Kristoffer Klaesson
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– | 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 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.
Club career
Vålerenga
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.
Leeds United
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 2–3 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.
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | National Cup | 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 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||||
2021 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 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 | 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 |
Honours
Norway U17
- Syrenka Cup: 2016[9]
References
- ^ "Kristoffer-August Sundquist Klaesson" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Kristoffer Klaesson: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Kristoffer-August Klaesson". altomfotball.no. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ^ "Vår unge keeper Kristoffer Klaesson har signert proffkontrakt med Vålerenga". Facebook.com. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Leeds United transfer news: Kristoffer Klaesson signed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- ^ Anderson, David (23 July 2021). "Leeds United transfer round-up: Loan bid made for Chelsea midfielder, fee agreed for goalkeeper". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Kristoffer Klaesson at NFF". Fotball.no. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ Kristoffer Klaesson at Soccerway
- ^ "G16: Historisk finaleseier". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Association. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Oslo
- Norwegian men's footballers
- Norway men's youth international footballers
- Norway men's under-21 international footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Vålerenga Fotball players
- Leeds United F.C. players
- Norwegian Second Division players
- Premier League players
- Eliteserien players
- Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Norwegian people of Swedish descent
- Norwegian football biography stubs