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Hugo Vetlesen

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Hugo Vetlesen
Vetlesen with Club Brugge in 2025
Personal information
Full name Hugo Vegard Vetlesen[1]
Date of birth (2000-02-29) 29 February 2000 (age 26)[2]
Place of birth Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Club Brugge
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Stabæk 93 (5)
2020–2023 Bodø/Glimt 75 (25)
2023– Club Brugge 91 (11)
International career‡
2016 Norway U16 3 (0)
2017 Norway U18 9 (1)
2018 Norway U19 7 (1)
2019 Norway U20 4 (0)
2018–2022 Norway U21 9 (0)
2022– Norway 6 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 October 2024

Hugo Vegard Vetlesen (born 29 February 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Club Brugge. Born in Belgium, he represents the Norway national team.

Early life

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Vetlesen was born on 29 February 2000 in Braine-l'Alleud, Wallonia, to a Norwegian father and a French mother.[4] His father, Johan Vetlesen, played in the Norwegian second division and was selected on several occasions for Norway’s youth national teams. His mother is from La Rochelle.[5]

Club career

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On 5 October 2020, Vetlesen left Stabæk to sign for Bodø/Glimt until the end of 2023.[6][7] On 7 April 2022, Vetlesen headed in the game-winning goal in a shock 2–1 victory over Serie A side Roma in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa Conference League.[8]

On 3 July 2023, Vetlesen signed for Club Brugge until 2027 in a deal worth a reported €7,750,000.[9]

International career

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Vetlesen is eligible to play for Belgium through birth along with Norway and France through parentage.

2016–2022: Youth level

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Vetlesen has represented Norway at U16, U-18, U-19 and, most recently, U-21 level.

With the U-18 team, he scored a goal in a friendly against Finland in November 2017, which ended in a 4–0 victory.

With the U19 team, he scored two goals in March 2018, against the Netherlands in a 1–6 defeat and then against Germany in a 2–5 victory. These two matches were part of the qualifying round for the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[10] Vetlesen also provided three assists during those qualifiers. He was subsequently called up to take part in the final phase of the European Championship in that age group, held in Finland. He played four matches in that tournament, recording two wins, one draw and one defeat.

He then went on to represent the Norway under-20 team at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. At the tournament, held in Poland, he played two matches—against Uruguay and New Zealand—both of which ended in defeat.[11][12]

With the Norway under-21 team, he received his first call-up from manager Leif Gunnar Smerud on 28 August 2018, ahead of the match against Azerbaijan, which counted towards 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification. He made his debut for the Under-21s on 11 September, coming on as a substitute for Dennis Johnsen during the 3–1 victory over Azerbaijan. A year later, on 10 September 2019, he captained the Under-21s for the first time in a friendly against Hungary.

2022–present: Senior level

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On 8 November 2022, he was called up to the Norway men's team for the first time; the call-up was for the matches against Ireland and Finland.[13] On 20 November 2022, he made his international debut for the Norway against Finland.[14]

On 7 September 2023, he scored his first international goal for Norway against Jordan.[15]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 7 August 2026[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stabæk 2017 Eliteserien 26050––310
2018 24130–1[b]0281
2019 24031––261
2020 194–––194
Total 93511100101056
Bodø/Glimt 2020 Eliteserien 81–––81
2021 2753019[c]3–498
2022 29166015[d]3–5019
2023 1135100–164
Total 75251413460012332
Club Brugge 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 3733216[e]2–567
2024–25 292407[f]01[g]0412
2025–26 245319[f]01[g]0376
2026–27 1100001[g]021
Total 91111033223013616
Career total 261413556684036654
  1. ↑ Includes Norwegian Cup, Belgian Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance in Eliteserien relegation play-offs
  3. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seventeen appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ↑ Eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  6. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  7. 1 2 3 Appearance in Belgian Super Cup

International

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As of 11 October 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Norway 202210
202321
202430
Total61
Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vetlesen goal.
List of international goals scored by Hugo Vetlesen
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
17 September 2023Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway Jordan6–06–0Friendly

Honours

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Bodø/Glimt

Club Brugge

Individual

References

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  1. ↑ "Hugo Vegard Vetlesen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Norway" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Hugo Vetlesen". Club Brugge KV. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  4. ↑ VIDEO - Stabæks komet: – Jeg vil dominere kampene som Zidane
  5. ↑ Holmlund, Tor Bjørnar (28 January 2017). "16-åring kjemper om Stabæk-kontrakt". Budstikka (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "VETLESEN DRAR NORDOVER". stabak.no (in Norwegian). Stabæk Fotball. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "HUGO VETLESEN HAR SIGNERT FOR KLUBBEN" (in Norwegian). FK Bodø/Glimt. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "European roundup: Torres salvages first leg draw for Barcelona in Frankfurt". The Guardian. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "Hugo Vetlesen joins Club Brugge". 3 July 2023.
  10. ↑ Fotballforbund, Norges. "G19: EM-troppen er klar". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  11. ↑ Fotballforbund, Norges. "U20: Her er de første åtte spillerne i VM-troppen". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  12. ↑ Fotballforbund, Norges. "Presentasjon av U20-landslagets VM-tropp". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  13. ↑ Fotballforbund, Norges. "Her er Norges tropp til kampene mot Irland og Finland". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  14. ↑ Fotballforbund, Norges. "Uavgjort på Ullevaal: - Vi avsluttet kampen veldig bra". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  15. ↑ Fotballforbund, Norges. "- Det er sånne kvelder man drømmer om". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  16. ↑ Hugo Vetlesen at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  17. ↑ Forseth, Magnus (12 December 2021). "Coop månedens unge spiller november: Hugo Vetlesen" (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
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