Ørjan Nyland

Nyland was born in Volda Municipality and competed in handball, alpine skiing and football when he was young. As a footballer, Nyland played for Mork IL and Volda TI before he joined Hødd in 2007. Nyland did not play in his first year at the club due to the competition from Kim Deinoff and Vebjørn Skeide. Deinoff left Hødd after the 2007-season and for the next two seasons, Nyland was the second choice behind Skeide before becoming the first choice during the 2010 season. Nyland has been regarded as one of the most talented goalkeepers in Norway, and trained with Rosenborg on two occasions in 2007, the English club Everton in December 2008 and Molde in November 2011. In December 2011, Nyland was one of six young goalkeepers selected for Frode Grodås'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, Tromsø wanted to sign Nyland as a back-up for Marcus Sahlman, but could not afford to pay what Hødd demanded for the goalkeeper, who had one year left of his contract. Nyland stayed at Hødd and was one of Hødd's best players during the 2012 season, winning the Statoil Talent Prize in October, an award given to outstanding young Norwegian footballers each month. In the 2012 Norwegian Football Cup final, Nyland delivered several match-winning saves and was named man of the match. Nyland also saved Remi Johansen's penalty when Hødd won 4–2 in…

Nyland represented Norway from under-16 to under-18 level, but was not selected for youth international teams for two years because he did not play regularly at Hødd. After he became first-choice goalkeeper at Hødd, he was called up for the under-21 team in June 2011 and made his debut for the team in the 1–4 loss against Sweden U21. Nyland became a regular in Per Joar Hansen's U21-squad in 2012, where he was the second-choice goalkeeper behind Arild Østbø. Nyland played the last play-off match against France U21 when Østbø was unavailable due to an injury. Nyland received praise for his performance in that match, which was his third appearance for the under-21 team, when they qualified for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship after beating France U21 5–3. As one of three goalkeepers, Nyland was included in the Norwegian squad for the under-21 championship, along with Arild Østbø and Gudmund Taksdal Kongshavn. Ahead of the championship, the head coach Tor Ole Skullerud hadn't decided whether he was using Østbø, who was the preferred choice in the qualification, or any of the two other goalkeepers who had both impressed for their teams in the start of the 2013 Tippeligaen season. Nyland was chosen to play the opening match against the hosts Israel U-21, and played three out of four matches in the championship, with Østbø playing the last group-stage match against Italy U-21. The Norwegian team was defeated by eventual winners Spain U-21 in the semi-final, and…

Club

As of match played 23 May 2026

International

As of match played 11 July 2026

Hødd

Norwegian Cup: 2012 Molde

Tippeligaen: 2014 Norwegian Cup: 2013, 2014 Aston Villa

EFL Cup runner-up: 2019–20 RB Leipzig

DFB-Pokal: 2022–23 Norway U21

UEFA European Under-21 Championship bronze: 2013 Individual

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2013 Tippeligaen Goalkeeper of the Year: 2014, 2015 La Liga Save of the Month: April 2025