Kristoffer Haugen (born 21 February 1994) is a Norwegian professional

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who plays as a left-back for

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club

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Early life

Haugen hails from

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. He started his career in Voll IL, but joined the youth ranks of Viking in 2007. It was a successful youth team, which won the national boys-16 football cup in 2009.

Club career

Viking

Haugen made his senior team debut in the

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against FK Ekranas in February 2012, scoring his first first-team goal in the first round of the

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. He made his league debut when he started, and played 90 minutes, in the two last fixtures of the

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Molde

On 10 January 2018, Haugen signed a three-year contract with

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. He made his debut for the club in the 5–0 home win against

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on 11 March 2018. On 15 June 2020, Haugen signed a new contract with Molde, until the end of the 2022 season.

International career

Haugen played a total of 25 games for Norway at international youth level.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Molde *

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: 2021–22,

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References

1994 births Living people People from Klepp Norwegian men's footballers Viking FK players Molde FK players Eliteserien players Men's association football defenders Norway men's youth international footballers Norway men's under-21 international footballers Footballers from Rogaland {{Norway-footy-defender-stub