Simen Bolkan Nordli

Simen Bolkan Nordli

Personal information
Full name	Simen Bolkan Nordli
Date of birth	(1999-12-25) 25 December 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Elverum, Norway
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Randers
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	56	(18)
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 24 November 2024

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

Personal life

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

Club career

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

As of match played 24 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		16	11	1	0	0	0	17	11
	Total		56	18	3	1	0	0	60	19
Career total			224	59	13	3	0	0	237	62

References

1. "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 25 November 2024.