John Olav Norheim

{{Infobox football biography

| name = John Olav Norheim

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|4|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kristiansand, Norway

| height = 1.86 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Start

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Fløy

| years1 = 2012–2013 | clubs1 = Fløy | caps1 = 34 | goals1 = 5

| years2 = 2014–2016 | clubs2 = Start | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2014 | clubs3 = → Fløy (loan) | caps3 = 11 | goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2015 | clubs4 = → Nest-Sotra (loan) | caps4 = 14 | goals4 = 5

| years5 = 2016 | clubs5 = → KFUM Oslo (loan) | caps5 = 27 | goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2017–2018 | clubs6 = Fløy | caps6 = 46 | goals6 = 11

| years7 = 2019 | clubs7 = Strømmen | caps7 = 26 | goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2020–2022 | clubs8 = Jerv | caps8 = 61 | goals8 = 7

| years9 = 2023–2025 | clubs9 = HamKam | caps9 = 57 | goals9 = 7

| years10 = 2025- |clubs10 = Start | caps10 = 0 | goals10 = 0

| club-update = 4 February 2025

}}

John Olav Norheim (born 5 April 1995) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Norwegian First Division side Start.

Career

Norheim started his career in Fløy, and made his senior debut in 2012.{{cite news|title=Unggutt signerte for Fløy|date=17 December 2012|work=Fædrelandsvennen|page=22|language=Norwegian}} In 2014, he joined IK Start as a youth prospect.{{cite news|title=Norheim til Start|date=16 January 2014|work=Kristiansand Avis|page=17|language=Norwegian}} He then made his Tippeligaen debut in May 2015 against Molde.

In 2015, he was loaned out to Nest-Sotra Fotball.{{cite news|title=Start låner ut John Olav Norheim|date=25 July 2015|agency=Norwegian News Agency|language=Norwegian}} On 7 January 2016 he was loaned to KFUM Oslo.{{cite web|title=På plass etter utlånet|url=http://www.ikstart.no/news/article/1im14ykdswe1s1m5lpni6yo1tr/title/pa-plass-etter-utlanet|website=www.ikstart.no|publisher=IK Start|accessdate=8 January 2016|language=Norwegian|date=7 January 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115057/http://www.ikstart.no/news/article/1im14ykdswe1s1m5lpni6yo1tr/title/pa-plass-etter-utlanet|archivedate=4 March 2016}} Ahead of the 2017 season he returned to Fløy.

Norheim signed with Strømmen IF for one year on 27 December 2018.[http://www.strommen-if.no/nyheter/mer-friskt-blod-inn-i-strommen Mere friskt blod inn i Strømmen], strommen-if.no, 27 December 2018