Kristoffer Ajer

Kristoffer Ajer
Ajer playing for Celtic, 2018
Personal information
Full name Kristoffer Vassbakk Ajer[1]
Date of birth (1998-04-17) 17 April 1998
Place of birth Rælingen, Norway
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Playing position Central defender[3]
Club information
Current team
 Celtic
Number 35
Youth career
0000–2009 Rælingen
2010–2014 Lillestrøm
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Start 54 (9)
2016– Celtic 28 (0)
2017 → Kilmarnock (loan) 16 (0)
National team‡
2014 Norway U16 12 (1)
2015 Norway U17 2 (1)
2015 Norway U18 10 (6)
2016 Norway U19 6 (3)
2017– Norway U21 5 (0)
2018– Norway 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:32, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2018

Kristoffer Vassbakk Ajer (born 17 April 1998) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Scottish Premiership club Celtic. Ajer has previously played for Lillestrøm and Start in the Tippeligaen.

Career

Ajer was born in Norway[4] and he started his career with Rælingen FK before joining Lillestrøm when he was 10 years old.[5]

Ajer joined Start in 2014 as a result of his parents moving to Kristiansand.[5] He made his debut for Start on 19 July 2014 in a 2–1 win against Bodø/Glimt.[6]

At 16 years of age, Ajer captained Start in a 1–1 draw against Lillestrøm on 7 April 2015, becoming the youngest ever footballer to captain a team in the Tippeligaen.[7]

In early January 2016, Ajer had a one-week trial with Scottish club Celtic.[8] On 17th February 2016 Ajer signed a four-year contract with Celtic and joined the club in June 2016 for a fee which could rise up to £650,000.[9][10]He was loaned to Kilmarnock in January 2017 but has since returned to his parent club where he has become a mainstay in central defence.[11] On 14 May 2018, Ajer penned a new four-year deal with Celtic.[12] On 30 August, Ajer scored his first goal for Celtic in a 3-0 win against FK Sūduva.[13]

Career statistics

As of 6 September 2018[2][14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club   Season   League Domestic Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Start 2014 Tippeligaen 13100---131
2015 30824--203412
2016 11031---141
Total 54955----206114
Celtic 2016–17 Scottish Premiership 00000010-10
2017–18 240401040-330
2018–19 30001071-111
Total 2704020121--451
Kilmarnock (loan) 2016–17 Scottish Premiership 1601000--170
Total 16010--00--170
Career total 979105201212012315
Notes

    Honours

    Celtic

    References

    1. ↑ "Spillerprofiler - Start".
    2. 1 2 "Kristoffer Ajer". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
    3. ↑ "New Celtic signing reveals his favoured position".
    4. ↑ "Kristoffer Ajer". Celtic F.C. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
    5. 1 2 "Drømmen oppfylles i feil drakt". Romerikets Blad. 26 October 2014.
    6. ↑ Johnsen, Sture (19 July 2014). "Start-Bodø/Glimt: 2-1 (0-0)". IK Start. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
    7. ↑ Nash, Matthew (7 June 2015). "Tottenham and Liverpool chasing Norwegian wonderkid Kristoffer Ajer". HITC Sport. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
    8. ↑ McGarry, John (13 January 2016). "Celtic keen on bringing Kristoffer Ajer to Parkhead in the summer after he impressed on trial... and the youngster is open to move". Mail Online. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
    9. ↑ "Kristoffer Ajer signs four-year deal with Celtic". www.celticfc.net. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
    10. ↑ "The hard bargaining that brought Kristoffer Ajer to Celtic". www.heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
    11. ↑ "Kilmarnock sign Celtic's Kristoffer Ajer on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
    12. ↑ "Kristoffer Ajer: Celtic defender signs new four-year contract". BBC Sport. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
    13. ↑ http://www.celticfc.net/news/14865
    14. ↑ "K. Ajer". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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