Amalie Eikeland

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Amalie Eikeland
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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*
YearsTeamApps(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.

Contents

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
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arna-Bjørnar 2019 Toppserien 17310-183
2012 211142-2513
2013 22630-256
2014 18210-192
2015 22320-243
2016 22521-246
2017 22530-255
2018 22920-249
Total16644183--18447
Sandviken 2019 Toppserien11111-122
Reading 2019–20 FA WSL 1422060222
2020–21 2221031263
2021–22 2022030252
2022–23 2113030271
Total777801511008
Brann 2023 Toppserien10510-115
Career total2645728415130762

    International

    As of match played on 26 September 2023 [10]
    Appearances and goals by national team and year
    National teamYearAppsGoals
    Norway 201620
    201700
    201800
    2019103
    202040
    2021100
    2022140
    202370
    Total473
    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.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
    130 August 2019 Seaview, Belfast, Northern Ireland Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland 5–06–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying [10]
    26–0
    317 August 2014 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands 3–013–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying [10]

    Honours

    International

    Norway

    Individual

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    References

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    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. 1 2 3 4 "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. 1 2 "SEASONAL AWARDS DISHED OUT AT GALA DINNER". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
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