Personal information | |||
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Full name | Benjamin Thoresen Faraas | ||
Date of birth | 8 September 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Flisa, Norway | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Club NXT | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2017–2021 | Flisa | ||
2021 | HamKam | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2023 | HamKam 2 | 29 | (13) |
2021–2023 | HamKam | 23 | (2) |
2023– | Club NXT | 21 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2021 | Norway U16 | 8 | (3) |
2022 | Norway U17 | 3 | (0) |
2023– | Norway U18 | 6 | (2) |
2023– | Norway U19 | 9 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:56, 7 November 2023 (UTC) |
Benjamin Thoresen Faraas (born 8 September 2005) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Club NXT.
Faraas started off in the youth teams of Flisa before joining HamKam in 2021.[1] He started by representing their second team in the Norwegian Fourth Division.[2] He made his first team debut for HamKam in July 2021, as a substitute in a 3–0 win over Gjøvik-Lyn in the Norwegian Football Cup.[3] In April 2022, he made his Eliteserien debut as a substitute in a 3–0 win over Sandefjord.[4] In August 2023, Faraas joined Club NXT, the youth team of Club Brugge.[5]