Ørjan Nyland

Ørjan Håskjold Nyland (born 10 September 1990) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Norwich City and the Norway national team. He has previously played for Hødd and was the man of the match in the 2012 Norwegian Football Cup Final. Nyland made his debut for Norway in 2013, and has previously represented Norway at youth level. He was the first-choice goalkeeper for the under-21 team at the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. Nyland joined the defending Tippeligaen champions Molde ahead of the 2013 season. He signed for Aston Villa in August 2018. The club terminated his contract on transfer deadline day in October 2020 and Nyland signed for English Championship club Norwich City on a short-term contract until the end of the 2020–21 season on 1 February 2021.

Ørjan Nyland
Personal information
Full name Ørjan Håskjold Nyland[1]
Date of birth (1990-09-10) 10 September 1990[2]
Place of birth Volda, Norway
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Norwich City
Number 12
Youth career
Mork IL
Volda TI
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 Hødd 59 (0)
2013–2015 Molde 61 (0)
2015–2018 FC Ingolstadt 48 (0)
2016 FC Ingolstadt II 1 (0)
2018–2020 Aston Villa 30 (0)
2021– Norwich City 0 (0)
National team‡
2008 Norway U18 2 (0)
2011–2013 Norway U21 8 (0)
2013– Norway 28 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 October 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2019

Club career

Nyland was born in Volda[3] and was competing in handball, alpine skiing and football when he was young.[4] As a footballer, Nyland played for Mork IL and Volda TI before he joined Hødd in 2007.[5] Nyland did not play in his first year at the club due to the competition from Kim Deinoff and Vebjørn Skeide. Deinoff left Hødd after the 2007-season and for the next two seasons, Nyland was the second choice behind Skeide before Nyland became the first choice during the 2010 season.[6]

Nyland has been regarded as one of the most talented goalkeepers in Norway, and was training with Rosenborg on two occasions in 2007,[7] the English club Everton in December 2008[8] and Molde in November 2011.[9] Nyland was in December 2011 one of six young goalkeepers selected for Frode Grodås's project The national goalkeeper of tomorrow 2014 initiated by the Football Association of Norway, where the goal was to develop the next national team goalkeeper.[10]

Ahead of the 2012 season, Tromsø wanted to sign Nyland as a back-up for Marcus Sahlman, but did not afford to pay what Hødd demanded for the goalkeeper who had one year left of his contract.[11] Nyland stayed at Hødd and was one of Hødd's best players during the 2012 season[12] and won in October the Statoil Talent Prize, an award handed to outstanding young Norwegian footballers each month.[5]

In the 2012 Norwegian Football Cup Final, Nyland delivered several match-winning saves and was named man of the match. Nyland also saved Remi Johansen's penalty when Hødd won 4–2 in the penalty shootout against Tromsø and won their first Norwegian Football Cup title.[13]

After the season, the two Tippeligaen sides Start and Sogndal wanted to sign Nyland, who were a free agent, and publicly promised Nyland the spot as the first-choice goalkeeper if he signed for them. Lars Ivar Moldskred, who has acted as an advisor for Nyland, advised him to sign for Start,[14] but he instead signed for defending Tippeligaen champions Molde where he were to compete with Espen Bugge Pettersen and Ole Söderberg.[15]

Molde

Nyland made his first-team debut for Molde in the 5–0 victory against Elnesvågen og Omegn in the First Round of the 2013 Norwegian Football Cup.[16] Nyland also played the Second Round tie against Byåsen before he made his debut in Tippeligaen in the 1–1 draw against Start on 6 May 2013. With Bugge Pettersen out with injury, Nyland soon became the preferred goalkeeper in Molde[17] and played every match in Tippeligaen until the 17th round when the manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær wanted Nyland to rest.[18] He signed new contract with Molde in September 2013, binding him to the club to the summer of 2018.[19] Nyland missed a couple of matches in October due to an injury,[20] but was back when Molde met Rosenborg on 26 October 2013.[21] He played a total of 20 matches in Tippeligaen during the 2013 season,[3] where Molde finished 6th.

