Nielsen with Red Bull Salzburg in 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Håvard Kallevik Nielsen | ||
Date of birth | 15 July 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker, winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hannover 96 | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2006 | Oppsal | ||
2007–2010 | Vålerenga | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2012 | Vålerenga | 46 | (9) |
2012–2016 | Red Bull Salzburg | 39 | (3) |
2014–2015 | → Eintracht Braunschweig (loan) | 46 | (10) |
2016–2017 | SC Freiburg | 11 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 23 | (0) |
2019 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 1 | (1) |
2019 | → MSV Duisburg (loan) | 16 | (4) |
2019–2022 | Greuther Fürth | 91 | (20) |
2022– | Hannover 96 | 60 | (15) |
International career‡ | |||
2008 | Norway U15 | 4 | (0) |
2009 | Norway U16 | 10 | (7) |
2010 | Norway U17 | 8 | (2) |
2010–2011 | Norway U18 | 15 | (3) |
2011–2012 | Norway U19 | 15 | (4) |
2012–2013 | Norway U21 | 15 | (3) |
2012–2015 | Norway | 14 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2020 |
Håvard Nielsen (born 15 July 1993) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for 2. Bundesliga club Hannover 96. He played for the Norway national team.
Club career
[edit]Born in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, Nielsen grew up in the outer-city neighborhood of Oppsal. He began his career with the local club Oppsal IF, but signed for Vålerenga in 2007, when he was 14 years old.[1]
On 5 October 2009, he made his debut in the Norwegian Premier League against Viking as the youngest ever Vålerenga player. In January 2011, he signed a three-year professional contract with Vålerenga.[2]
At the age of 18, Nielsen was already an experienced player and on 11 July 2012, he scored his first hat-trick for Vålerenga in the match against Odd Grenland.
In July 2012, he signed a deal with Red Bull Salzburg. In January 2014, he went on loan to the German Bundesliga side Eintracht Braunschweig.[3] On 26 January 2014 he made his debut in the German first tier, in a game against Werder Bremen.[4] The loan deal ended in June 2015 when he returned to Salzburg.
In winter 2015 Nielsen moved to SC Freiburg.[5]
In July 2017, after 1.5 seasons at Freiburg, Nielsen signed a three-year contract with 2. Bundesliga side Fortuna Düsseldorf.[6]
He was loaned to MSV Duisburg on 8 January 2019.[7]
On 26 July 2019, Nielsen joined 2. Bundesliga side Greuther Fürth, signing a two-year contract.[8]
Ahead of the 2022–23 season, Nielsen joined 2. Bundesliga club Hannover 96 on a two-year contract.[9]
International career
[edit]Nielsen has played for a national team above his age since he was 16. He played all matches during the 2011 European Under-19 Championship qualification and scored one goal, when Norway advanced to the elite qualification.
Nielsen made his debut for the senior Norwegian national team in 2012 as a teenager and since then he has played 11 times for the Norway national team and he is now a regular for Norway. He scored his first international goal for Norway at only 19 years of age, in November 2012, against Hungary in a friendly match. He scored his second goal for Norway in October 2014, in a European Championship qualifier against Bulgaria.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vålerenga | 2009 | Tippeligaen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | |||
2011 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 3 | ||
2012 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | 18 | 7 | |||
Total | 46 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 11 | ||
Red Bull Salzburg | 2012–13 | Austrian Bundesliga | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 3 | |
2013–14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
2015–16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
Total | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 3 | ||
Eintracht Braunschweig (loan) | 2013–14 | Bundesliga | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 2 | |
2014–15 | 2. Bundesliga | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | – | 32 | 10 | ||
Total | 46 | 10 | 2 | 2 | – | 48 | 12 | |||
SC Freiburg | 2015–16 | 2. Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
2016–17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |||
Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |||
Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2017–18 | 2. Bundesliga | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 23 | 0 | |
2018–19 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 24 | 0 | |||
MSV Duisburg (loan) | 2018–19 | 2. Bundesliga | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 17 | 4 | |
Greuther Fürth | 2019–20 | 2. Bundesliga | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | 32 | 7 | |
2020–21 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 0 | – | 36 | 11 | |||
2021–22 | Bundesliga | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 26 | 2 | ||
Total | 91 | 20 | 4 | 0 | – | 95 | 20 | |||
Career total | 272 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 293 | 48 |
International
[edit]- Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nielsen goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 14 November 2012 | Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest, Hungary | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
2 | 13 October 2014 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
References
[edit]- ^ "Havard Nielsen" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Nielsen har signert". Vålerenga Fotball (in Norwegian). 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 9 February 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ "Eintracht verpflichtet Havard Nielsen" (in German). Eintracht Braunschweig. 5 January 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ^ "Nielsen nær scoring i Bundesliga-debuten". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 26 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
- ^ "Ein Norweger im Breisgau: Nielsen wird Freiburger" [A Norwegian in Breisgau: Nielsen becomes Freiburger] (in German). kicker. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ "Geburtstagspräsent: Nielsen ist Fortune". kicker Online (in German). 15 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ^ ""Offensive Flexibilität": Havard Nielsen wird ein Zebra". msv-duisburg.de (in German). 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "KLEEBLATT HOLT ANGREIFER NIELSEN" (in German). SpVgg Greuther Fürth. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ ""Toller Klub mit einem großen Namen": Nielsen entscheidet sich für Hannover 96". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ Håvard Nielsen at Soccerway
- ^ "Anders Trondsen". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
External links
[edit]- Håvard Nielsen – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Profile at VIF-Fotball.no