Pål Alexander Kirkevold

Pål Alexander Kirkevold (born 10 November 1990) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for HamKam.[1] He has gained one cap for the Norway national team.

Pål Alexander Kirkevold
Kirkevold with Mjøndalen in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-11-10) 10 November 1990
Place of birth Re, Norway
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 HamKam
Number 16
Youth career
2002–2005 Ramnes
2005–2007 Ivrig
2007–2010 Molde
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 HamKam 28 (8)
2012–2013 Mjøndalen 54 (23)
2014–2015 Sandefjord 50 (27)
2015–2021 Hobro 129 (47)
2016 → Sarpsborg 08 (loan) 28 (6)
2021 Stabæk 14 (1)
2022– HamKam 46 (10)
International career
2017 Norway 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 September 2023

Club career

Hailing from Ramnes, he started his youth career in Ramnes IF and also played senior football for IL Ivrig at age 15 before joining Molde FK's junior setup.[2][3]

He came to HamKam from Molde in 2010. He made his debut for the first team in a 4–1 victory against Raufoss in August 2010.[4]

On 2 December 2011, Kirkevold signed a contract with Mjøndalen.[5] Prior to the 2014 season, he returned to his home region of Vestfold to join Sandefjord.[6] Kirkevold was both top goalscorer with 19 goals and named Player of the Year in the 1. divisjon in 2014, beating the club record of Tom Helge Jacobsen, who had 17 goals in 2001.[7]

Kirkevold played 57 matches and scored 31 goals for Sandefjord, before signing a contract with Hobro IK in the Danish Superliga on 2 August 2015.[8] At the end of March 2016, Kirkevold was loaned out from Hobro to Sarpsborg 08 for the 2016 season.[9] After Hobro relegated, he returned to the club halfway through the season, and was part of the team as they won promotion back to the Superliga. Kirkevold scored the decisive goal when Hobro won 1–0 over Vendsyssel FF the secure their return to the highest level.[10]

In the 2017–18 season, Kirkevold set a new record in the Superliga when he scored in 11 games successive games.[11] The former record was eight games, set by Ebbe Sand and Peter Møller, respectively.[12] He became the league topscorer that season with 22 goals to his name.[13] During his time in Hobro, Kirkevold was nicknamed Mål-Pål (Goal-Pål) for his remarkable goalscoring abilities.[14]

On 26 July 2021 Hobro confirmed, that Kirkevold had returned to Norway and would join a unnamed Norwegian club,[15] rumored to be Stabæk.

International career

On 31 October 2017, Kirkevold gained his first call-up from coach Lars Lagerbäck for Norway for the matches against Macedonia and Slovakia.[16]

On 11 November 2017, he made his international debut for Norway against Macedonia, coming on as a substitute for Alexander Sørloth.[17]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 19 June 2022[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
HamKam 2011 1. divisjon 27820–298
Mjøndalen 2012 1. divisjon 29933–3212
2013 251433–2817
Total 542366006029
Sandefjord 2014 1. divisjon 291921–3120
2015 Eliteserien 21853–2611
Total 502774005731
Sarpsborg 08 (loan) 2016 Eliteserien 28652–338
Hobro 2015–16 Danish Superliga 15200–152
2016–17 Danish 1st Division 14900–149
2017–18 Danish Superliga 322210–3322
2018–19 23711–248
2019–20 33600–336
2020–21 Danish 1st Division 11100–111
Total 12847210013048
Stabæk 2021 Eliteserien 14120–161
Career total 298112241300322125

Honours

Sandefjord

Hobro

Individual

References
  1. "P. Kirkevold". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. Syrstad, Sven-Erik (1 November 2017). "Pål (26) fra Ramnes på landslaget". Tønsbergs Blad (in Norwegian). pp. 14–15.
  3. Ormestad, Stian (15 October 2017). "Denne reingen regjerer som målkonge i Danmark". ReAvisa (in Norwegian Bokmål).
  4. Pål Alexander Kirkevold at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  5. Johannessen, Stian Øvrebø (2 December 2011). "HamKam-spiss til Mjøndalen". Drammens Tidende (in Norwegian).
  6. Lian, Truls (1 April 2015). "Den lange veien til toppen". Tønsbergs Blad (in Norwegian).
  7. Øie, Sigurd (18 September 2014). "Mål-Pål jakter tre titler". Sandefjords Blad (in Norwegian).
  8. Christensen, Ole Kirchert (3 September 2015). "Norsk målsluger til Hobro IK". Hobro IK (in Danish). Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
  9. Karlsen, Pål Andre (31 March 2016). "Toppspiss klar for Sarpsborg 08". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian).
  10. Pedersen, Allan (27 May 2017). "Hobro er tilbage i Superligaen". ekstrabladet.dk (in Danish).
  11. Martinsen, Daniel (29 October 2017). "Mål-Pål scorede for 11. kamp i træk: Hobro vil lade topscoreren gå gratis". B.T. (in Danish).
  12. Gronemann, Steffen (15 October 2017). "Se den flotte og historiske scoring: Mål-Pål smadrer vild Superliga-rekord". B.T. (in Danish).
  13. Karlsen, Nanna Møller (23 May 2018). "Kirkevold: Topscorer-titel betyder meget". bold.dk (in Danish).
  14. Mueller, Hanne Skjellum (29 October 2017). "Rekord-Kirkevold hylles etter ny scoring i Danmark". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål).
  15. PÅL KIRKEVOLD VENDER HJEM TIL NORGE, hobroik.dk, 26 July 2021
  16. Madsen, Christer (31 October 2017). "Her er troppen til kampene mot Makedonia og Slovakia". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian).
  17. "Makedonia - Norge - 11.11.2017 18.30". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  18. "Pål Alexander Kirkevold". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  19. Særsland, Andreas Emblem (2 November 2014). "Se opp for denne spissen i Tippeligaen 2015". Nettavisen (in Norwegian).
  20. "Norsk målsluger til Hobro IK". fjordavisen.nu (in Danish). 3 September 2014.
  21. "Topscorerliste" [Top scorers list]. Danish Football Association (in Danish). Retrieved 29 July 2017.
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