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Stine Hovland

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Stine Hovland
Personal information
Full name Stine Hovland[1]
Date of birth (1991-01-31) 31 January 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Vadheim, Norway
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Arna-Bjørnar
Number 6
Youth career
Høyang
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Kaupanger
2014–2019 Sandviken 119 (9)
2019–2020 A.C. Milan 13 (1)
2022– Arna-Bjørnar 3 (0)
International career
2018– Norway 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 November 2019

Stine Hovland (born 31 January 1991) is a Norwegian football defender, who plays for Arna-Bjørnar in the Toppserien and the Norway national team. A relatively late bloomer, Hovland did not play in the Norwegian Toppserien until she was 24 years old and she made her national team debut at 27 years old.

Club career

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Hovland joined Bergen-based Sandviken from Kaupanger in December 2013[2] and went on to be an important player and club captain. In her first season Sandviken were promoted to the Toppserien as 1. divisjon champions. In 2018 she helped Sandviken reach the Norwegian Women's Cup final, which they lost 4–0 to LSK Kvinner FK.

In April 2019, Hovland was reported to be a transfer target for professional clubs A.C. Milan and West Ham United.[3] She signed for Milan in July.[4]

International career

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In November 2018, Hovland won her first cap for the senior Norway women's national football team, in a 4–1 friendly defeat by Japan at Tottori Bank Bird Stadium. She was also included in the 2019 Algarve Cup-winning squad and secured her place in Norway's 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup panel.

Personal life

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Hovland's brother Even is also an international footballer. The siblings were team mates in their local youth team.[5] At the time of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, Hovland was not a professional footballer. She had to take annual leave from her day job as a preschool teacher to attend the tournament in France.[6]

Career statistics

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As of 9 November 2019
Club Season Division League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sandviken 2014 1. divisjon 22 4 3 0 - 25 4
2015 Toppserien 22 1 3 0 - 25 1
2016 22 2 3 0 - 25 2
2017 22 1 2 0 - 24 1
2018 22 1 5 0 - 27 1
2019 9 0 0 0 - 9 0
Total 119 9 16 0 - - 135 9
A.C. Milan 2019–20 Serie A 5 1 0 0 - 5 1
Total 5 1 0 0 - - 5 1
Career total 124 10 16 0 - - 140 10

References

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  1. ^ a b "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. ^ Kleven, Gunnar (29 December 2013). "Stine dreg til by'n" (in Norwegian). Sogn Avis. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  3. ^ Folvik, Herman Tinius (17 April 2019). "Kilder til VG: Sandviken-duo på vei til utlandet" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Stine Hovland klar for AC Milan" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  5. ^ Petersen Kalleklev, Helge Johan (15 November 2018). "Stopperprofilens "ukjente" landslagslillesøster" (in Norwegian). TV 2 (Norway). Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  6. ^ Offerdal Vatlestad, Joar (27 April 2019). "Hovland har tatt permisjon for å satse mot VM: – En helt ny hverdag" (in Norwegian). Troms Folkeblad. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
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