Kristian Fardal Opseth (born 6 January 1990) is a Norwegian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a striker for Stabæk.

Career

Opseth started his career with

Kaupanger Kaupanger is a village situated along the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the municipality of Sogndal in Vestland county, Norway. It sits along the Norwegian National Road 5, about southeast of the municipal centre of Sogndalsfjøra and a ...

before joining

Førde Førde is a former municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative center was the town of Førde which in 2016 had 10,255 inhabitants. Other villages in Før ...

Sogndal

He joined

Sogndal Sogndal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sogn. The village of Hermansv ...

in 2014, and made his debut in a 3–0 defeat against Stabæk.

Bodø/Glimt

Opseth later joined Bodø/Glimt. In 2017, he became the all-time top scorer of the

Norwegian First Division The Norwegian First Division, also called 1. divisjon () and OBOS-ligaen (due to sponsoring ties with :no:OBOS, OBOS), is the second-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Each year, the top finishing teams in the 1. divisjon ...

, having scored 28 goals in 30 matches.

Erzurumspor

Opseth joined Turkish side

Erzurumspor Erzurumspor was a sports club located in Erzurum, Turkey. The football club played in the Turkish Regional Amateur League. The club also played in Turkish First League between 1998 and 2001. It fell into money shortage since 2000 and gradually f ...

on 23 January 2019.

Adelaide

On 31 July 2019, Opseth joined Australian club

Adelaide United Adelaide United Football Club is a professional men's soccer club located in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club was one of the eight founding members of the A-League Men and have competed in it concurrently since its formation, u ...

. In October 2020, it was announced by

Bruce Djite Bruce José Djité (French pronunciation: ; born 25 March 1987) is an Australian executive and former association football (soccer) player. he is South Australian executive director of the Property Council of Australia. Djite made a name for ...

that Opseth had left Adelaide United.

Bengaluru

On 20 October 2020, Kristian Opseth joined

Indian Super League The Indian Super League (ISL) is a professional association football league in India and the highest level of the Indian football league system. Administered by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and its commercial partner Football Sport ...

club

Bengaluru FC Bengaluru Football Club () (Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು.ಎಫ್.ಸಿ) is an Indian professional football club based in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club w ...

Sarpsborg 08

On 3 March 2021, he returned to Norway, signing a two-year contract with

Sarpsborg 08 Sarpsborg 08 Fotballforening, commonly known as Sarpsborg 08 or simply Sarpsborg (), is a Norwegian professional football club based in Sarpsborg, playing in Eliteserien. Sarpsborg 08 and its predecessors played in 1. divisjon from 2005 to 2010. ...

Stabæk

After Sarpsborg 08 chose not to renew Opseth's contract after the 2023 season, Stabæk announced in March 2023 that they had signed Opseth on a two-year contract.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

;Sogndal *

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

;Bodø/Glimt *

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

;Adelaide United *

FFA Cup The Australia Cup (currently known as the Hahn Australia Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. This annual competition is organised by Football Australia (known as Football Federation Austra ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

Individual

top scorer: 2017

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Opseth, Kristian 1990 births Living people People from Sogndal Footballers from Vestland Men's association football forwards Norwegian men's footballers Sogndal Fotball players FK Bodø/Glimt players Erzurumspor footballers Adelaide United FC players Bengaluru FC players Sarpsborg 08 FF players Stabæk Fotball players Norwegian Third Division players Norwegian Second Division players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Süper Lig players A-League Men players Indian Super League players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Expatriate men's footballers in India Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Australia Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in India 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen