Aleksander Hammer Kjelsen

Aleksander Hammer Kjelsen (born 3 January 2006) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as defender for the Norwegian club Vålerenga.

Aleksander Hammer Kjelsen
Personal information
Full name Aleksander Hammer Kjelsen[1]
Date of birth (2006-01-03) 3 January 2006[2]
Place of birth Bærum, Norway
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender[2]
Team information
Current team
 Vålerenga
Number 3
Youth career
0000–2020 Bærums Verk Hauger
2021 Vålerenga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Vålerenga 10 (0)
2021– Vålerenga 2 56 (2)
International career‡
2021 Norway U15 7 (1)
2022 Norway U16 13 (0)
2023 Norway U17 4 (0)
2023 Norway U18 9 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2023

Kjelsen spent his youth career at Bærums Verk Hauger.

On his 15th birthday, he signed a three-year contract with the Oslo based club Vålerenga.[3] He got his first team debut in a cup match on 19 May 2022, being substituted on in the 82nd minute in a 5–1 win against Kolbu/KK.[4] His league debut was on 16 May 2023, playing the last three minutes in a 3–0 win against HamKam.[5]

References
  1. "Aleksander Hammer Kjelsen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  2. "Aleksander Hammer Kjelsen". Vålerenga Fotball. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  3. "Vålerenga sikret seg stortalent!". Vålerenga (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  4. "- En drøm jeg har hatt i mange år". Vålerenga (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  5. Fotballforbund, Norges. "Vålerenga - HamKam - 16.05.2023 18.00". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-02-16.
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