ratings updated 20 Aug 2026
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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Aalesund.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Eliteserien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1097 | 6.72 |
Scout report
A. Hammer Kjelsen is a 20-year-old central defender at Aalesund, rated 40.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 86th of 231 on scout potential in the Eliteserien and 275th of 566 U-21 players tracked. A young player, he has been a regular starter this season (64.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.53 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kjelsen.
Judged on this season alone, Kjelsen graded 15 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 35th of 45 of the 45 centre-backs in the Eliteserien, on 1 clean sheet and 3.528 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 16 → 15). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 41, top 29% of the 45 centre-backs in the Eliteserien. At 20 Kjelsen is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 6.2 reflects that trajectory.
A career still climbing — Kjelsen is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
Output in context · Aalesund finished 15th of 16 · a relegation-threatened side
3.53 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 13 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (15th of 16) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 64.2% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Defensive volume. 3.53 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 40.6, Kjelsen carries the 13th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Eliteserien of 45 — though on just 13 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.53 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 20 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (98/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Eliteserien with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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