Daniel Berg Hestad

Daniel Berg Hestad

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Berg Hestad
Date of birth	July 30, 1975 (1975-07-30) (age 36)
Place of birth	Molde, Norway
Height	1.84 m (6 ft  1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Central Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Molde FK
Number	6
Youth career
	Molde FK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1993–2003	Molde FK	256	(54)
2003–2005	SC Heerenveen	41	(5)
2005–	Molde FK	167	(21)
National team‡
1995–1998	Norway U21	35	(12)
1998–2003	Norway	8	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 July 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 March 2008

Daniel Berg Hestad (born 30 July 1975) is a Norwegian footballer, playing as a central midfielder for Molde. He is the player with most matches for Molde, and second most matches in Tippeligaen. He is one time Norwegian league champion, and two times Norwegian cup champion.

Club career

He debuted for Molde in 1993, and has since played more than 700 first team matches for this team, which is a club record.^[1] With 350 Tippeliga-matches, he is the player with second most matches in Tippeligaen, only beaten by Roar Strand.^[2] In 2003 he moved to Dutch team SC Heerenveen, where he played two seasons, returning to Molde in the summer of 2005. Hestad was five times runner-up in Tippeligaen with Molde (1995, 1998, 1999, 2002 and 2009) before he finally could lift the trophy as captain of the 2011 Champions.

International career

Hestad has 8 caps for the Norwegian national team, between 1998 and 2003, as well as a multitude of junior and youth internationals. In 1998, he was a part of the Norwegian U-21 team, that won bronze medals in 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

Personal life

Hestad comes from a long line of Molde players. His father Stein Olav Hestad held the club record for most first-team appearances of all-time, before this was beaten by Daniel. His uncles Harry Hestad, Odd Berg and Jan Berg also played many years at the club.^[3] His brother, Peter Berg Hestad, also played there a few years.

He married Trude Vik in 2006, with whom he has two sons, Tobias and Jonathan.^[4]

In 2000 he served time in prison for driving under the influence. This incident occurred during Molde's Christmas party after Berg Hestad was informed of the hospitalisation of his wife and their infant baby. Both were in a critical state and in a moment of poor judgement, Berg Hestad got in his car to drive to the hospital, only to crash after a few hundred meters.^[5]

Honours

Molde FK

• Tippeligaen: 1
  • 2011

• Norwegian football cup: 2
  • 1994, 2005

Career statistics

Season	Club	Division	League		Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2005	Molde	Tippeligaen	14	3	3	2	17	5
2006		Tippeligaen	24	3	2	2	26	5
2007		Adeccoligaen	24	8	0	0	24	8
2008		Tippeligaen	25	4	6	1	31	5
2009		Tippeligaen	27	0	7	1	34	1
2010		Tippeligaen	26	3	2	0	28	3
2011		Tippeligaen	27	0	3	0	30	0
Career Total			167	21	23	6	190	27

References

1. ^ "MFK factsheet" (in Norwegian). MFKweb.org. http://www.mfkweb.org/fakta.php. Retrieved 9 October 2011. 
2. ^ "Historisk statistikk - Flest kamper" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. http://fotball.adressa.no/eliteserien/index.jsp?stats=true&type=histmostgames. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
3. ^ "Daniel har passert Laffen" (in Norwegian). VG. 23 October 1999. http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/norsk/artikkel.php?artid=4885959. Retrieved 3 November 2011. 
4. ^ Hattrem, Erik (10 June 2006). Side2. http://www.side2.no/kjendis/article657659.ece. Retrieved 2011-06-14. 
5. ^ Kvamme, Sigve (1 August 2007). "Berg Hestads lillebror dømt for fyllekjøring". Dagbladet. http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2007/08/01/507661.html. Retrieved 2008-09-27. 

External links

• (Norwegian) Player profile on official club website
• (Norwegian) National Caps

Persondata
Name	Hestad, Daniel Berg
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Date of birth	30 July 1975
Place of birth	Molde, Norway
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