Even Hovland

Even Hovland (born 14 February 1989) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Allsvenskan club BK Häcken and the Norway national team.[1]

Even Hovland
Hovland in 2014
Personal information
Full name Even Hovland
Date of birth (1989-02-14) 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 44 (9)
International career‡
2009–2010 Norway U21 6 (0)
2012– Norway 29 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2020

Club career

In 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.[2]

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.[3][4]

On 14 June 2014, Molde announced that Hovland had signed a three-year deal with German club 1. FC Nürnberg.[5]

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.[6]

On 4 April 2018, Rosenborg announced that Hovland had signed a three and a half years with the club.[1]

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

Hovland 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

Hovland'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
As of match played 2 July 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sogndal 2007 Adeccoligaen 28100–281
2008 17110–181
2009 2000–20
2010 24641–287
2011 Tippeligaen 22241–263
Total 931092–10212
Molde 2012 Tippeligaen 1813140251
2013 2415150342
2014 911000101
Total 5139290694
1. FC Nürnberg 2014–15 2. Bundesliga 25100–251
2015–16 26220–282
2016–17 20110–211
Total 71430–744
Sogndal 2017 Eliteserien 9000–90
2018 OBOS-ligaen 1000–10
Total 10000–100
Rosenborg 2018 Eliteserien 27040131441
2019 28531140456
2020 1820021203
2021 2023160383
Total 102910235214713
Häcken 2022 Allsvenskan 3044200346
2023 1446100206
Total 449103005412
Career total 3713541944245646

Honours

Molde

Rosenborg

BK Häcken

Individual

References
  1. "Hovland klar for Rosenborg". rbk.no (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  2. "Ingen kontrakt med United". nrk.no (in Norwegian). NRK. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  3. "Hovland ute resten av sesongen". Norwegian News Agency (in Norwegian). tv2.no. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  4. "Hovland ute resten av sesongen" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  5. "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.
  6. "Even kjem heim!". sogndalfotball.no (in Norwegian). Sogndal Fotball. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  7. "BK Häcken – Appearances Allsvenskan 2022". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  8. Lann, Rikard (30 October 2022). "Häcken svenska mästare" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  9. 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.
  10. "Drillo tok ut Even Hovland: – Han er en kapteinstype". tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV2. 26 September 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  11. "Her er situasjonen som irriterer debutant Hovland". vg.no (in Norwegian). VG. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  12. "Reginiussen kalt inn i landslagstroppen". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  13. Petersen Kalleklev, Helge Johan (15 November 2018). "Stopperprofilens "ukjente" landslagslillesøster" (in Norwegian). TV 2 (Norway). Retrieved 1 June 2019.
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