| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jens Berland Husebø[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1999-03-07) 7 March 1999[1] | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Start | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2018 | Viking | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Viking 2 | 61 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Hødd | 38 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Ull/Kisa | 39 | (1) |
| 2022 | Ull/Kisa 2 | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | Bryne 2 | 3 | (1) |
| 2022–2025 | Bryne | 72 | (1) |
| 2025–2026 | Tromsø | 7 | (0) |
| 2025 | Tromsø 2 | 1 | (0) |
| 2026– | Start | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 June 2026 | |||
Jens Berland Husebø (born 7 March 1999) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eliteserien club Start.
Career
Viking
Husebø started playing football for Viking at the age of nine.[2] By 2016, he had reached their second team, and made his debut in a game against Eiger.[3] By the end of 2018, Husebø had played sixty-one games for Viking 2, while scoring once.[4]
Hødd
Ahead of the 2019 season, Husebø made the move to Norwegian Second Division side Hødd on a two-year contract.[2]
Ull/Kisa
After two seasons with Hødd in the Norwegian Second Division, Husebø made the move to Norwegian First Division side Ull/Kisa in February 2021. Husebø arrived to what was supposed to be a trial period with the club, but after the first training, head coach Sindre Tjelmeland told the club there was no need to wait, and to sign Husebø immediately.[5] Two months later, before the start of the season, Norwegian newspaper VG had Husebø as one of the players most likely to breakthrough in the Norwegian First Division.[6] The first season at the club ended in relegation to the Norwegian Second Division.[7]
Bryne
After one-and-a-half season at Ull/Kisa, Husebø was picked up by Bryne and headed back to the Norwegian First Division.[8] In his first season, Husebø only played two games in the league before playing over twenty league games in both the 2023 and the 2024 seasons, the latter ending with promotion for the club.[4][9] The 2025 season saw Husebø play in the Eliteserien for the first time, as local media dubbed him one of the most important players of the squad.[10]
In early September 2025, Husebø, along with Axel Kryger and Robert Undheim all had their contracts with Bryne terminated.[11] The players at the club had been dissatisfied with head coach Kevin Knappen and had started a signature campaign to get him sacked. When the club refused to do so, the club and Husebø agreed that the best thing was to terminate his contracts.[12][13]
Tromsø
On 4 September 2025, only days after leaving Bryne, Tromsø announced that they had signed Husebø on a two-and-a-half year contract.[14] Husebø's first game came under two weeks later, against the club he had just left, Bryne, where he started the game on the bench, before being subbed on in the second half.[15]
Start
Under a year after signing for Tromsø, Husebø again changed clubs, this time signing for Start on a three-and-a-half year contract.[16]
Personal life
Husebø's sister Guro is a professional handball player who has played in the EHF Champions League.[17]
Career statistics
- As of 30 June 2026[4]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Viking 2 | 2016 | Norwegian Third Division | 16 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Norwegian Third Division | 21 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Norwegian Third Division | 24 | 1 | — | 24 | 1 | ||
| Total | 61 | 1 | — | 61 | 1 | |||
| Hødd | 2019 | Norwegian Second Division | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| 2020 | Norwegian Second Division | 13 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| Total | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 2 | ||
| Ull/Kisa | 2021 | Norwegian First Division | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| 2022 | Norwegian Second Division | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 1 | ||
| Ull/Kisa 2 | 2022 | Norwegian Fourth Division | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Bryne 2 | 2022 | Norwegian Fourth Division | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | |
| Bryne | 2022 | Norwegian First Division | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | Norwegian First Division | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 2024 | Norwegian First Division | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
| 2025 | Eliteserien | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Total | 72 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 79 | 1 | ||
| Tromsø | 2025 | Eliteserien | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | Eliteserien | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Tromsø 2 | 2025 | Norwegian Third Division | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Start | 2026 | Eliteserien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 222 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 234 | 6 | ||
References
- "Jens Husebø Profile". Worldfootball. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- "Jens Husebø klar for Hødd" (in Norwegian Nynorsk). IL Hødd. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- "Kampdetaljer Eiger Viking 2" (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- "Jens Berland Husebø" (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- Svesengen, Morten (3 February 2021). "Prøvespillet ble avsluttet etter én trening: – Han var akkurat den vi var ute etter og vi trengte ikke se mer" (in Norwegian). Romerikes Blad. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- Lunov, Haakon (11 April 2021). "Stor oversikt: 1.-divisjonspillerne som har størst potensial til å slå gjennom" (in Norwegian). VG. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- Biørnstad, Carl Henning (27 November 2021). "Vant kampen, men rykket ned: – En brutal virkelighet" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- Sæle, Håvard (27 June 2022). "Ull/Kisa-spiller klar for Obosliga-klubb: – Gleder meg til å flytte nærmere familien" (in Norwegian). Romerikes Blad. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- Haugland, Mats; Lagmannsveen, Eivind (2 November 2024). "Tok til tårene da Bryne rykket opp: – Det gikk helt i svart!" (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- Eriksen, Robin (13 August 2025). "Mange mente han ikke var god nok – nå er han en av de viktigste" (in Norwegian). Jærbladet. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- "Flere spillere terminerer kontrakten med Bryne på dagen" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- Christiansen, Synne; Rustad Østmoe, Sofie Eline (4 September 2025). "Bryne-ledelsen: Spillere tok initiativ til å sparke treneren" (in Norwegian). VG. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- Vesteng, Camilla (14 September 2026). "Husebø etter Bryne-bråket: – Som en bombe" (in Norwegian). VG. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- "Husebø klar for TIL: – Har et rått utviklingsfokus" (in Norwegian). NRK. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- Einangshaug, Henrik; Tytlandsvik Barka, Even Hye (14 September 2025). "Tilbake på Bryne etter kaos-uker: Vant med ny klubb" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- Pop, Vlad; Stousland, Vetle Morris (23 June 2026). "Forsvarsspiller klar for Start" (in Norwegian). IK Start. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- Eide, Mari Sollid (24 August 2025). "Søskena har suksess på kvar sin front: – Det er nesten sånn at eg må klype meg i armen" (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
External links
- Jens Husebø at Soccerway