Orjan Nyland

Orjan Haskjold Nyland (born 10 September 1990) is a Norwegian professional footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper. He also plays for the Norway national team.

He has previously played for Hodd and was the man of the match in the 2012 Norwegian Football Cup Final. Nyland joined the defending Tippeligaen champions Molde ahead of the 2013 season. He signed for Aston Villa in August 2018, and stayed with the club until his contract was terminated in 2020. He then had short stints with Norwich City and Bournemouth, before joining Reading in March 2022.

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 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

Club Career

Nyland was born in Volda and was competing in handball, alpine skiing and football when he was young. As a footballer, Nyland played for Mork IL and Volda TI before he joined Hodd in 2007. Nyland did not play in his first year at the club due to the competition from Kim Deinoff and Vebjorn Skeide. Deinoff left Hodd after the 2007-season and for the next two seasons, Nyland was the second choice behind Skeide before Nyland became the first choice during the 2010 season.

Nyland has been regarded as one of the most talented goalkeepers in Norway, and was training with Rosenborg on two occasions in 2007, the English club Everton in December 2008 and Molde in November 2011. Nyland was in December 2011 one of six young goalkeepers selected for Frode Grodas's project The national goalkeeper of tomorrow 2014 initiated by the Football Association of Norway, where the goal was to develop the next national team goalkeeper.

Ahead of the 2012 season, Tromso wanted to sign Nyland as a back-up for Marcus Sahlman, but did not afford to pay what Hodd demanded for the goalkeeper who had one year left of his contract.

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