Benjamin Faraas
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamin Thoresen Faraas | ||
| Date of birth | 8 September 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Flisa, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fredikstad | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017–2021 | Flisa | ||
| 2021 | HamKam | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | HamKam 2 | 29 | (13) |
| 2021–2023 | HamKam | 23 | (2) |
| 2023–2025 | Club NXT | 37 | (3) |
| 2025– | Fredrikstad | 15 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Norway U16 | 8 | (3) |
| 2021 | Norway U17 | 9 | (3) |
| 2022–2023 | Norway U18 | 8 | (3) |
| 2023–2024 | Norway U19 | 16 | (5) |
| 2024– | Norway U20 | 3 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 July 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10:39, 18 September 2025 (UTC) | |||
Benjamin Thoresen Faraas (born 8 September 2005) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fredrikstad.
Club career
[edit]Faraas started off in the youth teams of Flisa before joining HamKam in 2021.[1] He started by representing their second team in the Norwegian Fourth Division.[2] He made his first team debut for HamKam in July 2021, as a substitute in a 3–0 win over Gjøvik-Lyn in the Norwegian Football Cup.[3] In April 2022, he made his Eliteserien debut as a substitute in a 3–0 win over Sandefjord.[4] In August 2023, Faraas joined Club NXT, the youth team of Club Brugge.[5] On 18 January 2025, Faraas signed for Eliteserien side Fredrikstad on a four-year deal.[6]
International career
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "U-LANDSLAGSSPILLERE TIL HAMKAM" (in Norwegian). Hamarkameratene. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- 1 2 "Benjamin Thoresen Faraas". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ↑ "Gjøvik-Lyn - HamKam". fotball.no. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ↑ "HAMKAM VS. SANDEFJORD 3 - 0". Soccerway. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ↑ "BENJAMIN FARAAS TEKENT BIJ CLUB NXT" (in Dutch). Club Brugge KV. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ↑ "Hentes fra belgisk storklubb: - Tempo, kreativitet og intensitet" (in Norwegian). Fredrikstad FK. 18 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
External links
[edit]- Benjamin Faraas at Soccerway
- Benjamin Faraas at WorldFootball.net
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- 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen
- Men's association football midfielders
- Norway men's youth international footballers
- Eliteserien players
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- Norwegian Fourth Division players
- Club NXT players
- Hamarkameratene players
- Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
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