FC Ingolstadt 04

On 1 July 2015, Nyland signed a four-year contract with newly promoted Bundesliga side FC Ingolstadt 04 for an undisclosed fee.[22] Nyland made his Bundesliga debut in a 0–4 home defeat against Borussia Dortmund on 23 August 2015.

Aston Villa

On 7 August 2018, Aston Villa revealed that they had signed Nyland on a three-year contract.[23]

On 18 June 2020, Nyland was involved in a controversy after he appeared to carry the ball across the goal line after saving a free kick from Oliver Norwood and colliding with one of his own defenders. Because of interference with the Hawk-Eye goal line technology, play was allowed to continue and Sheffield United was denied a goal.[24]

In the summer of 2020, Aston Villa signed Emiliano Martínez from Arsenal. Nyland fell from the first team and was linked with a move to another team.[25] He made one appearance in the 2020–21 season before departing Villa by agreeing a mutual termination of his contract on 5 October 2020.[26]

Norwich City

On 1 February 2021, Nyland signed for Norwich City for the remainder of the 2020/21 season.[27]

International career

Nyland represented Norway from under-16 to under-18 level, but was not selected for youth international teams for two years because he didn't play regularly at Hødd. After he became first-choice goalkeeper at Hødd, he was called up for the under-21 team in June 2011 and made his debut for the team in the 1–4 loss against Sweden U21.[28]

Nyland became a regular in Per Joar Hansen's U21-squad in 2012,[29] where he was the second-choice goalkeeper behind Arild Østbø. Nyland played the last play-off match against France U21 when Østbø was unavailable due to an injury.[30] Nyland received praise for his performance in that match, which was his third appearance for the under-21 team, when they qualified for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship after beating France U21 5–3.[5]

As one of three goalkeepers, Nyland was included in the Norwegian squad for the under-21 championship, along with Arild Østbø and Gudmund Taksdal Kongshavn. Ahead of the championship, the head coach Tor Ole Skullerud hadn't decided whether he was using Østbø, who was the preferred choice in the qualification, or any of the two other goalkeepers who had both impressed for their teams in the start of the 2013 Tippeligaen season.[31] Nyland was chosen to play the opening match against the hosts Israel U-21,[32] and played three out of four matches in the championship,[33] with Østbø playing the last group-stage match against Italy U-21.[34] The Norwegian team was defeated by eventual winners Spain U-21 in the semi-final, and won a bronze-medal.[33] Nyland was praised for his performances in the championship, especially in the match against Spain, and he was included in The Guardian's "team of the tournament", at the expense of David de Gea.[35] Nyland was also included in UEFA's "all-star squad" together with his compatriot Stefan Strandberg.[36]

Nyland was first called up for the Norwegian national team squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Cyprus and Switzerland in September 2013.[37] He made his debut for the national team in the friendly match against Scotland on 20 November 2013, on Molde's home ground Aker Stadion.[38]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 15 September 2020[39][40]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hødd 2011 1. divisjon 28030———310
2012 1. divisjon 28070———350
Total 560100——————660
Molde 2013 Tippeligaen 20060—60—320
2014 Tippeligaen 28050—40—370
2015 Tippeligaen 13020———150
Total 610130——100——840
Ingolstadt 2015–16 Bundesliga 6010—70
2016–17 Bundesliga 12010—130
2017–18 2. Bundesliga 30030—330
Total 48050000000530
Aston Villa 2018–19 Championship 23000—230
2019–20 Premier League 701030—110
2020–21 Premier League 000010—10
Total 30010400000350
Norwich City 2020–21 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 195029040100002380
Notes
  1. Includes the Norwegian Cup, DFB-Pokal and FA Cup

International
As of match played on 18 November 2019[41]
Norway
YearAppsGoals
201310
201490
201590
201640
201720
201820
201910
202000
Total280

Honours

Hødd

Molde

Aston Villa

Norway U21

Individual

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