![]() Dæhli playing for Cardiff City in 2014
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mats Møller Dæhli | ||
Date of birth | 2 March 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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FC St. Pauli (on loan from SC Freiburg) | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
?–2010 | Lyn | ||
2010 | Stabæk | ||
2010 | Lyn | ||
2011–2013 | Manchester United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2014 | Molde | 12 | (0) |
2014 | Cardiff City | 22 | (1) |
2014– | SC Freiburg | 6 | (0) |
2014– | → SC Freiburg II | 7 | (0) |
2017– | → FC St. Pauli (loan) | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2010 | Norway U15 | 5 | (1) |
2011 | Norway U16 | 8 | (3) |
2012 | Norway U18 | 1 | (0) |
2013 | Norway U19 | 5 | (0) |
2013 | Norway U21 | 1 | (0) |
2013 | Norway U23 | 1 | (0) |
2013– | Norway | 12 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:59, 18 January 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2016 |
Mats Møller Dæhli (born 2 March 1995) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC St. Pauli, on loan from SC Freiburg.
Born in Oslo, he was previously contracted to English club Manchester United, where he played for the reserve team. He joined Norwegian club Molde, managed by former Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjær, in July 2013 and made his professional debut the same year. He transferred to Cardiff City in January 2014 after Solskjær had been hired as manager of the Welsh team.
Dæhli has been a key player for every Norwegian youth team up to under-19 level. He has also played for the under-21 team, and made the step up to the senior team in 2013.
Dæhli was born in Oslo to Mette Møller, a photographer for Dagbladet, and Truls Dæhli, a sports journalist for Verdens Gang (VG). He grew up at Ullevål Hageby in Oslo, but lived in London for two years when his father worked as a correspondent for VG. While living in London, the seven-year-old Dæhli attended a training session with Chelsea. After returning to Oslo, he spent most of his childhood playing for Lyn, but after the club was bankrupted in 2010 he had a spell at Stabæk, where he was described by Pål Berg, one of Stabæk's coaches, as "an exceptional talent with superior technique". He played for the reserve team in the 2. Divisjon, before he returned to Lyn.