Nikolai Hopland
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikolai Søyset Hopland[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 July 2004 | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Aalesund | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | Aalesund | ||
| 2016–2018 | Rollon | ||
| 2019–2021 | Aalesund | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Aalesund | 47 | (1) |
| 2021– | Aalesund 2 | 13 | (2) |
| 2022 | → Kristiansund (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Norway U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Norway U18 | 7 | (0) |
| 2022– | Norway U19 | 8 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 January 2023 | |||
Nikolai Søyset Hopland (born 24 July 2004) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Aalesund.
Club career
Hopland began his career with Aalesund, before representing a joint Aalesund and Rollon team in 2016.[2] He continued to play for Rollon for the next two years, also representing the club in children's futsal at the same time.[2]
He returned to Aalesund in 2019, and progressed through the academy to make his debut in the 2021 season.[2] The following season, following Aalesund's promotion to the Eliteserien, he was loaned to Kristiansund.[3] The loan was not successful, and he only made two appearances before returning to Aalesund.[2] He scored his first goal for Aalesund on 6 November 2022, the winning goal in a 2–1 Eliteserien victory over Lillestrøm.[4]
International career
Hopland has represented Norway at under-17, under-18 and under-19 level.[2]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aalesund | 2021 | OBOS-ligaen | 14 | 0 | 3[a] | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| 2022 | Eliteserien | 17 | 1 | 2[a] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 0[a] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 39 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2 | ||
| Aalesund 2 | 2021 | 3. divisjon | 5 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | 8 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | ||
| Kristiansund (loan) | 2022 | Eliteserien | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Career total | 54 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 4 | ||
- Notes
- ^ a b c Appearances in the Norwegian Cup
References
- ^ a b Nikolai Hopland at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c d e f Nikolai Hopland at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ "Kristiansund låner midtstopper fra AaFK" [Kristiansund borrows centre-backs from AaFK]. nettavisen.no (in Norwegian). 11 May 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ Gunnar Ansnes, Bjørn (6 November 2022). "Nikolai Søyset Hopland med sitt først Eliteseriemål" [Nikolai Søyset Hopland with his first Eliteserie goal]. todalen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ Nikolai Hopland at Soccerway