Amalie Eikeland

Amalie Eikeland

Eikeland chasing during Lewes FC Women 1 Reading Women 1, December 2021
Personal information
Full name	Amalie Vevle Eikeland
Date of birth	(1995-08-26) 26 August 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Norway
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Brann
Number	9
Youth career
	Arna-Bjørnar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2018	Arna-Bjørnar	166	(44)
2019	Sandviken	11	(1)
2019–2023	Reading	77	(7)
2023–	Brann	10	(5)
International career‡
2010	Norway U15	1	(0)
2011	Norway U16	9	(7)
2012	Norway U17	4	(2)
2012–2014	Norway U19	23	(7)
2014–2018	Norway U23	18	(3)
2016–	Norway	47	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 January 2024

Amalie Vevle Eikeland (born 26 August 1995) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays for Brann and the Norway national team.

Personal life

Eikeland was born in Bergen on 26 August 1995. ^[1]

Club career

Eikeland played for the club Arna-Bjørnar from 2011 to 2018, and for IL Sandviken in 2019. ^[1]

On 8 August 2019, Eikeland signed for FA WSL club Reading. ^[2] On 21 May 2023, Eikeland played her 100th game for Reading, becoming the sixth player to do so in the process. ^[3] On 29 June 2023, Reading announced the departure of Eikeland following their relegation to the Women's Championship. ^[4] The day after, Brann announced that they had signed her. Brann was formerly known as Sandviken, which Eikeland played for before she signed for Reading. ^{[5] [6]}

International career

Eikeland was selected to represent Norway at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. ^[7]

On 19 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Norwegian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023. ^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 November 2023 ^{[9] [10]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Arna-Bjørnar	2019	Toppserien	17	3	1	0	-		18	3
	2012		21	11	4	2	-		25	13
	2013		22	6	3	0	-		25	6
	2014		18	2	1	0	-		19	2
	2015		22	3	2	0	-		24	3
	2016		22	5	2	1	-		24	6
	2017		22	5	3	0	-		25	5
	2018		22	9	2	0	-		24	9
	Total		166	44	18	3	-	-	184	47
Sandviken	2019	Toppserien	11	1	1	1	-		12	2
Reading	2019–20	FA WSL	14	2	2	0	6	0	22	2
	2020–21		22	2	1	0	3	1	26	3
	2021–22		20	2	2	0	3	0	25	2
	2022–23		21	1	3	0	3	0	27	1
	Total		77	7	8	0	15	1	100	8
Brann	2023	Toppserien	10	5	1	0	-		11	5
Career total			264	57	28	4	15	1	307	62

International

As of match played on 26 September 2023 ^[10]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Norway	2016	2	0
	2017	0	0
	2018	0	0
	2019	10	3
	2020	4	0
	2021	10	0
	2022	14	0
	2023	7	0
Total		47	3

Scores and results list Norways's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Norway goal.

As of match played on 30 August 2019

List of international goals scored by Amalie Eikeland

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	30 August 2019	Seaview, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	5–0	6–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying	[10]
2				6–0
3	17 August 2014	Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	3–0	13–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying	[10]

Honours

International

Norway

• Algarve cup: 2019 ^[11]

Individual

• Reading - Player of the Season: 2021–22 ^[12]
• Reading - Players' Player of the Season: 2021–22 ^[12]

References

1. Holm, Jan. "Amalie Eikeland". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
2. "Norway World Cup star Eikeland added to Women's ranks". www.readingfc.co.uk.
3. "EIKELAND: "FOUR YEARS HAS FLOWN BY!"". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
4. "READING FC WOMEN PLAYERS RELEASED AS CONTRACTS EXPIRE". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
5. "Landslagsspiller Amalie Eikeland returnerer til Norge – har signert for Brann". www.vg.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 30 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
6. "BRANN HAR SIGNERT LOKAL LANDSLAGSSPILLER". brann.no (in Norwegian). SK Brann. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
7. "Her er Norges VM-tropp". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 June 2019.
8. updated, Jessy Parker Humphreys last (6 June 2023). "Norway Women's World Cup 2023 squad: full 23-player team". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
9. Amalie Eikeland at Soccerway
10. "Amalie Vevle Eikeland". fotball.no/. NFF. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
11. Fotballforbund, Norges. "Vant Algarve Cup: - Utrolig gøy å vinne". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 January 2021.
12. "SEASONAL AWARDS DISHED OUT AT GALA DINNER". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.

External links

• Amalie Eikeland at Soccerway.com
• Amalie Eikeland at kicker (in German)
• Amalie Eikeland at FBref.com
• Amalie Eikeland at the Norway Football Association (in Norwegian)