Simen Bolkan Nordli (born 25 December 1999) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga club Randers FC.

Simen Bolkan Nordli
Personal information
Full name Simen Bolkan Nordli
Date of birth (1999-12-25) 25 December 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Elverum, Norway
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Randers FC
Number 9
Youth career
Ottestad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Ottestad 20 (0)
2016–2019 HamKam 82 (24)
2020–2022 Aalesund 87 (17)
2023– Randers FC 54 (16)
International career
2017 Norway U18 2 (2)
2018 Norway U19 8 (1)
2019 Norway U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 March 2023

Personal life

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He is a son of former Rosenborg and Hamkam player Leif Nordli, who also coached Ottestad.[2]

Club career

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He played youth football for Ottestad before joining larger neighbours HamKam, eventually going on to represent Norway as a youth and U21 international.[3]

On 2 January 2020, Aalesunds FK announced the signing of Nordli on a three-year contract.[4]

Danish club Randers announced on 27 July 2022 that they had signed Nordli on a 3.5 year deal, though he would not join the club officially until January 2023 following the end of the 2022 Eliteserien season.[5][6] In November 2024, he was named as the Danish Superliga player of the month for October.[7]

Career statistics

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As of match played 2 November 2024[8][1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
HamKam 2016 2. divisjon 12 1 0 0 12 1
2017 15 3 0 0 15 3
2018 1. divisjon 27 7 4 1 31 8
2019 28 13 0 0 28 13
Total 82 24 4 1 0 0 86 25
Aalesunds 2020 Eliteserien 28 4 0 0 28 4
2021 1. divisjon 30 10 3 1 0 0 33 11
2022 Eliteserien 28 3 3 0 0 0 31 3
Total 86 17 6 1 0 0 92 18
Randers 2022–23 Danish Superliga 14 2 0 0 14 2
2023–24 26 5 2 1 0 0 28 6
2024–25 14 9 1 0 0 0 15 9
Total 54 16 3 1 0 0 57 14
Career total 222 57 13 3 0 0 235 60

References

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  1. ^ a b "Simen Bolkan Nordli". nifs.no/. Norsk Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  2. ^ Hovd, Svein-Tore (3 October 2017). "– Like moro med Namsos som Ham-Kam". Namdalsavisa (in Norwegian). pp. 14–15.
  3. ^ Simen Bolkan Nordli at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. ^ "Henter ung HamKam-spiller". www.aafk.no (in Norwegian). Aalesunds FK. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. ^ Albrechtsen, Martin (27 July 2022). "Randers FC henter Simen Bolkan Nordli" [Randers FC sign Simen Bolkan Nordli]. randersfc.dk (in Danish). Randers FC. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  6. ^ Sand, Nicholas (23 July 2022). "Randers henter ung norsk kantspiller" [Randers sign young Norwegian winger]. bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  7. ^ White, Allan (2 November 2024). "Står bag flest mål: - Jeg har aldrig været bedre" [Behind the goals: "I have never been better"]. tv2.dk (in Danish). TV 2. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  8. ^ Simen Bolkan Nordli at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 November 2024.