Kristian Eriksen

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Kristian Eriksen
Kristian Eriksen Ham-Kam 2015.jpg
Eriksen with Hamkam in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-07-18) 18 July 1995 (age 26)
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Hamkam
Number 6
Youth career
Hamkam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Hamkam 43 (1)
2016–2017 Brumunddal 41 (8)
2018–2020 Elverum 46 (7)
2020– Hamkam 45 (15)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:51, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Kristian Eriksen (born 18 July 1995) is a Norwegian football midfielder who plays for Hamkam.

He hails from Hamar.[2] Eriksen played youth football for before playing for the U17 and U20 teams of Hamkam. He made his senior debut in the 2014 1. divisjon against Nest-Sotra, and played most of the games in 2014, but with fewer games and no league goals in 2015 he was deemed surplus to requirements. In 2016 he moved on to Brumunddal and in 2018 to Elverum.[3]

Elverum's 2020 3. divisjon was postponed and later cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway. Elverum was allowed to train, but without player contact. Eriksen's career having hit a dead end, he sent a text message to Hamkam, asking to train with the 1. divisjon team. "I have always been 100% and am more than willing to bleed for the childhood club", he wrote.[2] The director of sports Espen Olsen received "thousands" of inquiries from players wanting to play on the Norwegian second tier, and left most of them unanswered, but decided to give the chance to this one former Hamkam player.[4] While not impressing from his first training session, Eriksen underwent a rigorous individual training programme.[2] Eriksen was eventually signed in September 2020, his contract only spanning the remainder of 2020.[5][6] The season being postponed, Eriksen signed in time to play 15 league games.[3]

His contract was renewed for 2021, and in the summer he had become the club's top goalscorer from midfield position, as Hamkam led the table.[4] In October he reached double digits.[3] Hamkam eventually won promotion.

His contract offer in 2021 entailed being fully professional. However, he chose to stay on a part-time basis in his former job as a children- and youth worker in Vestenga kindergarten. Eriksen dedicates goals to his deceased grandmother and father. His father died when Kristian Eriksen was 18 years old. He is also a grandnephew of Hamkam's all-time top goalscorer, Knut "Kula" Eriksen.[2][7]

References[]

  1. ^ Kristian Eriksen at Soccerway
  2. ^ a b c d Eide, Stein S. (9 November 2021). "– Tror faren min hadde vært stolt" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Kristian Eriksen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. ^ a b Miøen, Joakim (11 July 2021). "Ba om prøvespill på Facebook – så tok han klubben med storm" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  5. ^ Nygaard, Jacob Sundblom (23 September 2020). "Klar for HamKam". Hamar Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  6. ^ Kristoffersen, Erlend Borren (26 September 2020). "Fem år etter han dro er han tilbake i HamKam: – Jeg vurderte aldri å gi opp". Hamar Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  7. ^ Røhne, Mattis (11 May 2021). "- Å jobbe knallhardt har vært min vei inn" (in Norwegian). Hamkam. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
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