Ørjan Hopen (born 19 March 1992) is a Norwegian

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midfielder who currently plays for Raumnes & Årnes IL.

Personal life

He is the son of former

Sogndal Sogndal is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The village of Hermansverk is the administrative center of Sogndal municipality. Other villages i ...

player Arild Hopen.

Club career

He was brought up in the Sogndal system and signed his first professional contract in 2008. He scored his first competitive goal for Sogndal in his first competitive match against Smørås IL when he came on as a substitute in the 74th minute and scoring his goal at the 83rd minute mark in the First Round of the

2009 Norwegian Football Cup The 2009 Norwegian Football Cup was the 104th season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The competition started with two qualifying rounds on 13 April and 22 April, and the final was held on 8 November. The defending champions w ...

. He made his debut in Tippeligaen against

Strømsgodset Strømsgodset is a former municipality in Vestfold county (from 1964 Buskerud county), Norway, today a part of the city of Drammen. History Strømsgodset was originally a small rural annex to the city parish of Bragernes (Drammen). But since th ...

with another sub appearance in the first round of the 2011 season on 20 March 2011. After a couple of years in second-tier Levanger he left ahead of the 2017 season. After three months as a free agent he signed for third-tier

Skeid Skeid is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Nordre Åsen, Oslo. It has sections for association football (one for elite and one for grassroots football), Nordic skiing and bandy. General history The club was founded as ''IK Skeid'' on 5 De ...

. Ahead of the 2018 season he joined

Funnefoss/Vormsund IL Funnefoss/Vormsund Idrettslag, commonly known as Fu/Vo, is a Norwegian sports club from Nes, Akershus. It has sections for association football and amateur boxing. The club was founded as a merger between ''Funnefoss IF'' and ''Vormsund IL''. Fu ...

in the Norwegian Fourth Division. He stayed here until the 2022 season was over, and was subsequently announced as player-manager of Fifth Division team

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and assistant manager of ambitious Third Division team

Eidsvold Turn Eidsvold Turnforening is a Norwegian sport club from Eidsvoll, Akershus. It has sections for association football, team handball, track and field, gymnastics and speed skating. The club was founded as ''Eidsvold IL'' on 29 April 1910, and the na ...

. In 2024 he moved on to Raumnes & Årnes IL, having taken up residence in

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1992 births Living people People from Sogndal Footballers from Vestland Norwegian men's footballers Sogndal Fotball players Nest-Sotra Fotball players Bryne FK players Levanger FK players Skeid Fotball players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Men's association football midfielders Norwegian football managers {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub