Pål Alexander Kirkevold (born 10 November 1990) is a Norwegian professional

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who plays as a

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for HamKam. He has gained one cap for the Norway national team.

Club career

Hailing from

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, he started his youth career in Ramnes IF and also played senior football for IL Ivrig at age 15 before joining

Molde FK Molde Fotballklubb () is a professional football club based in Molde, Norway, that competes in Eliteserien, the top flight of Norwegian football. Founded on 19 June 1911, the club was originally known as International and changed its name to ...

's junior setup. He came to HamKam from Molde in 2010. He made his debut for the first team in a 4–1 victory against Raufoss in August 2010. On 2 December 2011, Kirkevold signed a contract with

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. Prior to the 2014 season, he returned to his home region of

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to join

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. Kirkevold was both top goalscorer with 19 goals and named Player of the Year in the

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in 2014, beating the club record of

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, who had 17 goals in 2001. Kirkevold played 57 matches and scored 31 goals for Sandefjord, before signing a contract with

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in the

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on 2 August 2015. At the end of March 2016, Kirkevold was loaned out from Hobro to

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for the 2016 season. After Hobro relegated, he returned to the club halfway through the season, and was part of the team as they won promotion back to the Superliga. Kirkevold scored the decisive goal when Hobro won 1–0 over

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the secure their return to the highest level. In the 2017–18 season, Kirkevold set a new record in the Superliga when he scored in 11 games successive games. The former record was eight games, set by Ebbe Sand and

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, respectively. He became the league topscorer that season with 22 goals to his name. During his time in Hobro, Kirkevold was nicknamed ''Mål-Pål'' (Goal-Pål) for his remarkable goalscoring abilities. On 26 July 2021 Hobro confirmed, that Kirkevold had returned to Norway and would join a unnamed Norwegian club, rumored to be Stabæk.

International career

On 31 October 2017, Kirkevold gained his first call-up from coach

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for

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for the matches against

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and

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. On 11 November 2017, he made his international debut for Norway against Macedonia, coming on as a substitute for

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Career statistics

Honours

Sandefjord *

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Hobro *

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: 2016–17 Individual * Norwegian First Division Top Scorer:

* Norwegian First Division Player of the Year:

* Danish Superliga Top Scorer: 2017–18

References

External links

Hobro forlænger Kirkevolds lejeophold
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