Ørjan Nyland
Norwegian footballer (born 1990) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ørjan Håskjold Nyland (born 10 September 1990) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Sevilla and the Norway national team.
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Full name | Ørjan Håskjold Nyland[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1990-09-10) 10 September 1990 (age 33)[2] | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Volda, Norway | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Sevilla | |||||||||||||
Number | 13 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
0000 | Mork IL | |||||||||||||
0000–2011 | Volda TI | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2007–2012 | Hødd | 59 | (0) | |||||||||||
2013–2015 | Molde | 61 | (0) | |||||||||||
2015–2018 | FC Ingolstadt | 48 | (0) | |||||||||||
2016 | FC Ingolstadt II | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
2018–2020 | Aston Villa | 30 | (0) | |||||||||||
2021 | Norwich City | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
2021–2022 | AFC Bournemouth | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
2022 | Reading | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||
2022–2023 | RB Leipzig | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
2023– | Sevilla | 19 | (0) | |||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2008 | Norway U18 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
2011–2013 | Norway U21 | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||
2013– | Norway | 52 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 |
Nyland previously played for Hødd and was the man of the match in the 2012 Norwegian Football Cup Final. He joined the defending Tippeligaen champions Molde ahead of the 2013 season. He signed for Aston Villa in August 2018, and stayed with the club until his contract was terminated in 2020. He then had short stints with Norwich City and Bournemouth, before joining Reading in March 2022. On 9 October 2022, he signed for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig on a nine-month contract deal until June 2023.
Nyland made his debut for Norway in 2013, and has previously represented Norway at youth level. He was the first-choice goalkeeper for the under-21 team at the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.