Rasmus Holten

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Rasmus Holten
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-02-20) 20 February 2005 (age 20)
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) [1]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Sogndal
Number 4
Youth career
Fana
2021–2022 Brann
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Brann 14 (0)
2023–2024 → Mjøndalen (loan) 28 (2)
2025– → Sogndal (loan) 4 (0)
International career‡
2023 Norway U18 11 [2] (0)
2023–2024 Norway U19 12 (1)
2025– Norway U20 5 (2)
2024– Norway U21 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 September 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 September 2025

Rasmus Holten (born 20 February 2005) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Sogndal, on loan from Brann.

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Club career

Born in Bergen, Holten is a youth product of Fana IL and SK Brann. [3] [4]

On 26 February 2022, he signed his first professional contract with Brann, before starting his professional career with the Eliteserien. [5]

Holten made his professional debut with Brann in a 7–0 cup win over FBK Voss on 18 May 2022. [6] [7] [8]

After these early steps in the first team, [3] he then went on loan at Mjøndalen IF in the Norwegian First Division for most of the 2023 [9] [10] and 2024 seasons. [4] [11]

Back with Brann, he went on to feature more often with the team as they finished second in the league, [12] [13] then playing the Champions league qualifying in the summer 2025. [14]

International career

He is a youth international for Norway, having played from the under-18 to the under-21. [15]

He captained the Norway national under-20 football team in the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where Norway reached the knockout stages for the first time in history. Holten scored the only goal in the first match against Nigeria. After the game, FIFA officially named him the Player of the match. [16] He also scored in the quarter finals against France. [17]

References

  1. ↑ Rasmus Holten, SK Brann
  2. ↑ Rasmus Holten at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  3. 1 2 "Rasmus (17) er klar for Branns A-stall". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian Bokmål). 4 October 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Brann-talentet var treigest av alle. Så tok han grep". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian Bokmål). 10 July 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Rasmus Holten har skrevet proffkontrakt". Brann (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  6. ↑ Kolstad, Jan Gunnar (18 May 2022). "(+) Finne-show på Voss". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "Fem unggutter fikk A-lagsdebuten. Dette er de neste store Brann-talentene". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian Bokmål). 20 May 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Finne hat-trick og debutant-scoringer da Brann gikk videre i cupen". Brann (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "– Kan ikke lyve og si at det har vært en suksess". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian Bokmål). 3 January 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  10. ↑ "Har skrevet sin første A-lagskontrakt – lånes ut til OBOS-ligaen". Brann (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  11. ↑ "Hentes tilbake fra utlån". Brann (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  12. ↑ Brattvoll, Mathias Bror (14 July 2025). "(+) Nå får Rasmus (20) belønning for tålmodigheten". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "Stor kåring: Dette er de 50 beste fotballspillerne i Hordaland". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian Bokmål). 11 October 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  14. ↑ Clausen, Åsmund (23 July 2025). "Totalkollaps for Brann: – Merkelig tafatt". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  15. ↑ "U21 utlignet på overtid: - Drømmen om EM lever". Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  16. ↑ https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/u20worldcup/chile-2025/articles/player-of-the-match-all-winners
  17. ↑ https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/104/290025/290030/400020299
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