Ørjan Nyland

Ørjan Nyland
Nyland playing for FC Ingolstadt in 2017
Personal information
Full name Ørjan Håskjold Nyland[1]
Date of birth (1990-09-10) 10 September 1990 (age 34)[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 27 (0)
International career‡
2008 Norway U18 2 (0)
2011–2013 Norway U21 8 (0)
2013– Norway 58 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Norway
European Under-21 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Israel U-21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2024

Ørjan Håskjold Nyland (born 10 September 1990) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Sevilla and the Norway national team.

Nyland previously played for Hødd, and was named the man of the match in the 2012 Norwegian 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.

Club career

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Nyland was born in Volda[3] and competed in handball, alpine skiing and football when he was young.[4] As a footballer, Nyland played for Mork IL and Volda TI before he joined Hødd in 2007.[5] Nyland did not play in his first year at the club due to the competition from Kim Deinoff and Vebjørn Skeide. Deinoff left Hødd after the 2007-season and for the next two seasons, Nyland was the second choice behind Skeide before becoming the first choice during the 2010 season.[6]

Nyland has been regarded as one of the most talented goalkeepers in Norway, and trained with Rosenborg on two occasions in 2007,[7] the English club Everton in December 2008[8] and Molde in November 2011.[9] In December 2011, Nyland was one of six young goalkeepers selected for Frode Grodås's project The national goalkeeper of tomorrow 2014 initiated by the Football Association of Norway, where the goal was to develop the next national team goalkeeper.[10]

Ahead of the 2012 season, Tromsø wanted to sign Nyland as a back-up for Marcus Sahlman, but could not afford to pay what Hødd demanded for the goalkeeper, who had one year left of his contract.[11] Nyland stayed at Hødd and was one of Hødd's best players during the 2012 season,[12] winning the Statoil Talent Prize in October, an award given to outstanding young Norwegian footballers each month.[5]

In the 2012 Norwegian Football Cup final, Nyland delivered several match-winning saves and was named man of the match. Nyland also saved Remi Johansen's penalty when Hødd won 4–2 in the penalty shootout against Tromsø and won their first Norwegian Football Cup title.[13]

After the season, Nyland became a free agent. Two Tippeligaen sides, Start and Sogndal, wanted to sign Nyland, and publicly promised Nyland the spot as their first-choice goalkeeper if he signed for them. Lars Ivar Moldskred, who has acted as an advisor for Nyland, advised him to sign for Start,[14] but he instead signed for defending Tippeligaen champions Molde where he competed with Espen Bugge Pettersen and Ole Söderberg.[15]

Molde

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Nyland made his first-team debut for Molde in the 5–0 victory against Elnesvågen og Omegn in the first round of the 2013 Norwegian Football Cup.[16] Nyland also played the second round tie against Byåsen before he made his Tippeligaen debut in a 1–1 draw against Start on 6 May 2013. With Bugge Pettersen out injured, Nyland soon became the club's first choice goalkeeper[17] and played every match in Tippeligaen until the 17th round when manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær rested him.[18] He signed a new contract with Molde in September 2013, binding him to the club to the summer of 2018.[19] Nyland missed a couple of matches in October due to an injury,[20] but was back when Molde met Rosenborg on 26 October 2013.[21] He played a total of 20 matches in Tippeligaen during the 2013 season,[3] where Molde finished 6th.

FC Ingolstadt 04

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On 1 July 2015, Nyland signed a four-year contract with newly promoted Bundesliga side FC Ingolstadt 04 for an undisclosed fee.[22] Nyland made his Bundesliga debut in a 0–4 home defeat against Borussia Dortmund on 23 August 2015.

Aston Villa

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On 7 August 2018, Steve Bruce's Aston Villa revealed that they had signed Nyland on a three-year contract.[23]

On 18 June 2020, Nyland was involved in a controversy after he appeared to carry the ball across the goal line after saving a free kick from Oliver Norwood and colliding with one of his own defenders. Because of interference with the Hawk-Eye goal line technology, play was allowed to continue and Sheffield United were denied a goal.[24]

In the summer of 2020, Aston Villa signed Emiliano Martínez from Arsenal. Nyland fell from the first team and was linked with a move to another team.[25] He made one appearance in the 2020–21 season before departing Villa by agreeing a mutual termination of his contract on 5 October 2020.[26]

Norwich City

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On 1 February 2021, Nyland signed for Norwich City for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[27] On 26 June 2021, he announced his departure from Norwich City.[28]

Bournemouth

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Nyland signed with Championship club Bournemouth on a free transfer on 17 August 2021.[29] A week later, he made his debut for the club in the second round of the EFL Cup against former club Norwich City, conceding six goals in the process as the Cherries fell to a 0–6 defeat.[30] On 31st January 2022, Bournemouth and Nyland agreed to terminate his contract but he remained at the Cherries to train to assist with his injury recovery.

