Kristian Eriksen

Last updated

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 70 (20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2024

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

Contents

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 7 December 2024 [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 28146213 [a] 24718
Total702015534811933
Career total2615532734832770
  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

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hamarkameratene</span> Norwegian football club

Hamarkameratene, often abbreviated to HamKam or Ham-Kam, is a Norwegian professional football club based in the town of Hamar. The club was founded in 1918, originally under the name Freidig.

The 1974 1. divisjon was the 30th completed season of Norway's first-tier football league and was contested by 12 teams. The season was won by Viking, one point ahead of the newly promoted team Molde. This was Viking third consecutive league championship, and the fourth total. HamKam, Sarpsborg and Raufoss was relegated to the 1975 2. divisjon.

The 2011 Tippeligaen was the 67th completed season of top division football in Norway. The competition began on 20 March 2011 and ended on 27 November 2011. Rosenborg were the defending champions, having secured their twenty-second League Championship on 24 October 2010. Sogndal, Sarpsborg 08 and Fredrikstad entered as the three promoted teams from the 2010 1. divisjon. They replaced Hønefoss, Kongsvinger and Sandefjord who were relegated to the 2011 1. divisjon.

The 2016 2. divisjon was a Norwegian football third-tier league season. The league consisted of 56 teams divided into 4 groups of 14 teams.

Iver Sletten is a retired Norwegian football striker.

Mathias Enger Eriksen is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Moss.

The 2018 1. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fredrik Sjølstad</span> Norwegian football player (born 1994)

Fredrik Vangstad Sjølstad is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eliteserien club HamKam.

Tom Fodstad is a retired Norwegian football striker. He played first-tier football for HamKam and Lyn and was capped for Norway youth and under-21 sides.

Hallgeir Finbråten is a retired Norwegian football defender. He played two seasons in the highest Norwegian league for Hamkam, followed by three seasons on the second tier before he had three Eliteserien seasons in Lyn.

Stein Arne Ingelstad is a retired Norwegian football striker. He played in Eliteserien from 1992 through 1997 for three different clubs. Spending most of his career in HamKam, he also served in the same club as a coach, board member and administrator.

The 2022 Eliteserien was the 78th season of top-tier football in Norway. This was the sixth season of Eliteserien after rebranding from Tippeligaen. Molde were crowned the champions at the end of the season, winning their 5th Norwegian league title.

The 2023 Eliteserien was the 79th season of top-tier football in Norway. This was the seventh season of Eliteserien after rebranding from Tippeligaen. Bodø/Glimt were crowned the champions at the end of the season, winning their 3rd Norwegian league title.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Niklas Ødegård</span> Norwegian footballer (born 2004)

Niklas Ødegård is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Molde.

The 2023 season was Hamarkameratene's 124th season in existence and the club's first season return in the top flight of Norwegian football. In addition to the domestic league, Hamarkameratene participated in this season's edition of the Norwegian Football Cup.

The 2024 season is Hamarkameratene's 126th season in existence and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Norwegian football. In addition to the domestic league, Hamarkameratene participating in this season's edition of the Norwegian Football Cup.

Leif Nordli is a retired Norwegian football defender. He became league champion with Rosenborg BK in 1990, but spent most of his career in Hamkam. After retiring he worked as a schoolteacher and manager in Hedmark.

Lars Larsson Jendal is a Norwegian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Sogndal.

Gard Simenstad is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a wing back or midfielder for Hamkam.

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
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.