Håkon Lorentzen

Håkon Holmefjord Lorentzen (born 2 August 1997) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays for Eerste Divisie club Helmond Sport.

Håkon Lorentzen
Personal information
Full name Håkon Holmefjord Lorentzen
Date of birth (1997-08-02) 2 August 1997
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Helmond Sport
Number 8
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– Helmond Sport 22 (3)
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 21 June 2023

Speed skater Håvard Lorentzen is an older brother of Håkon.

Career

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]

Career statistics
As of 22 February 2022[12]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brann 2013 Tippeligaen 2100–21
2014 8231–113
Total 10331–134
Åsane (loan) 2015 OBOS-ligaen 14221–163
Total 14221–163
Sandefjord 2016 OBOS-ligaen 4000–40
2017 Eliteserien 7121–92
Total 11121–132
Åsane (loan) 2018 OBOS-ligaen 28511–296
Åsane 2019 PostNord-ligaen 261420–2814
2020 OBOS-ligaen 271100–2711
2021 281032–3112
2022 12200–122
Total 1214263–12745
Helmond Sport 2022–23 Eerste Divisie 2000–20
Total 2000–20
Career total 15848136–17154


References
  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. "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. "Håkon Holmefjord Lorentzen at NFF". Fotball.no. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
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