Mathias Ullereng Kjølø (born 27 June 2001) is a Norwegian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. He is a son of

Mike Kjølø Mike Kjølø (born 27 October 1971) is a Norwegian former football defender. He won the 1995 1. divisjon with Skeid, and after impressing in the Eliteserien for two seasons, where he played every game, he won a transfer to AIK. Here he won t ...

, mainly known for his career with AIK.

Club career

Kjølø was born in

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and played youth football with

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until 2016, after which he left for

Vålerenga Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for i ...

PSV

After six months with

, he was sent on loan to Dutch

club

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, who then signed him to a permanent deal in 2018. He made his professional football debut for the reserve team

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in the second-tier

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on 13 January 2020 in a 0–0 draw at home against

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. On 16 October 2020, he signed a two-year extension to his contract, keeping him at PSV until the summer of 2023. He made his first-team debut for PSV on 8 November 2020 in a 3–0 domestic league win over Willem II, coming on as a substitute for Ibrahim Sangaré in the 88th minute.

Twente

On 8 June 2022, PSV announced that Kjølø had signed a long-term contract to join

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ahead of the

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season.

International career

Kjølø played for various Norwegian national youth teams between 2017 and 2019. On 12 October 2021, he made his debut for the Norway national under-21 team in a 3–0 win over

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as a 78th-minute substitute for

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Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kjølø, Mathias 2001 births Living people Footballers from Oslo Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's youth international footballers Norway men's under-21 international footballers Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players Kjelsås Fotball players Vålerenga Fotball players PSV Eindhoven players Jong PSV players FC Twente players Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen