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About Kristoffer Velde
Kristoffer Velde (born 9 September 1999) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Portland Timbers and the Norway national team. Velde played youth football in Kopervik, spent the 2013 season in Vard's youth setup, returned to Kopervik before joining Haugesund in 2015. He made his senior debut in 2017. In 2017 he also featured for Norway U19. In early January 2019 it was announced that Velde was loaned out to Nest-Sotra for the 2019 season. The loan was terminated in early April 2019. He moved to Polish club Lech Poznań in January 2022. Velde received his first international callup for Norway in June 2023. He won his first cap as a substitute against Cyprus. Velde is half Argentinean. He is nicknamed "Veldinho".
