Daniel Fredrik Granli (born 1 May 1994) is a

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who plays for Dutch club

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. Historically a

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, since 2018 he is mainly a

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Career

Club career

He is a son of former goalkeeper Espen Granli, and hails from Lier. After starting his youth career in Lier he went on to

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and Stabæk. He made his senior team debut in April 2013, when Stabæk was languishing in the

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, in a match against Kongsvinger. He subsequently signed the professional contract. Stabæk was promoted, and he made his first-tier debut in March 2014 against Sogndal. On 28 January 2019 Granli signed with Swedish

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

on a four year contract. However, he was loaned out to

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club AaB on 3 September 2020 for the rest of the year with an option to buy. On 6 January 2021 AaB confirmed, that they had triggered the buying option. On 14 August 2023 he signed a two-year contract with

in the Netherlands.

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References

1994 births Living people People from Lier, Norway Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's international footballers Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Bærum SK players Stabæk Fotball players AIK Fotboll players AaB Fodbold players ADO Den Haag players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Allsvenskan players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Men's association football defenders Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Footballers from Viken (county) {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub