Mikkel Hope

Mikkel Hope
Personal information
Full name Mikkel Kalvenes Hope
Date of birth (2006-08-08) 8 August 2006 (age 18)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Haugesund
Number 25
Youth career
Trott
–2020 Stord
2021–2023 Haugesund
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Haugesund 28 (1)
International career‡
2022 Norway U16 10 (1)
2023 Norway U16 11 (0)
2024– Norway U16 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 November 2024

Mikkel Kalvenes Hope (born 8 August 2006) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a defender for FK Haugesund.

Hope played youth football in IL Trott, and then Stord IL. He was on trials with both FK Haugesund and SK Brann before joining the dominant team in the Haugalandet/Sunnhordland region, FK Haugesund, in 2021. In 2022 he made his debut as a Norway youth international, and was also secured by FK Haugesund by signing a "professional contract".[1][2]

He made his first-team debut in a friendly match against Wolfsberger AC in Marbella in January 2023.[3] The next step was being officially drafted into the first team, which happened in February 2023. Though Haugesund had a certain history of signing players from Stord, Hope became the first since Torbjørn Agdestein in 2014.[4] At 16 years and 265 days, Hope made his FKH debut as a substitute in April 2023. He became the youngest player ever to represent the club in the league.[5]

His first Eliteserien start came in March 2024, when Haugesund managed to beat Odd away.[6] He went on to start the majority of FKH's games in the 2024 Eliteserien.[7] Among his better matches was a Rogaland derby at home versus Viking, when Haugesund held the medal contenders Viking scoreless, winning 1–0.[8] His first Eliteserien goal came in August 2024 against Bodø/Glimt, though Haugesund lost the game.[9]

  1. ^ Mikkel Hope at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ Nordvik, Runar (29 July 2022). "Mikkel skrev proffkontrakt" (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Slik gjekk det i debuten på A-laget". Sunnhordland (in Norwegian). 26 January 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Han blir første stordabu sidan Torbjørn Agdestein til å gjera dette". Sunnhordland (in Norwegian). 14 February 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  5. ^ Grøttland, Odd Kåre (5 May 2023). "Mikkel (16) satte FKH-rekord: – En drøm som gikk i oppfyllelse tidligere enn forventet". Haugesunds Avis (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Mikkel (17) med draumestart i Eliteserien" (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Stord24. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  7. ^ Mikkel Hope at Soccerway
  8. ^ Kristiansen, Geir-Å. (21 July 2024). "Mikkel (17) får skryt etter å ha stoppet Viking-stjernen". Haugesunds Avis (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  9. ^ Ellingsen, Joakim (3 August 2024). "– Kjempefint om han bruker oss som motivasjon". Haugesunds Avis (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 November 2024.