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Kristoffer Ajer
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Norwegian association football player (born 1998)
OverviewAI-generated
Kristoffer Ajer is a Norwegian association football player born on April 17, 1998, in Rælingen. His birth name is Kristoffer Vassbakk Köpp Ajer. He holds Norwegian citizenship and speaks Norwegian as his native language. Ajer was educated at Kristiansand Cathedral School. His professional career began in 2014.
He plays as a midfielder and centre-back, wearing the number 35. Ajer has been a member of IK Start, Celtic F.C., the Norway national under-17 association football team, and the Norway national under-19 association football team. He also plays for Brentford. He has participated in the 2016–17, 2017–18, and 2018–19 Scottish Premiership seasons, as well as the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5.
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Key facts
- 2014
- Norway U16
- 2015
- Norway U17
- 2016
- Norway U19
- 2017
- → Kilmarnock (loan)
- 2018
- Norway
- 2021
- Brentford
- Full name
- Kristoffer Vassbakk Köpp Ajer
- Date of birth
- ( 1998-04-17 ) 17 April 1998 (age 28)
- Place of birth
- Rælingen , Norway
- Height
- 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
- Positions
- Centre-back right-back
- Current team
- Brentford
- 0000 2009
- Rælingen
- 2010 2014
- Lillestrøm
- Years
- Team
- 2013 2014
- Lillestrøm II
- 2014 2016
- Start
- 2016 2021
- Celtic
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Brentford
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- Norway
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kristoffer
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Rælingen
- Occupation
- association football player
- Educated at
- Kristiansand Cathedral School
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Native language
- Norwegian
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Kilmarnock F.C.
- Position played
- midfielder
- Country for sport
- Norway
- Mass
- 93.5
- Image
- Norway Italy - June 2025 E 21 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 198
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1998-04-17
- sport number
- 35
- Commons category
- Kristoffer Ajer
- birth name
- Kristoffer Vassbakk Köpp Ajer
- name in native language
- Kristoffer Ajer
- Scandinavian middle family name
- Köpp
- start of work period
- 2014-00-00
- social media followers
- 1088
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Kristoffer Vassbakk Köpp Ajer (born 17 April 1998) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays either as centre-back or right-back for Premier League club Brentford and the Norway national team. Ajer has previously played for Start in the Tippeligaen and Celtic in the Scottish Premiership, where he also had a loan spell with Kilmarnock.
Early and personal life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kristoffer Ajer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.