.jpg) Haugen with Viking in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1994-02-21) 21 February 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Verdalen, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Viking | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2006 | Voll | ||
| 2007–2012 | Viking | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2018 | Viking | 107 | (5) |
| 2018–2025 | Molde | 153 | (18) |
| 2025– | Viking | 15 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Norway U17 | 8 | (0) |
| 2012 | Norway U18 | 11 | (0) |
| 2013 | Norway U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2015 | Norway U21 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2015 | |||
Kristoffer Haugen (born 21 February 1994) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Eliteserien club Viking.
Early life
Haugen hails from Verdalen.[1] He started his career in Voll IL, but joined the youth ranks of Viking in 2007. It was a successful youth team, which won the national boys-16 football cup in 2009.[2]
Club career
Viking
Haugen made his senior team debut in the 2012 La Manga Cup against FK Ekranas in February 2012,[3] scoring his first first-team goal in the first round of the 2013 Norwegian Football Cup.[4] He made his league debut when he started, and played 90 minutes, in the two last fixtures of the 2013 Tippeligaen.
Molde
On 10 January 2018, Haugen signed a three-year contract with Molde FK.[5] He made his debut for the club in the 5–0 home win against Sandefjord on 11 March 2018.
On 15 June 2020, Haugen signed a new contract with Molde, until the end of the 2022 season.[6]
Viking
On 12 July 2025, Haugen rejoined Viking on a two-and-a-half-year contract.[7] He made 15 appearances and scored one goal as Viking won the 2025 Eliteserien.[8][9]
International career
Haugen played a total of 25 games for Norway at international youth level.[10]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Viking | 2012 | Tippeligaen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| 2014 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | |||
| 2015 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 36 | 2 | |||
| 2016 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | Eliteserien | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 29 | 3 | ||
| Total | 107 | 5 | 19 | 2 | — | 126 | 7 | |||
| Molde | 2018 | Eliteserien | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8[a] | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| 2019 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7[a] | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 15 | 1 | — | 8[b] | 0 | 23 | 1 | |||
| 2021 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | 32 | 6 | ||
| 2022 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6[d] | 1 | 30 | 5 | ||
| 2023 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12[e] | 1 | 36 | 6 | ||
| 2024 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7[d] | 0 | 28 | 3 | ||
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| Total | 153 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 54 | 2 | 224 | 24 | ||
| Viking | 2025 | Eliteserien | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| Career total | 275 | 24 | 36 | 6 | 56 | 2 | 367 | 32 | ||
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, and three appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Four appearances in UEFA Europa League, and two appearances in UEFA Conference League
- Appearances in UEFA Conference League
- Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, and six appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
Molde
Viking
References
- Ånestad, Jo (21 July 2010). "Jærske talenter i Tyskland". Jærbladet (in Norwegian). p. 16.
- "Norgesmester fra Voll". Jærbladet (in Norwegian). 23 October 2009. p. 27.
- "Ble myndig". Rogalands Avis (in Norwegian). 22 February 2012. p. 17.
- "Haugen scoret sitt første mål". Rogalands Avis (in Norwegian). 18 April 2013. p. 18.
- "HAUGEN READY FOR MOLDE FK". moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- "KRISTOFFER HAUGEN UT 2022". moldefk.no/ (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- "Kristoffer Haugen er tilbake". vikingfotball.no (in Norwegian). Viking FK. 12 July 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- Kristoffer Haugen at Soccerway
- Barka, Even Hye Tytlandsvik (30 November 2025). "Banestorming og enorme scener da Viking vant Eliteserien" [Pitch invasion and huge scenes as Viking win the Eliteserien]. NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 1 December 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- "Kristoffer Haugen national team profile". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- Kristoffer Haugen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)