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Håvard Nordtveit 
Personal information Full name Håvard Nordtveit Date of birth 21 June 1990 Place of birth Vats, Norway Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Playing position Centre back / Defensive midfielder Club information Current club Borussia Mönchengladbach Number 16 Youth career 1997–2003 Vats 94 2003–2005 Skjold 2006–2007 Haugesund Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2006–2007 Haugesund 10 (0) 2007–2010 Arsenal 0 (0) 2008 → Salamanca (loan) 3 (0) 2009 → Lillestrøm (loan) 17 (0) 2009–2010 → 1. FC Nuremberg (loan) 19 (0) 2011– Borussia Mönchengladbach 28 (1) National team‡ 2006 Norway U16 10 (1) 2007 Norway U17 7 (0) 2007–2008 Norway U18 4 (3) 2007–2009 Norway U19 14 (0) 2008– Norway U21 20 (1) 2011– Norway 2 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:26, 15 November 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 05:26, 15 November 2011 (UTC)Håvard Nordtveit (born 21 June 1990) is a Norwegian footballer who currently plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Norway national football team.[1]
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Club 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,[2] 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.[3] 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),[4] and coming on in the 33rd minute in a 4–0 victory over Løv-Ham scoring one goal (3rd round).[5] Haugesund went all the way to the final.
Arsenal
Arsène Wenger traveled to Norway on 11 June 2007 to watch an Adeccoligaen match and begin negotiations to sign Nordtveit.[6] 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 Norwegian media was 20 million Norwegian kroner [7] (approximately £1.7 million at the time). 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.[8]
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 and given the shirt number 55.
2008–09 season
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.[9] 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. On March 10, 2009, Norwegian Premier League outfit Lillestrøm signed Nordtveit on loan until August 1, 2009.[10]
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, a role which he retained for the remainder of his time with the Norwegian side.
2009–10 season
On 28 July 2009, Nürnberg agreed a one year loan deal for the Norwegian defender from Arsenal.[11] Despite being a center-back, his primary role at Nürnberg was in the defensive midfield position.[12]
Borussia Mönchengladbach
On 30 December 2010 Nordtveit joined Borussia Monchengladbach on a 3.5 years contract, the transfer fee was £800 000. Nordtveit made his competitive debut for the club on 15 January 2011 in their Bundesliga match against Nürnberg. Arsene Wenger was reluctant to sell him, however conceded that he must play first team football. In April 2011 Nordtveit scored his first goal in Germany when he put the ball past the 1. FC Köln goalkeeper in a 5-1 victory for Borussia Mönchengladbach. He has been used mostly as a defensive midfielder, and has established himself as a key player for Gladbach, taking the departed Michael Bradley's place in the squad.
International career
Nordtveit 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.[13] He made his first international appearance on 7 June 2011, in a friendly game against Lithuania.
Career statistics
- (correct as of 15 November 2011)
Club Season League Cup Europe Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 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 2008–09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Salamanca (loan) 2008–09 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Lillestrøm (loan) 2009 17 0 4 0 0 0 21 0 Nürnberg (loan) 2009–10 19 0 1 0 0 0 20 0 Arsenal 2010–11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2010–11 16 1 0 0 0 0 16 1 2011–12 12 0 1 0 0 0 13 0 Career total 77 1 8 1 0 0 85 2 References
- ^ "Stranzl und Nordtveit sind endlich Borussen" (in German). Bild. 2010-12-29. http://www.bild.de/BILD/sport/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/gladbach/2010/12/30/martin-stranzl-und-havard-nordtveit/sind-endlich-borussen.html. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
- ^ "Slipper Nordtveit til landslaget". Haugesund Avis. 2008-04-30. http://www.h-avis.no/article/20060822/SPORT/108220002. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ^ "Nordtveit factfile – Norwegian & International Statistics of Football". Nifs.no. http://www.nifs.no/personprofil.php?person_id=19752. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ^ "Match Statistics – TV2 Nettavisen". Dyn.tv2.no. 2007-05-20. http://dyn.tv2.no/sport/main.do?matchId=107582&tournamentId=110&seasonId=329&timeFrom=&timeTo=. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ^ "Match Statistics – Norwegian & International Statistics of Football". Nifs.no. 2007-06-27. http://www.nifs.no/kampfakta.php?kamp_id=257026&land=1&t=14&u=2336. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ^ "Arsene Wenger overvåket Håvard Nordtveit, og Haugesunds hjemmeseier". FotballMagasinet.no. http://fotballmagasinet.no/?mode=news&id=8169. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ^ Øystein Eide (2008-04-30). "Er ikke 20 millioner nok?". Haugesunds Avis. http://www.h-avis.no/article/20070611/SPORT/106110022/1062. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ^ "Håvard Nordtveit, Brightest Defensive Talent In Europe?". Youngguns.wordpress.com. 2008-02-19. http://youngguns.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/havard-nordtveit-brightest-defensive-talent-in-europe/. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ^ "Blir i Arsenal til jul". Nettavisen.no. http://www.nettavisen.no/innenriks/ibergen/article2348443.ece. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ^ Adams, Tom (2009-03-10). "Another Young Gun goes on loan". Setanta Sports. http://www.setanta.com/uk/Articles/Football/2009/03/10/Premier-League-Nordtveit-joins-Lillestrom/gnid-43850/. Retrieved 2009-03-10.[dead link]
- ^ Havard Nordtveit kommt zum Club
- ^ Nordtveit - I can follow in Bould's footsteps, arsenal.com. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
- ^ "U21-TROPP TIL EM-KVALIK I SERBIA" (in Norwegian). fotball.no. 2 November 2009. http://www.fotball.no/Landslag_og_toppfotball/Landslag/Aldersbestemt_gutter/U20/2009/U21-tropp-til-EM-kvalik-i-Serbia/.
External links
Borussia Mönchengladbach – current squad 1 Ter Stegen · 2 Zimmermann · 3 Daems (c) · 4 Brouwers · 7 Herrmann · 8 Rupp · 9 Bobadilla · 10 De Camargo · 11 Reus · 13 Neustädter · 14 Marx · 15 King · 16 Nordtveit · 17 Wendt · 18 Arango · 19 Hanke · 20 Leckie · 21 Blaswich · 23 Otsu · 24 Jantschke · 27 Korb · 28 Kachunga · 31 Dante · 33 Heimeroth · 39 Stranzl · Coach: Favre
Categories:- 1990 births
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- Arsenal F.C. players
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- UD Salamanca footballers
- Lillestrøm SK players
- 1. FC Nuremberg players
- Norwegian Premier League players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Norwegian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
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