Ørjan Håskjold Nyland (born 10 September 1990) 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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and the Norway national team. Nyland previously played for Hødd, and was named the

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in the 2012 Norwegian Cup final. He joined the defending

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champions

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ahead of the 2013 season. He signed for

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in August 2018, and stayed with the club until his contract was terminated in 2020. He then had short stints with

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and Bournemouth, before joining

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in March 2022. On 9 October 2022, he signed for Bundesliga club

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on a nine-month contract deal until June 2023. Nyland made his debut for Norway in 2013, and has previously represented Norway at youth level. He was the first-choice goalkeeper for the under-21 team at the

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Club career

Nyland was born in

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and competed in

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and football when he was young. As a footballer, Nyland played for Mork IL and

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before he joined Hødd in 2007. Nyland did not play in his first year at the club due to the competition from Kim Deinoff and Vebjørn Skeide. Deinoff left Hødd after the 2007-season and for the next two seasons, Nyland was the second choice behind Skeide before becoming the first choice during the 2010 season. Nyland has been regarded as one of the most talented goalkeepers in Norway, and trained with Rosenborg on two occasions in 2007, the English club Everton in December 2008 and

in November 2011. In December 2011, Nyland was one of six young goalkeepers selected for

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's project ''The national goalkeeper of tomorrow 2014'' initiated by the

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, where the goal was to develop the next national team goalkeeper. Ahead of the 2012 season,

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wanted to sign Nyland as a back-up for Marcus Sahlman, but could not afford to pay what Hødd demanded for the goalkeeper, who had one year left of his contract. Nyland stayed at Hødd and was one of Hødd's best players during the 2012 season, winning the

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Talent Prize in October, an award given to outstanding young Norwegian footballers each month. In the 2012 Norwegian Football Cup final, Nyland delivered several match-winning saves and was named

. Nyland also saved Remi Johansen's penalty when Hødd won 4–2 in the

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against

and won their first

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title. After the season, Nyland became a free agent. Two

sides,

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and

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, wanted to sign Nyland, and publicly promised Nyland the spot as their first-choice goalkeeper if he signed for them. Lars Ivar Moldskred, who has acted as an advisor for Nyland, advised him to sign for Start, but he instead signed for defending Tippeligaen champions

where he competed with Espen Bugge Pettersen and Ole Söderberg.

Molde

Nyland made his first-team debut for Molde in the 5–0 victory against Elnesvågen og Omegn in the first round of the

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. Nyland also played the second round tie against Byåsen before he made his

debut in a 1–1 draw against

on 6 May 2013. With Bugge Pettersen out injured, Nyland soon became the club's first choice goalkeeper and played every match in Tippeligaen until the 17th round when manager

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rested him. He signed a new contract with Molde in September 2013, binding him to the club to the summer of 2018. Nyland missed a couple of matches in October due to an injury, but was back when Molde met Rosenborg on 26 October 2013. He played a total of 20 matches in Tippeligaen during the 2013 season, where Molde finished 6th.

FC Ingolstadt 04

On 1 July 2015, Nyland signed a four-year contract with newly promoted

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side

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for an undisclosed fee. Nyland made his Bundesliga debut in a 0–4 home defeat against

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on 23 August 2015.

Aston Villa

On 7 August 2018,

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revealed that they had signed Nyland on a three-year contract. On 18 June 2020, Nyland was involved in a controversy after he appeared to carry the ball across the goal line after saving a free kick from Oliver Norwood and colliding with one of his own defenders. Because of interference with the

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goal line technology, play was allowed to continue and

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were denied a goal. In the summer of 2020, Aston Villa signed

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from

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. Nyland fell from the first team and was linked with a move to another team. He made one appearance in the 2020–21 season before departing Villa by agreeing a mutual termination of his contract on 5 October 2020.

Norwich City

On 1 February 2021, Nyland signed for

for the remainder of the 2020–21 season. On 26 June 2021, he announced his departure from Norwich City.

Bournemouth

Nyland signed with Championship club

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on a free transfer on 17 August 2021. A week later, he made his debut for the club in the second round of the

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against former club Norwich City, conceding six goals in the process as the Cherries fell to a 0–6 defeat. On 31st January 2022, Bournemouth and Nyland agreed to terminate his contract but he remained at the Cherries to train to assist with his injury recovery.

Reading

On 10 March 2022, Nyland signed for

on a short-term contract until the end of the 2021–22 season. On 20 May 2022, Reading confirmed that Nyland would leave the club upon the expiration of his contract.

RB Leipzig

On 9 October 2022, Nyland joined

until June 2023, as a replacement for injured Péter Gulácsi and Janis Blaswich. In his last match, on May 27th, Nyland assisted Christopher Nkunku in the last minute of added time, enabling the latter to win the 2022-23 Golden Boot.

Sevilla FC

On 20 August 2023, Nyland joined

on a free transfer. He made his debut on September 23, against Osasuna, keeping a clean sheet.

International career

Nyland represented Norway from under-16 to under-18 level, but was not selected for youth international teams for two years because he did not play regularly at Hødd. After he became first-choice goalkeeper at Hødd, he was called up for the under-21 team in June 2011 and made his debut for the team in the 1–4 loss against Sweden U21. Nyland became a regular in

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's U21-squad in 2012, where he was the second-choice goalkeeper behind Arild Østbø. Nyland played the last play-off match against France U21 when Østbø was unavailable due to an injury. Nyland received praise for his performance in that match, which was his third appearance for the under-21 team, when they qualified for the

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after beating France U21 5–3. As one of three goalkeepers, Nyland was included in the Norwegian squad for the under-21 championship, along with Arild Østbø and Gudmund Taksdal Kongshavn. Ahead of the championship, the head coach Tor Ole Skullerud hadn't decided whether he was using Østbø, who was the preferred choice in the qualification, or any of the two other goalkeepers who had both impressed for their teams in the start of the 2013 Tippeligaen season. Nyland was chosen to play the opening match against the hosts Israel U-21, and played three out of four matches in the championship, with Østbø playing the last group-stage match against Italy U-21. The Norwegian team was defeated by eventual winners Spain U-21 in the semi-final, and won a bronze-medal. Nyland was praised for his performances in the championship, especially in the match against Spain, and he was included in ''

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s "team of the tournament", at the expense of

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. Nyland was also included in UEFA's "all-star squad" together with his compatriot Stefan Strandberg. Nyland was first called up for the Norway national team squad for the

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qualifiers against

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and

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in September 2013. He made his debut for the national team in the friendly match against

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on 20 November 2013, on Molde's home ground Aker Stadion.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Hødd *

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Molde *

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*Norwegian Cup:

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Aston Villa *

runner-up: 2019–20 RB Leipzig *

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: 2022–23 Norway U21 *

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bronze:

Individual *UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament:

* Tippeligaen Goalkeeper of the Year:

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* La Liga Save of the Month: April 2025

References

External links

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