Håkon Holmefjord Lorentzen (born 2 August 1997) is a Norwegian professional

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who plays for

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club Helmond Sport. Speed skater Håvard Lorentzen is an older brother of Håkon.

Career

Lorentzen was born in

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, and is the younger brother of the 2012 World Junior Speed Skating Championships winner Håvard Lorentzen. They also have an older brother, and the three brothers grew up competing in

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and

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during their youth. Håkon Lorentzen played football for Løv-Ham and was at an early age a talented footballer and was selected for the club's youth academy. Lorentzen transferred to Brann ahead of the 2012 season, and was allowed to play senior football for the club's third team in the

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despite his young age. In 2013, Lorentzen played for Brann's reserve team in the

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in 2013, where he scored his first goal in the 1–0 win against Fyllingsdalen. He was then rewarded a spot in the senior squad for the first team's match against

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on 9 May 2013. He became the youngest-ever Brann-player, aged 15 years and 280 days when he replaced

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in the match against

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. Lorentzen made his debut in Tippeligaen the same day as the

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player Sander Svendsen, who is four days younger than Lorentzen. Neither of the two are however the youngest-ever player in Tippeligaen, as

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made his debut for Sandnes Ulf at the age of 15 years and 261 days in the 2013 season. He signed his first professional contract with Brann in July 2013. He signed a three-year contract and became the youngest-ever player to sign a professional contract with the club. In the decisive match of the 2013 season, Lorentzen made another appearance as a substitute when

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was beaten 4–1. He scored Brann's last goal, and became the youngest-ever goalscorer in Tippeligaen, aged 16 years and 100 days. That record was previously held by

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, who was 16 years and 300 days when he scored for

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against

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in the 2010 season, and was broken by Martin Ødegaard in the 2014 season. Lorentzen signed a 5-month loan-deal with Åsane. He returned to Sandefjord at the end of 2018. His contract with Sandefjord expired at the end of the season, and after trials with

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and

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, he signed a two-year deal with Åsane. On 10 August 2022, Lorentzen signed a two-year contract with second-tier

Dutch club Helmond Sport.

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at NFF {{DEFAULTSORT:Lorentzen, Hakon 1997 births Living people Footballers from Bergen Norwegian footballers Norway men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards Løv-Ham Fotball players Sandefjord Fotball players SK Brann players Åsane Fotball players Helmond Sport players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Eerste Divisie players Norwegian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands