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Håvard Nordtveit
Personal information
Full name Håvard Nordtveit
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back, Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Nürnberg
(on loan from Arsenal)
Number 4
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:43, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Håvard Nordtveit (born 21 June 1990) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Nürnberg, on loan from Arsenal.

Career

Norway

Nordtveit began his career as a youth in Norway with Vats 94 and Skjold. On August 20, 2006 he became the youngest player ever to play for Haugesund,[1] as he was selected for the starting line-up in a 2–0 victory against Sogndal at Haugesund Stadium. He made nine league appearances during the following season for Haugesund in the Norwegian First Division.[2] That season he also appeared in the Norwegian Football Cup, being in the starting linie up in the 1-6 victory against Djerv 1919 (1st round),[3] and coming on in the 33rd minute in a 4-0 victory over Løv-Ham scoring one goal (3rd round).[4] Haugesund went all the way to the final.

Arsenal

Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger went to Norway on June 11, 2007 to watch an Adeccoligaen match and begin negotiations to sign Nordtveit.[5] The members of the FKH board stated that the club had rejected Arsenal's initial bid. The player himself said that his club was asking for a "supernaturally high" transfer fee. The price being quoted in the Norweigan media was 20 million Norwegian kroner [6] (approximately £1.5 million). A transfer fee was later finalized on 3 July 2007 for £500k initially, rising to £2m after 40 first team appearances.

Haugesund captain Kevin Nicol and former Norway coach Nils Johan Semb praised him as the brightest defensive talent in Europe.[7]

He made his Arsenal debut in their first pre-season friendly against Barnet on July 14, 2007. He came on after half-time, replacing Kerrea Gilbert. He was named captain of Arsenal's reserve squad for the first match of the 2007-08 FA Premier Reserve League season; in an interview with Arsenal.com, Nordtveit said he was "honoured" to have been named captain, and that he hoped to continue in that role in the future.

In the final game of the 2007-08 season he was named on the substitutes' bench against Sunderland.

Salamanca

On August 18, 2008, Salamanca—Arsenal's Spanish link club—signed him on a 6 months loan for 2008-2009 season to play in the Segunda División along with another young Arsenal player, Pedro Botelho. He came off the bench to make his debut for UD Salamanca as they drew at Sevilla Atlético in the second fixture of the season.

Arsenal recalled him on October 29, after becoming unhappy with the amount of playing time the Norwegian had received in recent weeks.[8] However, he was not eligible for playing matches until January 1, 2009. On January 21 he finally made his first appearance for the reserves since spending time on-loan at UD Salamanca, in a 2-2 draw against the Stoke City reserves.

Lillestrøm

On March 10, 2009, Norwegian Premier League outfit Lillestrøm signed Nordtveit on loan until August 1, 2009.[9]

Nordtveit joined Lillestrøm on a loan deal in March 2009, until August 1, the same year. He made his debut in the Norwegian Premier League in Lillestrøm's season opener away against Stabæk as a right fullback. He has proven to be a regular in Lillestrøm's first eleven in the start of the season.

Nürnberg

On 28 July 2009, Nürnberg agreed a one year loan deal for the Norwegian defender from Arsenal.[10] Despite being a center-back, his primary role at Nürnberg is in the defensive midfield position.

International career

Nordveit was a regular for the Norway U-17 in qualifying and they barely missed out on a place at the 2007 European Championships. After that he was promoted to the U-19 squad and was ever-present during the 2009 European Championship qualifying, scoring twice, but once again Norway did not make it past the elite qualification stage. He has been a regular for the U-21 team in the 2011 European Championship qualifying campaign.[11]

Career statistics

(correct as of 5 December 2009)
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Haugesund 2006 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2007 9 0 2 1 0 0 11 1
Arsenal 2007–08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008–09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salamanca (loan) 2008–09 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Lillestrøm (loan) 2009 17 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 1
Nürnberg (loan) 2009–10 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
Career total 41 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 48 1 1

References

  1. ^ "Slipper Nordtveit til landslaget". Haugesund Avis. 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  2. ^ "Nordtveit factfile - Norwegian & International Statistics of Football". Nifs.no. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  3. ^ "Match Statistics - TV2 Nettavisen". Dyn.tv2.no. 2007-05-20. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  4. ^ "Match Statistics - Norwegian & International Statistics of Football". Nifs.no. 2007-06-27. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  5. ^ "Arsene Wenger overvåket Håvard Nordtveit, og Haugesunds hjemmeseier". FotballMagasinet.no. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  6. ^ Øystein Eide (2008-04-30). "Er ikke 20 millioner nok?". Haugesunds Avis. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  7. ^ ""Håvard Nordtveit, Brightest Defensive Talent In Europe?"". Youngguns.wordpress.com. 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  8. ^ "Blir i Arsenal til jul". Nettavisen.no. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  9. ^ Adams, Tom (2009-03-10). "Another Young Gun goes on loan". Setanta Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
  10. ^ Havard Nordtveit kommt zum Club
  11. ^ "U21-TROPP TIL EM-KVALIK I SERBIA" (in Norwegian). fotball.no. 2 November 2009.
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