Hugo Vetlesen
{{Short description|Norwegian footballer (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Hugo Vetlesen
| image = Vetlesen.jpg
| caption = Vetlesen in 2021
| full_name = Hugo Vegard Vetlesen{{cite web |url=https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/person/profil/?fiksId=3653898 |title=Hugo Vegard Vetlesen |publisher=Norwegian Football Federation |access-date=22 April 2021 |language=no}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|2|29|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2019/pdf/FWYC_2019_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Norway |publisher=FIFA |page=13 |date=13 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206013743/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2019/pdf/FWYC_2019_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=6 February 2020}}
| birth_place = Bærum, Norway
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Club Brugge
| clubnumber = 10
| years1 = 2017–2020
| clubs1 = Stabæk
| caps1 = 93
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 2020–2023
| clubs2 = Bodø/Glimt
| caps2 = 75
| goals2 = 25
| years3 = 2023–
| clubs3 = Club Brugge
| caps3 = 66
| goals3 = 5
| nationalyears1 = 2016
| nationalteam1 = Norway U-16
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2017
| nationalteam2 = Norway U-18
| nationalcaps2 = 9
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 2018
| nationalteam3 = Norway U-19
| nationalcaps3 = 7
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2019
| nationalteam4 = Norway U-20
| nationalcaps4 = 4
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| nationalyears5 = 2018–2022
| nationalteam5 = Norway U-21
| nationalcaps5 = 9
| nationalgoals5 = 0
| nationalyears6 = 2022–
| nationalteam6 = Norway
| nationalcaps6 = 6
| nationalgoals6 = 1
| club-update = 5 June 2025
| ntupdate = 11 October 2024
}}
Hugo Vegard Vetlesen (born 29 February 2000) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Club Brugge and the Norway national team.
Career
On 5 October 2020, Vetlesen left Stabæk to sign for Bodø/Glimt until the end of 2023.{{cite web |title=VETLESEN DRAR NORDOVER |url=https://www.stabak.no/nyheter/vetlesen-drar-nordover |website=stabak.no |publisher=Stabæk Fotball |accessdate=6 October 2020 |language=Norwegian |date=5 October 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.glimt.no/nyheter/hugo-vetlesen-har-signert-for-klubben|title=HUGO VETLESEN HAR SIGNERT FOR KLUBBEN|date=5 October 2020|publisher=FK Bodø/Glimt|language=Norwegian|accessdate=5 October 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/07/european-roundup-ferran-torres-salvages-first-leg-draw-barcelona-eintracht-frankfurt-europa-league-conference-league|title=European roundup: Torres salvages first leg draw for Barcelona in Frankfurt|website=The Guardian|date=7 April 2022|accessdate=10 April 2022}}
On 3 July 2023, Vetlesen signed for Club Brugge until 2027 in a deal worth a reported €7,750,000.{{cite web | url=https://www.clubbrugge.be/en/news/hugo-vetlesen-naar-club-brugge | title=Hugo Vetlesen joins Club Brugge | date=3 July 2023 }}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{Updated|match played 4 May 2025}}{{soccerway|hugo-vetlesen/479462|accessdate=4 July 2023}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Norwegian Cup, Belgian Cup}} !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="5"|Stabæk
|2017 |rowspan="4"|Eliteserien |26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2018
|24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 1{{efn|Appearance in Eliteserien relegation play-offs|name=RPO}} | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2019
|24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 26 | 1 | |||
| 2020
|19 | 4 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 19 | 4 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!93 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 6 | |
| rowspan="5"|Bodø/Glimt
|2020 |rowspan="4"|Eliteserien |8 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 8 | 1 | ||||
| 2021
|27 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19{{efn|Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seventeen appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 3 | colspan="2"|– | 49 | 8 | ||
| 2022
|29 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 15{{efn|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}} | 3 | colspan="2"|– | 50 | 19 | ||
| 2023
|11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 16 | 4 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!75 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 32 | |
| rowspan="3"|Club Brugge
|rowspan="2"|Belgian Pro League |37 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 2 | colspan="2"|– | 56 | 7 | ||
| 2024–25
|26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | 1{{efn|name=BSC|Appearance in Belgian Super Cup}} | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!63 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 8 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!233 | 34 | 32 | 4 | 57 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 324 | 46 |
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=International=
{{updated|
11 October 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3"|Norway
|2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total||6||1 |
:Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vetlesen goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Hugo Vetlesen | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center"|1 | 7 September 2023 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | {{fb|JOR}} | style="text-align:center"|6–0 | style="text-align:center"| 6–0 | Friendly |
Honours
Bodø/Glimt
- Eliteserien: 2020, 2021, 2023
Club Brugge
Individual
- Eliteserien Player of the Year: 2022
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.clubbrugge.be/en/teams/a-kern/players/hugo-vetlesen Hugo Vetlesen] at the Club Brugge KV website
{{Club Brugge KV squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vetlesen, Hugo}}
Category:Footballers from Bærum
Category:Norwegian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Norway men's youth international footballers
Category:Norway men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Norway men's international footballers
Category:Belgian Pro League players
Category:Stabæk Fotball players
Category:FK Bodø/Glimt players
Category:Club Brugge KV players
Category:Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium