Mats Møller Dæhli

Manchester United

Dæhli signed a professional contract with Manchester United on his 17th birthday, and made his debut for the reserves in the match against West Bromwich later the same month. His skillful performances for Paul McGuinness' Under-18s led to his elevation to the reserve squad in July 2012, and he scored the match-winning goal against Irish side Longford on 22 July 2012 after an assist from countryman Joshua King. He won the "Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year award" at the end of his maiden season for Manchester United.

Molde

In July 2013, Dæhli returned to Norway to sign a two-and-a-half-year contract with former Manchester United forward Ole Gunnar Solskjær's club Molde. He made his professional début when he replaced Daniel Chima at half time in the Tippeligaen game against Brann on 3 August 2013. Solskjær praised Dæhli after his performance in the semi-final of the 2013 Norwegian Football Cup against Lillestrøm, and claimed that Dæhli could have been playing for Manchester United's first-team if he had not returned to Norway. Solskjær also compared him to Adnan Januzaj, stating that the two played together at the under-18 team and that it was Dæhli who won the Player of the Year award. During Dæhli's first eight matches in the Tippeligaen, 91.88% of his passes were successful, and was a contributor to Molde's good form during the second half of the 2013 season. In October 2013 Dæhli was awarded the "Statoil Talent of the Month"…

Dæhli made his debut for the Norway under-15 team against Sweden U15 in 2010, and in an under-15 tournament against Spain, France and Netherlands in October 2010 he was named "player of the tournament". After his performances for Norway's youth teams, he was dubbed the most talented footballers in Norway by the former footballers Hallvard Thoresen and Nils Johan Semb while Ole Gunnar Solskjær called him one of the biggest talents in Europe and was compared to Xavi by TV 2-pundit Morten Langli. Dæhli decided in August 2012 to take a break from the Norway youth team, after he was promoted to Manchester United's reserve team to reduce the number of matches, as he was playing for both United's under-18 and reserve teams. The next month he had a meeting with under-21 coach Per Joar Hansen, after the under-21 match against England U-21, where Hansen told Dæhli that he soon wanted Dæhli to play for the under-21 team. After qualifying for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Hansen successor Tor Ole Skullerud, stated that he might include Dæhli in the squad for the championship. After Dæhli's break from the Norway youth team was over, he was selected in the under-19 squad that was playing three matches at La Manga Club in February 2013. He was suspended from the last match, after receiving yellow cards in the first two matches, and together with Ivar Furu Dæhli was promoted to the under-21 squad that was also playing at La Manga. The 17-year-old made his debut for the…

Club

As of 26 October 2025

International

As of 23 February 2024

Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dæhli goal

Dæhli was born in Oslo to Mette Møller, a photographer for Dagbladet, and Truls Dæhli, a sports journalist for Verdens Gang (VG). He grew up at Ullevål Hageby in Oslo, but lived in London for two years when his father worked as a correspondent for VG. While living in London, the seven-year-old Dæhli attended a training session with Chelsea. After returning to Oslo, he spent most of his childhood playing for Lyn, but after the club was bankrupted in 2010 he had a spell at Stabæk, where he was described by Pål Berg, one of Stabæk's coaches, as "an exceptional talent" having "superior technique". He played for the reserve team in the 2. divisjon, before he returned to Lyn. Dæhli was discovered at the age of 12 by the talent scout John Vik, who recommended Manchester United to sign the player. Dæhli trained with United a couple of times before he signed a contract with the club in November 2010, and he joined the academy in February 2011.