Isak Tomar Hjorteseth

Isak Hjorteseth
Personal information
Full name Isak Tomar Hjorteseth
Date of birth (2004-03-14) 14 March 2004 (age 20)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sandnes Ulf (on loan from Brann)
Youth career
–2016 Mathopen
2018–2020 Fyllingsdalen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Brann 11 (1)
2021 → Fyllingsdalen (loan) 5 (0)
2023 → Åsane 12 (1)
2024– → Sandnes Ulf (loan) 22 (0)
International career‡
2019 Norway U15 7 (0)
2020 Norway U16 3 (0)
2022 Norway U18 6 (0)
2023 Norway U19 4 (0)
2023 Norway U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 March 2024

Isak Tomar Hjorteseth (born 14 March 2004) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sandnes Ulf on loan from Brann.[1]

He started his youth career in Mathopen, where he remained until the club struggled to field a boys' team. Hjorteseth then went on to FK Fyllingsdalen.[2] Hjorteseth made his international youth debut for Norway U15 in 2019.[3]

Ahead of the 2021 season he joined SK Brann together with Fyllingsdalen teammate Niklas Jensen Wassberg. The intention was to loan Hjorteseth back to Fyllingsdalen, which happened in the summer of 2021.[2] He scored his first Brann goal in October 2022, as the club bounced quickly back to Eliteserien after being relegated the year before.[4] Hjorteseth made his Eliteserien debut in April 2023 against Odd.[1] In the summer window of 2023, Hjorteseth was sent on loan to Åsane. After scoring his first goal for Åsane, manager Morten Røssland called Hjorteseth a "gift from God".[5] In 2024, another loan of Hjorteseth was orchestrated, this time to Sandnes Ulf. The intention was to use Hjorteseth as a regular, and make him a "leading star" in the team.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Isak Tomar Hjorteseth at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b Bøyum, Mads (7 February 2023). "18-åringen har tatt to store valg i fotballivet". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). pp. 20–21.
  3. ^ Isak Tomar Hjorteseth at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. ^ Gullachsen, Åsmund; Bøyum, Mads (23 October 2022). "– Jeg håper vi kan inspirere andre unge". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). pp. 14–15.
  5. ^ Kolstad, Jan Gunnar (29 August 2023). "– Han er en gudegave!". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). p. 16.
  6. ^ Iversen, Espen (24 January 2024). "Ulf henter Brann-spiller". Rogalands Avis (in Norwegian). p. 24.