Reading

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On 10 March 2022, Nyland signed for Reading on a short-term contract until the end of the 2021–22 season.[31] On 20 May 2022, Reading confirmed that Nyland would leave the club upon the expiration of his contract.[32]

RB Leipzig

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On 9 October 2022, Nyland joined RB Leipzig until June 2023, as a replacement for injured Péter Gulácsi and Janis Blaswich.[33] In his last match, on May 27th, Nyland assisted Christopher Nkunku in the last minute of added time, enabling the latter to win the 2022-23 Golden Boot.

Sevilla FC

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On 20 August 2023, Nyland joined Sevilla on a free transfer. He made his debut on September 23, against Osasuna, keeping a clean sheet.[34]

International career

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Nyland represented Norway from under-16 to under-18 level, but was not selected for youth international teams for two years because he did not play regularly at Hødd. After he became first-choice goalkeeper at Hødd, he was called up for the under-21 team in June 2011 and made his debut for the team in the 1–4 loss against Sweden U21.[35]

Nyland became a regular in Per Joar Hansen's U21-squad in 2012,[36] where he was the second-choice goalkeeper behind Arild Østbø. Nyland played the last play-off match against France U21 when Østbø was unavailable due to an injury.[37] Nyland received praise for his performance in that match, which was his third appearance for the under-21 team, when they qualified for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship after beating France U21 5–3.[5]

As one of three goalkeepers, Nyland was included in the Norwegian squad for the under-21 championship, along with Arild Østbø and Gudmund Taksdal Kongshavn. Ahead of the championship, the head coach Tor Ole Skullerud hadn't decided whether he was using Østbø, who was the preferred choice in the qualification, or any of the two other goalkeepers who had both impressed for their teams in the start of the 2013 Tippeligaen season.[38] Nyland was chosen to play the opening match against the hosts Israel U-21,[39] and played three out of four matches in the championship,[40] with Østbø playing the last group-stage match against Italy U-21.[41] The Norwegian team was defeated by eventual winners Spain U-21 in the semi-final, and won a bronze-medal.[40] Nyland was praised for his performances in the championship, especially in the match against Spain, and he was included in The Guardian's "team of the tournament", at the expense of David de Gea.[42] Nyland was also included in UEFA's "all-star squad" together with his compatriot Stefan Strandberg.[43]

Nyland was first called up for the Norway national team squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Cyprus and Switzerland in September 2013.[44] He made his debut for the national team in the friendly match against Scotland on 20 November 2013, on Molde's home ground Aker Stadion.[45]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 1 September 2024[46][47]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hødd 2011 1. divisjon 28 0 3 0 — — — 31 0
2012 1. divisjon 28 0 7 0 — — — 35 0
Total 56 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0
Molde 2013 Tippeligaen 20 0 6 0 — 6 0 — 32 0
2014 Tippeligaen 28 0 5 0 — 4 0 — 37 0
2015 Tippeligaen 13 0 2 0 — — — 15 0
Total 61 0 13 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 84 0
FC Ingolstadt 2015–16 Bundesliga 6 0 1 0 — — — 7 0
2016–17 Bundesliga 12 0 1 0 — — — 13 0
2017–18 2. Bundesliga 30 0 3 0 — — — 33 0
Total 48 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0
Aston Villa 2018–19 Championship 23 0 0 0 — — — 23 0
2019–20 Premier League 7 0 1 0 3 0 — — 11 0
2020–21 Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
Total 30 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
Norwich City 2020–21 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Bournemouth 2021–22 Championship 1 0 1 0 1 0 — — 3 0
Reading 2021–22 Championship 10 0 0 0 0 0 — — 10 0
RB Leipzig 2022–23 Bundesliga 2 0 1 0 — 0 0 — 3 0
Sevilla 2023–24 La Liga 24 0 2 0 — 2[b] 0 — 28 0
2024–25 La Liga 3 0 0 0 — — — 3 0
Total 27 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 31 0
Career total 215 0 32 0 5 0 10 0 0 0 261 0
  1. ^ Includes Norwegian Cup, DFB-Pokal, FA Cup, Copa del Rey
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International

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As of match played 13 October 2024[48]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 2013 1 0
2014 9 0
2015 9 0
2016 4 0
2017 2 0
2018 2 0
2019 1 0
2020 0 0
2021 5 0
2022 9 0
2023 8 0
2024 8 0
Total 58 0

Honours

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Hødd

Molde

Aston Villa

RB Leipzig

Norway U21

Individual

References

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