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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Fredrik Granli[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 May 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Bærum, Norway[2] | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | IF Elfsborg | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lier | |||
| Bærum | |||
| –2012 | Stabæk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2019 | Stabæk | 119 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | AIK | 24 | (0) |
| 2020 | → AaB (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | AaB | 65 | (3) |
| 2023–2024 | ADO Den Haag | 18 | (0) |
| 2025– | IF Elfsborg | 11 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Norway U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2020 | Norway | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2020 | |||
Daniel Fredrik Granli (born 1 May 1994) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Swedish club IF Elfsborg. Historically a right back, since 2018 he is mainly a centre-back.
Career
[edit]Club career
[edit]He is a son of former goalkeeper Espen Granli, and hails from Lier. After starting his youth career in Lier he went on to Bærum and Stabæk. He made his senior team debut in April 2013, when Stabæk was languishing in the 1. divisjon, in a match against Kongsvinger.[3] He subsequently signed the professional contract.[4] Stabæk was promoted, and he made his first-tier debut in March 2014 against Sogndal.
On 28 January 2019 Granli signed with Swedish AIK on a four-year contract.[5] However, he was loaned out to Danish Superliga club AaB on 3 September 2020 for the rest of the year with an option to buy.[6] On 6 January 2021 AaB confirmed, that they had triggered the buying option.[7]
On 14 August 2023 he signed a two-year contract with ADO Den Haag in the Netherlands.[8] On 28 December 2024, ADO Den Haag announced that Daniel Granli's contract, originally set to expire on 30 June 2025, would be terminated by mutual agreement on 31 December 2024.[9]
On 26 February 2025, Granli signed with IF Elfsborg in Sweden until the end of 2025.[10]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 19 November 2024[11]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stabæk | 2013 | 1. divisjon | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | |
| 2014 | Tippeligaen | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | Tippeligaen | 22 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 27 | 2 | ||
| 2016 | Tippeligaen | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Eliteserien | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Eliteserien | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | ||
| Total | 119 | 1 | 20 | 2 | — | 139 | 3 | |||
| AIK | 2019 | Allsvenskan | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 2020 | Allsvenskan | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Total | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| AaB | 2020–21 | Danish Superliga | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Danish Superliga | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Danish Superliga | 22 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 28 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | Danish 1st Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 78 | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | 87 | 2 | |||
| ADO Den Haag | 2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Eerste Divisie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 239 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 282 | 5 | ||
International
[edit]| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
References
[edit]- ↑ Daniel Granli at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- 1 2 Stabæk Fotball profile Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Borgersen, Maria (20 May 2013). "Bli bedre kjent med Stabækspillerne: Daniel Granli" (in Norwegian). Stabæk Fotball. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ↑ Falck, Mathias Bohlin; Gulbrandsen, Ragnhild (16 May 2013). "Nå må han bli proff". Budstikka (in Norwegian). p. 23.
- ↑ "Daniel Granli till AIK Fotboll" (in Swedish). AIK Fotboll. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ↑ AaB lejer nordmand hos AIK Stockholm, aabsport.dk, 3 September 2020
- ↑ Granli fortsætter i AaB, aabsport.dk, 6 January 2021
- ↑ "ADO DEN HAAG VERSTERKT ZICH DEFENSIEF MET DANIEL GRANLI" [ADO DEN HAAG STRENGTHENS ITSELF DEFENSIVELY WITH DANIEL GRANLI] (in Dutch). ADO Den Haag. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ↑ "ADO Den Haag en Daniel Granli ontbinden arbeidsovereenkomst". ADO Den Haag (in Dutch). 28 December 2024. Archived from the original on 28 December 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ↑ "Välkommen Daniel Granli" [Welcome Daniel Granli] (in Swedish). IF Elfsborg. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ↑ "Daniel Granli". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
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