Joakim Våge Nilsen

Joakim Våge Nilsen

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Personal information
Full name	Joakim Våge Nilsen
Date of birth	(1991-04-24) 24 April 1991
Place of birth	Bømlo, Norway
Height
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Odd
Number	18
Youth career
	Foldrøy
	Bremnes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2015	Haugesund	154	(5)
2016–	Odd	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 April 2016

Joakim Våge Nilsen (born 24 April 1991) is a Norwegian football defender who will be playing for Odd in the Norwegian Premier League from January 2016.

Haugesund

He made his debut for Haugesund on 5 April 2009 against Tromsdalen at the age of 17 years. He played in all but one Adeccoligaen game that season, only missing the game against Skeid through suspension after being sent off against Nybergsund five days before his eighteenth birthday. The young left back was an integral part to Haugesund winning the Norwegian First Division that year.

After helping Haugesund to promotion to Tippeligaen 2010 – the first time in ten years – Våge Nilsen continued as a mainstay in the first team, missing just two games and amounting a total of 2520 Tippeligaen minutes, 93% of what he could have played. He scored his first professional goal on 21 March 2010 against Strømsgodset, the equaliser in a 2-2 draw. In September, the youngster won the Statoils talent award, an award handed to the best young player in Norwegian football every month.

Career statistics

Club	Season	Division	League		Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Haugesund	2007	Adeccoligaen	1	0	0	0	1	0
	2008		7	0	1	1	8	1
	2009		29	0	1	0	30	0
	2010	Tippeligaen	28	2	3	0	31	2
	2011		16	0	0	0	16	0
	2012		20	0	3	1	23	1
	2013		13	2	0	0	13	2
	2014		30	0	4	1	34	1
	2015		10	1	2	0	12	1
Odd	2016		4	0	1	0	5	0
Career Total			157	5	15	3	171	8