Lars Jendal

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Lars Jendal
Personal information
Full name Lars Larsson Jendal
Date of birth (1999-04-24) 24 April 1999 (age 25)
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Sogndal
Number 1
Youth career
Hamkam
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2023 Hamkam 40 (0)
2018 → Nybergsund 25 (0)
2019 → Asker (loan) 13 (0)
2021 → Arendal (loan) 28 (0)
2024– Sogndal 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 July 2024

Lars Larsson Jendal (born 24 April 1999) is a Norwegian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Sogndal.

A youth goalkeeper in Hamkam, he trained with the senior team for the first time in 2015. [2] He made his Hamkam debut in the 2015 2. divisjon against Rødde, and his cup debut in 2017 against Nybergsund, where Hamkam lost via penalty shootout. He was loaned out to Nybergsund in 2018, then Asker in 2019, playing for these clubs in the cup and the 2. divisjon. [3]

Jendal fully committed to football after finishing upper secondary school, and in 2020 he finally became the first-choice goalkeeper of Hamkam. Starting in the fall of 2020, Hamkam prioritized to loan or acquire a series of other goalkeepers, leaving Jendal on the bench again. [2] In the entire 2021 season, Jendal was loaned out to his third Second Division club, this time Arendal. Meanwhile, Hamkam won promotion to the 2022 Eliteserien.

Jendal worked at a steady pace and was allowed to make his Eliteserien debut in October 2022, [2] remaining the first-choice goalkeeper throughout 2022. He managed one clean sheet. That meant he also signed a new contract until the end of 2024, entailing better economic conditions. [4] [5]

In 2023, Hamkam signed yet another goalkeeper Marcus Sandberg, with Jendal making his first appearance that season after Sandberg was sent off. Sandberg returned, but sustained an injury which led Jendal to play most of the games in the summer. [6]

Ahead of the 2024 season he decided to leave Hamkam, and signed for second-tier club Sogndal. [7] According to Sogn Avis , the first half of the 2024 1. divisjon entailed both "high peaks" and "somewhat tougher experiences" for Jendal. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Lars Jendal at Soccerway
  2. 1 2 3 Nygaard, Jacob Sundblom (27 October 2022). "Lars (23) valgte bort utdanning for å nå målet: – Tiden får vise om det har vært smart". Hamar Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  3. ↑ Lars Jendal at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. ↑ Nygaard, Jacob Sundblom (16 November 2022). "Har fått tilbud om bedre kontrakt: – Det skulle ikke så jævla mye til". Hamar Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  5. ↑ Nygaard, Jacob Sundblom (10 December 2022). "Snudde det «fryktelige» til noe positivt. Nå har han tatt en avgjørelse om framtiden: – Ville finne ut hva som var det beste for meg". Hamar Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  6. ↑ Nygaard, Jacob Sundblom (14 July 2023). "Mener han ikke lenger har en klar førstekeeper. Slik vurderer han duoens prestasjoner". Hamar Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  7. ↑ Romøren, Endre (17 January 2024). "Denne 24-åringen får eit stort ansvar på sin nye heimstad: – Ein glimrande sjanse". Sogn Avis (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  8. ↑ Romøren, Endre (16 June 2024). "Tok ein prat med keeperen – det betalte seg verkeleg". Sogn Avis (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
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