Vetle Auklend
Norwegian footballer (born 2005)
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Vetle Auklend (born 22 March 2005) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Eliteserien club Viking.
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Auklend with Viking in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 March 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Stavanger, Norway | ||
| Position | Left back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Viking | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Vidar | ||
| 2019–2023 | Viking | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024– | Viking | 12 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024 | Norway U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2025– | Norway U20 | 7 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 November 2025 | |||
Club career
He grew up in the Stavanger borough of Sandal,[1] and is a younger brother of fellow footballer Sondre Auklend.[2][3][4]
Having played youth football in FK Vidar, Vetle Auklend came over to the academy of Viking FK in 2019. He made his competitive first-team debut in the cup in April 2024, followed by his Eliteserien debut eleven days later.[5] He scored his first goal in June 2025.[1] In 2025, he was competing to be the starting left back.[6] He made seven appearances and scored one goal as Viking won the 2025 Eliteserien.[7][8]
International career
Vetle Auklend made his international debut for Norway U19 in July 2024,[5] at the 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Northern Ireland, where he was included without a single cap to his name.[9] The following year, he and the team made the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup. As Norway beat Paraguay U20, the opponents had a goal annulled via video assistant referee, as the video showed Vetle Auklend being shoved and trampled.[10]
Honours
Viking
