Daniel Granli

Daniel Fredrik Granli (born 1 May 1994) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Dutch Eerste Divisie club ADO Den Haag. Historically a right back, since 2018 he is mainly a centre-back.

Daniel Granli

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Fredrik Granli^[1]
Date of birth	(1994-05-01) 1 May 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Bærum, Norway^[2]
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)^[2]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	ADO Den Haag
Number	3
Youth career
	Lier
	Bærum
–2012	Stabæk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2019	Stabæk	119	(1)
2019–2020	AIK	24	(0)
2020	→ AaB (loan)	11	(0)
2021–2023	AaB	65	(3)
2023–	ADO Den Haag	9	(0)
International career^‡
2014	Norway U21	1	(0)
2020	Norway	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:20, 22 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2020

Career

Club career

He is a son of former goalkeeper Espen Granli, and hails from Lier. After starting his youth career in Lier he went on to Bærum and Stabæk. He made his senior team debut in April 2013, when Stabæk was languishing in the 1. divisjon, in a match against Kongsvinger.^[3] He subsequently signed the professional contract.^[4] Stabæk was promoted, and he made his first-tier debut in March 2014 against Sogndal.

On 28 January 2019 Granli signed with Swedish AIK on a four year contract.^[5] However, he was loaned out to Danish Superliga club AaB on 3 September 2020 for the rest of the year with an option to buy.^[6] On 6 January 2021 AaB confirmed, that they had triggered the buying option.^[7]

On 14 August 2023 he signed a two-year contract with ADO Den Haag in the Netherlands.^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 January 2024^[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stabæk	2013	Adeccoligaen	16	1	2	0	—		18	1
	2014	Tippeligaen	21	0	3	0	—		24	0
	2015		22	0	5	2	—		27	2
	2016		17	0	2	0	—		19	0
	2017	Eliteserien	14	0	5	0	—		19	0
	2018		29	0	3	0	—		32	0
	Total		119	1	20	2	—		139	3
AIK	2019	Allsvenskan	11	0	5	0	7	0	23	0
	2020		13	0	2	0	—		15	0
	Total		24	0	7	0	7	0	38	0
AaB	2020–21	Danish Superliga	27	0	0	0	—		27	0
	2021–22		28	0	3	0	—		31	0
	2022–23		22	2	6	0	—		28	2
	2023–24	Danish 1st Division	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		78	2	9	0	—		87	2
ADO Den Haag	2023–24	Eerste Divisie	9	0	0	0	—		9	0
Career total			230	3	36	2	7	0	273	5

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
2020	1	0
Total		1	0

References

1. Daniel Granli at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)  
2. Stabæk Fotball profile 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
3. Borgersen, Maria (20 May 2013). (in Norwegian). Stabæk Fotball. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
4. Falck, Mathias Bohlin; Gulbrandsen, Ragnhild (16 May 2013). "Nå må han bli proff". Budstikka (in Norwegian). p. 23.
5. "Daniel Granli till AIK Fotboll" (in Swedish). AIK Fotboll. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
6. AaB lejer nordmand hos AIK Stockholm, aabsport.dk, 3 September 2020
7. Granli fortsætter i AaB, aabsport.dk, 6 January 2021
8. "ADO DEN HAAG VERSTERKT ZICH DEFENSIEF MET DANIEL GRANLI" [ADO DEN HAAG STRENGTHENS ITSELF DEFENSIVELY WITH DANIEL GRANLI] (in Dutch). ADO Den Haag. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
9. "Daniel Granli". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 9 February 2019.