Jesper Normann Daland (born 6 January 2000) is a Norwegian professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club

Cercle Brugge Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging () is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges. Cercle have played in the Belgian Pro League since the 2003–04 season, having previously spent several years in the Belgian Second Divisio ...

Club career

Daland signed with

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before the 2019 season. A knee injury ruined his entire first season at the club, which meant that he only made his league debut for the club on 17 June 2020 in a 2–2 draw against

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. Four days later, he scored his first league goal in a 2–2 draw against

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. His strong performances during the 2020 season meant that he was awarded the IK Start Young Player of the Year award in January 2021. In May 2021, Daland signed a four-year contract with

club

. He made his debut as a starter on 24 July 2021 in a match against Beerschot which was interrupted after 55 minutes due to heavy rainfall. The match was continued on 27 July, and ended in a 1–0 win for Cercle.

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References

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