Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kristoffer-August Sundquist Klaesson [1] | ||
Date of birth | 27 November 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Leeds United | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2015 | Vålerenga | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2019 | Vålerenga 2 | 40 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Vålerenga | 55 | (0) |
2021– | Leeds United | 2 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015 | Norway U15 | 2 | (0) |
2016 | Norway U16 | 13 | (0) |
2017 | Norway U17 | 2 | (0) |
2018 | Norway U18 | 9 | (0) |
2019 | Norway U19 | 7 | (0) |
2019–2023 | Norway U21 | 17 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 November 2022 |
Kristoffer-August Sundquist Klaesson (born 27 November 2000) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Leeds United. [3]
Klaesson was Vålerenga's youth academy graduate and plays for Norway at youth level.
Klaesson signed his first professional contract in June 2016. [4] He made his Eliteserien debut for Vålerenga on 30 June 2019 against Haugesund, following injury to first choice goalkeeper Adam Larsen Kwarasey. The game ended with a 4–1 win for Vålerenga. Klaesson also started the following game, a 6–0 win against Bodø/Glimt.
On 31 July 2021, Klaesson signed a four-year deal with Leeds United, with the club paying an undisclosed fee reported as £1.6 million. [5] [6]
He made his Premier League debut on 18 March 2022 in a 3–2 victory away to Wolverhampton Wanderers, following an injury to first choice goalkeeper Illan Meslier. During his time on the pitch, he did not concede any goals.
Klaesson made his first start for the club on 1 January 2024 at home against Birmingham City. He played the full 90 minutes, keeping a clean sheet in the 3–0 win.
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vålerenga | 2019 | Eliteserien | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
2020 | Eliteserien | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | |||
2021 | Eliteserien | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
Total | 55 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 0 | ||
Leeds United | 2021–22 | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2022–23 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Career total | 57 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
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