Simen Bolkan Nordli
Norwegian footballer (born 1999)
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Simen Bolkan Nordli (born 25 December 1999) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eliteserien club Rosenborg.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Simen Bolkan Nordli | ||
| Date of birth | 25 December 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Elverum, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rosenborg | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ottestad | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015 | Ottestad | 20 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | HamKam | 82 | (24) |
| 2020–2022 | Aalesund | 87 | (17) |
| 2023–2025 | Randers | 71 | (21) |
| 2025– | Rosenborg | 16 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 2017 | Norway U18 | 2 | (2) |
| 2018 | Norway U19 | 8 | (1) |
| 2019 | Norway U21 | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 April 2026 | |||
Personal life
He is a son of former Rosenborg and Hamkam player Leif Nordli, who also coached Ottestad.[2]
Club career
He played youth football for Ottestad before joining larger neighbours HamKam, eventually going on to represent Norway as a youth and U21 international.[3]
On 2 January 2020, Aalesunds FK announced the signing of Nordli on a three-year contract.[4]
Danish club Randers announced on 27 July 2022 that they had signed Nordli on a 3.5 year deal, though he would not join the club officially until January 2023 following the end of the 2022 Eliteserien season.[5][6] In November 2024, he was named as the Danish Superliga player of the month for October.[7] He was named as the Superliga Player of the Year for the 2024–25 season on 23 May 2025,[8] a year in which he scored 14 goals from 31 matches.[9]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| HamKam | 2016 | 2. divisjon | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 3 | |||
| 2018 | 1. divisjon | 27 | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | 31 | 8 | ||
| 2019 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | — | 28 | 13 | |||
| Total | 82 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 25 | ||
| Aalesunds | 2020 | Eliteserien | 28 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 1. divisjon | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 11 | |
| 2022 | Eliteserien | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 | |
| Total | 87 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 18 | ||
| Randers | 2022–23 | Danish Superliga | 14 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | |
| 2023–24 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 | ||
| 2024–25 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 14 | ||
| Total | 71 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 22 | ||
| Rosenborg | 2025 | Eliteserien | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 4 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Total | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 256 | 64 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 275 | 70 | ||
Honours
Individual
- Norwegian First Division Player of the Month: September 2021,[10] October 2021[11]
- Danish Superliga Player of the Month: October 2024[12]
- Danish Superliga Player of the Year: 2024–25[8]
- Danish Superliga Team of the Year: 2024–25[13]