Emil Bohinen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emil Bohinen | ||
| Date of birth | 12 March 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Norway | ||
| Position(s) | Centre Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Stabæk | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | Stabæk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Stabæk | 50 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015-2016 | Norway U16 | 9 | (0) |
| 2016 | Norway U17 | 8 | (0) |
| 2017 | Norway U18 | 11 | (0) |
| 2019– | Norway U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2018– | Norway U21 | 9 | (1) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 July 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2019 | |||
Emil Bohinen (born 12 March 1999) is a Norwegian football player who plays as midfielder for the Eliteserien club Stabæk and Norway U21's.[1]
He can play as a centre midfielder. He is the son of former Norway international midfielder Lars Bohinen.
Career
He joined Stabæk youth academy, and made his first team debut for the club in 2017. He made his debut for the first team in the Eliteserien on 17 April 2017 against Sarpsborg 08 FF in a 3-0 win.[2]
After scoring 4 goals and 8 assists in all competitions during the 2019 season, during November 2019, Bohinen was linked with a move to Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion.[3]
In December 2019, Stabæk entered talks with Premier League side Sheffield United and EFL Championship side Leeds United about the signing of Bohinen,[4][5] with Bohinen joining Sheffield United on trial.[6] When asked about being linked to Leeds, Bohinen on 21 January 2020 spoke to Eurosport Norway saying of Leeds' Head Coach Marcelo Bielsa 'He is a coaching legend, so of course it would have been an experience in itself to play for him'.[7]
International Career
Bohinen has represented Norway at several age groups and currently plays for Norway U21.[8]
Bohinen is highly rated as part of the same age group of the new generation of Norwegian footballers alongside the likes of Erling Haaland, Martin Ødegaard, Kristoffer Ajer and Sander Berge.[9]
Style of Play
Bohinen plays primarily as a centre midfielder, he has also occasionally played as a winger. He has been described as a skilful player with good technique and good vision. Eurosport also described that 'he also has the X-factor when it comes to his left foot'.[10]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 16 July 2020[11]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stabæk | 2017 | Eliteserien | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 31 | 4 | |||
| 2020 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | |||
| Total | 50 | 5 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 56 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 50 | 5 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 56 | 5 | ||
References
- ^ Emil Bohinen at Soccerway
- ^ https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=89125&season_id=150
- ^ "Brighton eyeing son of a gun Emil Bohinen". Tribal Football. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Chiefs travel to England – 'Meeting' with Leeds United – Potential Whites signing being cooked up". Sports Witness. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Leeds United and Sheffield United have held talks to sign Emil Bohinen". Sports Lens. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Stabæk leaders in England: - Talked to Leeds and Sheffield United". Budstikka. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Bohinen: - It was an experience to play under Bielsa". Eurosport Norway. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Brighton among clubs keen on Norway youth star Emil Bohinen". Sky Sports. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Odegaard leads emergence of Norwegian technicians who benefited from looking beyond England". The Athletic. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Move over Haaland: The other Norwegian U21 prospect garnering Europe-wide interest". Eurosport. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Emil Bohinen". altomfotball.no. tv2. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
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