Eirik Granaas

Eirik Granaas
Personal information
Full name Eirik Julius Granaas
Date of birth (2010-03-24) 24 March 2010
Place of birth Drammen, Norway
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Porto
Number 70
Youth career
–2022 Stoppen
2022–2025 Mjøndalen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2025–2026 Fredrikstad 10 (1)
2026– FC Porto 0 (0)
International career
2025 Norway U15 2 (1)
2026– Norway U16 3 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 April 2026

Eirik Julius Granaas (born 24 March 2010) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Porto.

Club career

Eirik Granaas is the son of former professional footballer Lars Granaas, and his older brother Sondre Granaas also plays as a first tier footballer in Norway.[1][2][3]

Granaas is a youth product of Stoppen SK and Mjøndalen IF, but joined Fredrikstad in Eliteserien in January 2025.[1][4][5] He signed his first professional contract with the club the following March.[6]

He made his professional debut with Fredrikstad in a 4–0 Norwegian Football Cup win over Sarpsborg FK on 12 April 2025. He came on for Patrick Metcalfe at the 59th minute.[7][8]

Granaas made his Eliteserien on 22 June 2025, replacing Rocco Robert Shein in the last minutes of a 3–0 loss to Viking FK. At 15 years and 90 days, this made him the youngest player to ever play in the Norwegian top flight, breaking Martin Ødegaard's previous record.[1][2][9] Later that year, on 14 August, he featured as a substitute in a 2–0 away defeat against FC Midtjylland in the Europa League third qualifying round, becoming the youngest player in European club competition since at least 1971.[10] He scored his first senior goal in a 3–2 away win over Aalesund on 7 April 2026.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lysholm, Matias Næss (29 June 2025). "Slo Martin Ødegaard-rekord: Nå har Fredrikstads Eirik Granaas (15) boligplanen klar". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 "- Får sjelden lov å dra ut". TV 2 (in Norwegian Bokmål). 1 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Proffkontrakt til Sondre Granaas". Mjøndalen IF (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Fra Arsenal-kaptein til Arendal-back". TV 2 (in Norwegian Bokmål). 26 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  5. ↑ Redaksjonen (2 July 2024). "Eirik (14) fra Mjøndalen scorer høyt – kanskje en av Norges beste". Eikernytt.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Signert proffkontrakt: - Veldig gøy". Fredrikstad (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  7. ↑ Simensen, Joakim (16 April 2025). "(+) Eirik (15) ble FFK-historisk". Fredriksstad Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Tittelforsvaret fortsetter: Videre i NM etter 4-0-seier". Fredrikstad (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  9. ↑ Hopen, Andreas; Tetlie, Lisa Amdam (22 June 2025). "Fredrikstads historiske 15-åring hylles: – Helt fantastisk". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  10. ↑ Woosnam, Matt (21 August 2025). "Eirik Granaas, the Norwegian 15-year-old emulating Martin Odegaard and making European football history". The New York Times.
  11. ↑ "Rekdals Aalesund mistet ledelsen igjen: –⁠ Juniorpreg". vg.no (in Norwegian). 7 April 2026.
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