Personal information | |||
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Full name | Erik Nevland [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 10 November 1977||
Place of birth | Stavanger, Norway | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Viking | |||
Manchester United | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1997 | Viking | 14 | (5) |
1997–2000 | Manchester United | 1 | (0) |
1998 | → Viking (loan) | 8 | (3) |
1999 | → IFK Göteborg (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2000–2004 | Viking | 113 | (54) |
2004–2008 | Groningen | 95 | (43) |
2008–2010 | Fulham | 52 | (9) |
2010–2012 | Viking | 54 | (16) |
Total | 341 | (130) | |
International career | |||
1996–1997 | Norway U20 | 3 | (1) |
1997–1999 | Norway U21 | 22 | (1) |
2002 | Norway B | 2 | (0) |
2001–2010 | Norway | 8 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2021– | Viking (sporting director) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Erik Nevland (born 10 November 1977) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is currently the sporting director of Viking. He played for clubs in Norway, England, Sweden and the Netherlands, and earned eight caps for the Norway national football team from his debut in 2001. After retiring, Nevland worked as a car salesman. [3]
Nevland was born in Stavanger, Rogaland. [4] He started his career at Viking, but in 1997 he was sold to Manchester United at the age of 19, [5] before he had played a single first team match for the Norway side. What prompted Manchester United to sign him was a succession of hat-tricks in three games when he was on trial with them. [6] His only goal for the United first team was in a League Cup match against Bury in October 1998. [7] He never managed to establish himself in the United team, with a successful loan spell at Viking and an unsuccessful one at IFK Göteborg. He only ever made one league appearance for United, as a substitute against Southampton on 19 January 1998.
He returned to Viking on a permanent contract in January 2000, winning the Norwegian Cup in 2001 and scoring the two deciding goals in their famous UEFA Cup victory over Chelsea in 2002. [8] He joined Groningen on a free transfer in November 2004, and went on to become a cult hero. In his first half-season for his new club, he scored 16 times in 20 matches. Nevland scored the first ever goal in Groningen's new Euroborg stadium.
On 27 April 2007, Nevland signed a new three-year contract with Groningen. In December 2007, Nevland was voted 'Groninger of the Year' by television viewers in Groningen, although having been born outside the Netherlands.
On 28 January 2008, he signed with Premier League side Fulham [9] for a fee of €2.5 million (£1.85 million), plus a further €0.5 million (£370k) if Fulham retained Premier League status, which they did. On 3 February, he made only his second ever Premier League appearance when Fulham played Aston Villa at Craven Cottage.
After making over 50 league appearances for Fulham, and despite Roy Hodgson's wish to keep him at the club, Nevland once again returned to Viking in June 2010. He was assigned the role as captain.[ citation needed ]
He has eight international caps for the Norway national football team; his first cap was in 2001.[ citation needed ]
He also has 22 caps and one international goal to his name with the U-21 side. He participated in the 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship where Norway achieved a third-place finish. [10] [11]
On 5 August 2021, Nevland was appointed sporting director of Viking. [12]
Club performance | League | Cup | Total | |||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Norway | League | Norwegian Cup | Total | |||||
1996 | Viking | Tippeligaen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1997 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 10 | ||
England | League | FA Cup | Total | |||||
1997–98 | Manchester United | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Norway | League | Norwegian Cup | Total | |||||
1998 | Viking | Tippeligaen | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
Sweden | League | Svenska Cupen | Total | |||||
1999 | IFK Göteborg | Allsvenskan | 4 | 0 | ||||
England | League | FA Cup | Total | |||||
1999–2000 | Manchester United | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Norway | League | Norwegian Cup | Total | |||||
2000 | Viking | Tippeligaen | 20 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 13 |
2001 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 17 | ||
2002 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 16 | ||
2003 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 12 | ||
2004 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 10 | ||
Netherlands | League | KNVB Cup | Total | |||||
2004–05 | Groningen | Eredivisie | 20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 |
2005–06 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 10 | ||
2006–07 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 13 | ||
2007–08 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | ||
England | League | FA Cup | Total | |||||
2007–08 | Fulham | Premier League | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
2008–09 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 4 | ||
2009–10 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 4 | ||
Norway | League | Norwegian Cup | Total | |||||
2010 | Viking | Tippeligaen | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
2011 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 13 | ||
2012 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | ||
Total | Norway | 189 | 78 | 29 | 25 | 218 | 103 | |
England | 53 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 60 | 10 | ||
Sweden | 4 | 0 | ||||||
Netherlands | 88 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 95 | 45 | ||
Career total | 334 | 130 | 43 | 28 | 373 | 158 |
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