| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jakob Napoleon Romsaas | ||
| Date of birth | 16 May 2004[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Oslo, Norway[1] | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Charleroi | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2021 | Skeid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | Skeid | 38 | (7) |
| 2021–2022 | Skeid 2 | 3 | (1) |
| 2023 | Tromsø 2 | 5 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Tromsø | 57 | (11) |
| 2025– | Charleroi | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Norway U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2023 | Norway U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2025– | Norway U21 | 2 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 June 2025 | |||
Jakob Napoleon Romsaas (born 16 May 2004) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Charleroi.[2]
Career
[edit]Skeid
[edit]In the summer of 2021, Romsaas signed his first professional contract with Skeid at the age of 17.[3]
Tromsø
[edit]Romsaas signed with Eliteserien club Tromsø in February 2023.[4] In May he scored his first two goals for the club in a cup game against Hammerfest, while his first two Eliteserien goals came against Brann in July.[5]
In the summer of 2024, Romsaas scored both of Tromsø's goals in the first leg of their third qualifying round in the UEFA Conference League tie against Scottish Kilmarnock, eventually losing out on aggregate score.[6][7]
In early 2025, after two seasons at the club, Romsaas signed a new contract, this time lasting until the end of the 2028 season.[8]
Charleroi
[edit]On 13 June 2025, Charleroi announced that their first signing of the transfer window was Jakob Romsaas.[9] He signed a two-year contract with an option for two more years. It was described as one of Tromsø's biggest sales.[10]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Skeid | 2021 | 2. divisjon | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 1. divisjon | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | 2[a] | 1 | 27 | 9 | ||
| Total | 38 | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 42 | 9 | |||
| Skeid 2 | 2021 | 3. divisjon | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2022 | 3. divisjon | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Tromsø 2 | 2023 | 3. divisjon | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Tromsø | 2023 | Eliteserien | 20 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 24 | 8 | ||
| 2024 | Eliteserien | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4[b] | 2 | — | 36 | 7 | ||
| 2025 | Eliteserien | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | |||
| Total | 57 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | 69 | 16 | |||
| Charleroi | 2025–26 | Belgian Pro League | 2 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 105 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 123 | 26 | ||
- ^ Appearances in the 1. division relegation play-offs
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
Honours
[edit]Individual
- Eliteserien Young Player of the Month: July 2023[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Jakob Napoleon Romsaas" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ^ "En spiller som har satt seg i TIL-hjertene våre" (in Norwegian). Tromsø IL. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "Jakob Romsaas med proffkontrakt" (in Norwegian). Skeid Fotball. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Napoleon Romsaas har signert" (in Norwegian). Tromsø IL. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ a b Jakob Napoleon Romsaas at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ "Kilmarnock 2-2 Tromsø". UEFA. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Tromso 0-1 Kilmarnock (2-3 agg): Joe Wright header sends Killie to Europa Conference League play-offs against FC Copenhagen". Sky Sports. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ Degerstrøm, Otine (25 March 2025). "Nøkkelspiller har signert ut 2028" [Key player signs contract until 2028] (in Norwegian). Tromsø IL. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Jakob Napoleon Romsaas est Carolo!" [Jakob Napoleon Romsaas is Carolo!] (in French). Royal Charleroi S.C. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Tromsø solgte Romsaas til belgisk klubb: – Et av våre større salg" [Tromsø sells Romsaas to Belgian club: – One of our biggest sales]. VG. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ Jakob Napoleon Romsaas at Soccerway
- ^ "For en måned unggutten hadde". Facebook (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2025.