Håkon Lorentzen

Håkon Lorentzen
Personal information
Full name Håkon Holmefjord Lorentzen
Date of birth (1997-08-02) 2 August 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Start
Number 20
Youth career
Løv-Ham
Brann
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Brann 10 (3)
2015 → Åsane (loan) 14 (2)
2016–2018 Sandefjord 11 (1)
2018 → Åsane (loan) 28 (5)
2019–2022 Åsane 93 (37)
2022–2024 Helmond Sport 49 (6)
2024– Start 14 (1)
International career
2012 Norway U15 7 (5)
2013 Norway U16 10 (5)
2014 Norway U17 10 (7)
2015 Norway U18 4 (3)
2016 Norway U19 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 November 2024

Håkon Holmefjord Lorentzen (born 2 August 1997) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Norwegian First Division club Start.

Speed skater Håvard Lorentzen is an older brother of Håkon.

Career

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Lorentzen was born in Bergen,[1] and is the younger brother of the 2012 World Junior Speed Skating Championships winner Håvard Lorentzen. They also have an older brother, and the three brothers grew up competing in speed skating and football during their youth.[2] Håkon Lorentzen played football for Løv-Ham and was at an early age a talented footballer and was selected for the club's youth academy.[3]

Lorentzen transferred to Brann ahead of the 2012 season, and was allowed to play senior football for the club's third team in the 4. divisjon despite his young age. In 2013, Lorentzen played for Brann's reserve team in the 2. divisjon in 2013, where he scored his first goal in the 1–0 win against Fyllingsdalen. He was then rewarded a spot in the senior squad for the first team's match against Start on 9 May 2013.[4] He became the youngest-ever Brann-player, aged 15 years and 280 days when he replaced Erik Huseklepp in the match against IK Start. Lorentzen made his debut in Tippeligaen the same day as the Molde player Sander Svendsen, who is four days younger than Lorentzen. Neither of the two are however the youngest-ever player in Tippeligaen, as Zymer Bytyqi made his debut for Sandnes Ulf at the age of 15 years and 261 days in the 2013 season.[5][6]

He signed his first professional contract with Brann in July 2013. He signed a three-year contract and became the youngest-ever player to sign a professional contract with the club.[7] In the decisive match of the 2013 season, Lorentzen made another appearance as a substitute when Tromsø was beaten 4–1. He scored Brann's last goal, and became the youngest-ever goalscorer in Tippeligaen, aged 16 years and 100 days.[8] That record was previously held by Ohi Omoijuanfo, who was 16 years and 300 days when he scored for Lillestrøm against Strømsgodset in the 2010 season, and was broken by Martin Ødegaard in the 2014 season.[8]

Lorentzen signed a 5-month loan-deal with Åsane. He returned to Sandefjord at the end of 2018.[9] His contract with Sandefjord expired at the end of the season, and after trials with Nest-Sotra and Åsane Fotball, he signed a two-year deal with Åsane.[10]

On 10 August 2022, Lorentzen signed a two-year contract with second-tier Eerste Divisie Dutch club Helmond Sport.[11] Following the 2023–24 season, it was announced that Lorentzen would leave the club at the end of his contract.[12]

Lorentzen returned to Norway to sign a one-and-a-half-year contract with Norwegian First Division club Start on 8 July 2024.[13]

Career statistics

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As of match played 10 May 2024[14]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brann 2013 Tippeligaen 2 1 0 0 – 2 1
2014 8 2 3 1 – 11 3
Total 10 3 3 1 – 13 4
Åsane (loan) 2015 OBOS-ligaen 14 2 2 1 – 16 3
Total 14 2 2 1 – 16 3
Sandefjord 2016 OBOS-ligaen 4 0 0 0 – 4 0
2017 Eliteserien 7 1 2 1 – 9 2
Total 11 1 2 1 – 13 2
Åsane (loan) 2018 OBOS-ligaen 28 5 1 1 – 29 6
Åsane 2019 PostNord-ligaen 26 14 2 0 – 28 14
2020 OBOS-ligaen 27 11 0 0 – 27 11
2021 28 10 3 2 – 31 12
2022 12 2 0 0 – 12 2
Total 121 42 6 3 – 127 45
Helmond Sport 2022–23 Eerste Divisie 22 3 1 1 – 23 4
2023–24 27 3 1 0 – 28 3
Total 49 6 2 1 – 51 7
Career total 205 54 15 7 – 220 61


References

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  1. ^ "Håkon Lorentzen". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV2. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  2. ^ Bøyum, Mads (10 May 2013). "Håkon (15) takker brødrene for vinnerviljen". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  3. ^ Vik, Øystein (4 December 2008). "Talenter fristet av akademi". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Spillerprofil: Håkon Lorentzen". SK Brann (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  5. ^ Bøyum, Mads (9 May 2013). "Håkon (15) om Brann-debuten: – Uvirkelig!". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  6. ^ Steen, Arvid; Simonsen, Sten; Hugsted, Christian M. (9 May 2013). "Sander (15) og Håkon (15) debuterte i Tippeligaen". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  7. ^ Bøyum, Mads; Wikan, Magnus (24 July 2013). "15-åring signerte proffkontrakt med Brann". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Håkon (16) ble tidenes yngste målscorer i Tippeligaen: – En guttedrøm". TV 2 (in Norwegian). 10 November 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  9. ^ Overganger i OBOS-ligaen vinter 2019, sportshjornet.com, 13 December 2018
  10. ^ "(+) Talentet kan være ferdig i Brann". April 2019.
  11. ^ "Noor Håkon Lorentzen naar Helmond Sport!" (in Dutch). Helmond Sport. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  12. ^ Sport, Helmond (24 May 2024). "Helmond Sport neemt afscheid van twaalf spelers". Helmond Sport (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Angrepsspiller klar for IK Start". Start (in Norwegian Bokmål). 8 July 2024. Archived from the original on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Håkon Holmefjord Lorentzen at NFF". Fotball.no. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
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