. [4] While not impressing from his first training session, Eriksen underwent a rigorous individual training programme. [2] Eriksen was eventually signed in September 2020, his contract only spanning the remainder of 2020. [5] [6] The season being postponed, Eriksen signed in time to play 15 league games. [3]

His contract was renewed for 2021, and in the summer he had become the club's top goalscorer from midfield position, as Hamkam led the table. [4] In October he reached double digits. [3] Hamkam eventually won promotion.

His contract offer in 2021 entailed being fully professional. However, he chose to stay on a part-time basis in his former job as a children- and youth worker in Vestenga kindergarten. Eriksen dedicates goals to his deceased grandmother and father. His father died in a car accident when Kristian Eriksen was 18 years old. His great uncle Knut "Kula" Eriksen played for HamKam from 1958 to 1969, and is the club's all-time top goalscorer. [2] [7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 May 2025 [8] [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
HamKam 2014 1. divisjon 26130—291
2015 2. divisjon 17020—190
Total43150—481
Brumunddal 2016 2. divisjon19510—205
2017 22321—244
Total41831—449
Elverum 2018 2. divisjon24220—262
2019 22520—245
Total46740—507
HamKam 2020 1. divisjon152——152
2021 301330—3313
2022 Eliteserien 16421—185
Total611951—6620
Molde 2022 Eliteserien1320010 [a] 1233
2023 2949311 [b] 54912
2024 28146215 [a] 24918
2025 832041144
Total782317540913538
Career total2695834740934374
  1. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  2. ↑ Six appearances and one goal in the UEFA Champions League and five appearances and four goals in the UEFA Europa League

Honours

HamKam

Molde

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Kristian Eriksen at Soccerway
  2. 1 2 3 4 Eide, Stein S. (9 November 2021). "– Tror faren min hadde vært stolt" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 Kristian Eriksen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. 1 2 Miøen, Joakim (11 July 2021). "Ba om prøvespill på Facebook – så tok han klubben med storm" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  5. ↑ Nygaard, Jacob Sundblom (23 September 2020). "Klar for HamKam". Hamar Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Kristoffersen, Erlend Borren (26 September 2020). "Fem år etter han dro er han tilbake i HamKam: – Jeg vurderte aldri å gi opp". Hamar Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  7. ↑ Røhne, Mattis (11 May 2021). "- Å jobbe knallhardt har vært min vei inn" (in Norwegian). Hamkam. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  8. ↑ Kristian Eriksen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  9. 1 2 3 4 Kristian Eriksen at Soccerway
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