Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 September 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Haugesund, Norway | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Olympiacos | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2012 | Kopervik | ||
2013 | Vard | ||
2014 | Kopervik | ||
2015–2017 | Haugesund | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2021 | Haugesund | 101 | (21) |
2019 | → Nest-Sotra (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2022–2024 | Lech Poznań | 72 | (18) |
2024– | Olympiacos | 3 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Norway U19 | 2 | (1) |
2023 | Norway | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:51, 20 June 2023 (UTC) |
Kristoffer Velde (born 9 September 1999) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Super League Greece club Olympiacos and the Norway national team. [1]
Velde played youth football in Kopervik, spent the 2013 season in Vard's youth setup, returned to Kopervik before joining Haugesund in 2015. He made his senior debut in 2017.
In early January 2019 it was announced that Velde was loaned out to Nest-Sotra for the 2019 season. [2] The loan was terminated in early April 2019. [3]
He moved to Polish club Lech Poznań in January 2022. [4] In his first half-season with the team, he played a back-up role as Lech won the 2021–22 Ekstraklasa title. [5] Following the departure of Jakub Kamiński, Velde became a regular in the club's starting line-up. He played a key role in Lech's 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League run, recording seven goals and four assists throughout the campaign that saw the Polish club reach the quarter-finals. In total, Velde made 98 appearances, scored 29 goals and assisted 18 more across all competitions for Lech. [6]
On 29 July 2024, Velde was transferred to Super League Greece club Olympiacos for an undisclosed fee, reported to be €3.5 million, with an additional €1.5 million in bonuses. [7]
In 2017, he featured for the Norway under-19s. [8] Velde received his first international callup for the senior team in June 2023, and won his first cap as a substitute against Cyprus. [9]
Velde is half Argentinean. [10] He is nicknamed "Veldinho". [11] [12]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Haugesund | 2017 | Eliteserien | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
2018 | Eliteserien | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 14 | 4 | |||
2019 | Eliteserien | 26 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 [lower-alpha 2] | 2 | — | 38 | 8 | ||
2020 | Eliteserien | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 8 | |||
2021 | Eliteserien | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 7 | |||
Total | 101 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | — | 119 | 27 | |||
Lech Poznań | 2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 [lower-alpha 3] | 8 | 1 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 48 | 16 | |
2023–24 | Ekstraklasa | 33 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 [lower-alpha 5] | 2 | — | 39 | 13 | ||
2024–25 | Ekstraklasa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 72 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 29 | ||
Olympiacos | 2024–25 | Super League Greece | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | |
Career total | 176 | 40 | 18 | 5 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 210 | 57 |
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