Even Hovland (born 14 February 1989) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Allsvenskan club BK Häcken.
 Hovland in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Even Hovland | ||
| Date of birth | 14 February 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Vadheim, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Häcken | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vadheim | |||
| Høyang | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2011 | Sogndal | 93 | (10) |
| 2012–2014 | Molde | 51 | (3) |
| 2014–2017 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 71 | (4) |
| 2017–2018 | Sogndal | 10 | (0) |
| 2018–2021 | Rosenborg | 102 | (9) |
| 2022– | BK Häcken | 73 | (11) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009–2010 | Norway U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2012–2020 | Norway | 29 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2020 | |||
Club career
editIn his youth, Hovland played for the local clubs Vadheim IL and IL Høyang, before joining Sogndal in 2007.
During the warm-up to the opening match of the 2009 season against Hønefoss, Hovland broke his foot, and missed almost the entire season.
In 2009–2010, Hovland was on trial at Manchester United, but was not offered a contract.[1]
Hovland joined Molde FK ahead of the 2012-season.
In the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League qualifying match against FC Basel, Hovland was injured and had to leave the pitch after 25 minutes. The knee-injury kept him out of play for the rest of the 2012-season.[2][3]
On 14 June 2014, Molde announced that Hovland had signed a three-year deal with German club 1. FC Nürnberg.[4]
On 11 September 2017, Sogndal announced that Hovland had returned to the club after having been released from Nürnberg. He had signed a deal keeping him at Sogndal until 2020.[5]
On 4 April 2018, Rosenborg announced that Hovland had signed a 3+1⁄2-year contract with the club.[6]
On 28 December 2021, Hovland signe a two-year contract with Häcken. He established himself as a consistent performer, and by the end of the season, he had played for BK Häcken 33 times in all competitions, scoring six goals,[7] helping them to their first ever Allsvenskan title.[8] He was voted Allsvenskan Defender of the Season at the end of the season.[9]
International career
editHovland was named in Norway's squad for the EURO 2012 qualification match against Cyprus on 11 October 2011, because Brede Hangeland was suspended due to yellow cards.[10] Hovland made his debut for the senior team in a 1–1 friendly draw against Denmark on 15 January 2012.[11] The day before Norway's friendly against Northern Ireland on 29 February 2012, Hovland was again called up for Norway as a replacement for Brede Hangeland, but because Hovland had played a pre-season match with Molde in Spain the same day he withdrew from the national team squad.[12]
Personal life
editHovland's sister Stine is also an international footballer. The siblings were teammates in their local youth team.[13]
Hovland's cousin Viktor is an international professional golfer.
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 20 July 2024
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sogndal | 2007 | Adeccoligaen | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 28 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2010 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 1 | – | 28 | 7 | |||
| 2011 | Tippeligaen | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | 26 | 3 | ||
| Total | 93 | 10 | 9 | 2 | – | 102 | 12 | |||
| Molde | 2012 | Tippeligaen | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| 2013 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
| 2014 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Total | 51 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 69 | 4 | ||
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 2014–15 | 2. Bundesliga | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 25 | 1 | |
| 2015–16 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 28 | 2 | |||
| 2016–17 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 21 | 1 | |||
| Total | 71 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | 74 | 4 | |||
| Sogndal | 2017 | Eliteserien | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |
| 2018 | OBOS-ligaen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |||
| Rosenborg | 2018 | Eliteserien | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 44 | 1 |
| 2019 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 45 | 6 | ||
| 2020 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 3 | ||
| 2021 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 3 | ||
| Total | 102 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 147 | 13 | ||
| Häcken | 2022 | Allsvenskan | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 6 |
| 2023 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 46 | 8 | ||
| 2024 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
| Total | 73 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 99 | 15 | ||
| Career total | 400 | 38 | 44 | 9 | 57 | 3 | 501 | 50 | ||
Honours
editMolde
Rosenborg
- Eliteserien: 2018
- Norwegian Cup: 2018
BK Häcken
Individual
References
edit- ^ "Ingen kontrakt med United". nrk.no (in Norwegian). NRK. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "Hovland ute resten av sesongen". Norwegian News Agency (in Norwegian). tv2.no. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "Hovland ute resten av sesongen" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "Even Hovland er klar for FC Nürnberg". moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 14 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ^ "Even kjem heim!". sogndalfotball.no (in Norwegian). Sogndal Fotball. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ "Hovland klar for Rosenborg". rbk.no (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "BK Häcken – Appearances Allsvenskan 2022". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ Lann, Rikard (30 October 2022). "Häcken svenska mästare" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ a b Diamant, Jonathan Pineiro; Wahlberg, Malin (8 November 2022). "Tog storslam i Allsvenskans stora pris: "Det trodde jag aldrig..."". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ "Drillo tok ut Even Hovland: – Han er en kapteinstype". tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV2. 26 September 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "Her er situasjonen som irriterer debutant Hovland". vg.no (in Norwegian). VG. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ^ "Reginiussen kalt inn i landslagstroppen". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ Petersen Kalleklev, Helge Johan (15 November 2018). "Stopperprofilens "ukjente" landslagslillesøster" (in Norwegian). TV 2 (Norway). Retrieved 1 June 2019.