Martin Høyland (born 17 September 1995) is a Norwegian

football midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

who plays for

Sogndal Sogndal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sogn. The village of Hermansv ...

. A youth product of

Våg FK A våg (plural ''våger'') or vog is an old Scandinavian unit of mass. The standardized ''landsvåg'', which was introduced in Norway with the new system of weights and measures in 1875, corresponded to three ''bismerpund'', or . The ''våg'' was ...

, he started his senior career going back and forth between

FK Vigør FK Vigør is a Norwegian football club from Hellemyr, Kristiansand. ''Vigør'' is the Norwegian name for vigor. The club colors are brown and white, and the club was founded on 5 October 1918. The men's team currently resides in the Fourth ...

and

Vindbjart FK Vindbjart Fotballklubb is a football club situated in Vennesla, Norway. They play in the 3. divisjon, the fourth tier in Norwegian football. History In 1995 Vindbjart won all their matches in the 3. divisjon. They won promotion to the 2. divi ...

. In the autumn of 2016 he moved up a tier to 2. divisjon team

Grorud IL Grorud Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Grorud borough, Oslo. It has sections for association football, skiing, gymnastics and tennis. General history As a sports club based in Grorud, it had two predecessor clubs in ''Grorud IF'', whi ...

, where the former Våg and Vindbjart player Eirik Kjønø was manager. Høyland became a stalwart of the Grorud team that won promotion to, and survived in, the 2020 1. divisjon. In the summer of 2021 he moved to

Stabæk Fotball Stabæk Fotball is a Norway, Norwegian professional association football, football club based in Bærum, a suburb of Oslo. It is part of the multi-sport organization Stabæk IF. Founded in 1912, the club's name is an archaic spelling of the sub ...

, where Kjønø now had become manager. He made his Stabæk debut in the

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and his

Eliteserien Eliteserien () is a professional association football league in Norway and the highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Norwegian First Division ...

debut in August 2021 against Sarpsborg 08. On 30 January 2024, Høyland signed with

, on a contract until 2026.

References

1995 births Living people Footballers from Kristiansand Norwegian men's footballers 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen FK Vigør players Vindbjart FK players Grorud IL players Stabæk Fotball players Sarpsborg 08 FF players Sogndal Fotball players Norwegian Second Division players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Men's association football midfielders {{Norway-footy-defender-stub