Mathias Kjølø
Personal information
Full name Mathias Ullereng Kjølø
Date of birth (2001-06-27) 27 June 2001
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Twente
Number 4
Youth career
0000–2016 Kjelsås
2017–2018 Vålerenga
2017–2018 → PSV (loan)
2018–2020 PSV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Jong PSV 75 (5)
2020–2022 PSV 1 (0)
2022– Twente 22 (0)
International career‡
2017 Norway U16 5 (0)
2017–2018 Norway U17 6 (0)
2019 Norway U18 10 (0)
2021– Norway U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:29, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 November 2022

Mathias Ullereng Kjølø (born 27 June 2001) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Twente.

He is a son of Mike Kjølø, mainly known for his career with AIK.[1]

Club career

Kjølø was born in Oslo and played youth football with Kjelsås until 2016, after which he left for Vålerenga.[2]

PSV

After six months with Vålerenga, he was sent on loan to Dutch Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven, who then signed him to a permanent deal in 2018. He made his professional football debut for the reserve team Jong PSV in the second-tier Eerste Divisie on 13 January 2020 in a 0–0 draw at home against Jong Ajax.[3] On 16 October 2020, he signed a two-year extension to his contract, keeping him at PSV until the summer of 2023.[2]

He made his first-team debut for PSV on 8 November 2020 in a 3–0 domestic league win over Willem II, coming on as a substitute for Ibrahim Sangaré in the 88th minute.[4]

Twente

On 8 June 2022, PSV announced that Kjølø had signed a long-term contract to join FC Twente ahead of the 2022–23 season.[5]

International career

Kjølø played for various Norwegian national youth teams between 2017 and 2019. On 12 October 2021, he made his debut for the Norway national under-21 team in a 3–0 win over Estonia as a 78th-minute substitute for Johan Hove.[6]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 November 2022[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong PSV 2019–20 Eerste Divisie 80———80
2020–21 Eerste Divisie 304———304
2021–22 Eerste Divisie 371———371
Total 755———755
PSV 2020–21 Eredivisie 1000000010
Twente 2022–23 Eredivisie 110002[lower-alpha 1]0—130
Career total 875002000895

References

  1. ↑ Fure, Eirik (28 July 2017). "Tidligere Stabæk-kaptein fikset toppklubb-avtale for sønnen" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Mathias Kjølø signs two-year extension". PSV. 16 October 2020.
  3. ↑ Elfrink, Rik (13 January 2020). "Jong PSV houdt Jong Ajax met remise van koppositie af". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch).
  4. ↑ "PSV vs. Willem II - 8 November 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Mathias Kjølø moves from PSV to FC Twente". PSV (in Dutch). 8 June 2022. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  6. ↑ Fotballforbund, Norges. "Norge - Estland - 12.10.2021 18.00". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  7. ↑ Mathias Kjølø at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
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