Egil Selvik

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Egil Selvik
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Selvik with Norway im 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-07-30) 30 July 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Sandnes, Norway
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Watford
Number 33
Youth career
–2013 Ganddal IL
2014–2016 Sandnes Ulf
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Sandnes Ulf 3 (0)
2018Nest-Sotra (loan) 29 (0)
2019–2020 Odd 1 (0)
2021–2024 Haugesund 117 (0)
2025 Udinese 0 (0)
2025– Watford 16 (0)
International career
2016 Norway U19 1 (0)
2023– Norway 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2024

Egil Selvik (born 30 July 1997) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Watford and the Norway national team. [1]

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Club career

On 25 November 2024, Selvik was sent off for receiving both red and yellow cards in a 5–1 league victory against FK Haugesund. [2] In his last match for FK Haugesund on 8 December, he kept a clean sheet to seal Haugesund to a 2–0 league victory against FK Moss. [3]

On 10 January 2025, Selvik moved abroad to Italy, signing a contract with Udinese. [4] However, Selvik was only at Udinese for a matter of weeks before moving on to EFL Championship club Watford for an undisclosed fee on 31 January. [5]

International career

Selvik debuted for the Norwegian senior squad on 7 September 2023 in a friendly match against Jordan. [6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 3 May 2025 [7]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sandnes Ulf 2017 1. divisjon 300030
Nest-Sotra (loan) 2018 1. divisjon290201 [a] 0320
Odd 2019 Eliteserien 001010
2020 Eliteserien1010
Total101020
Haugesund 2021 Eliteserien29000290
2022 Eliteserien30000300
2023 Eliteserien29010300
2024 Eliteserien290002 [a] 0310
Total117010201200
Watford 2024–25 Championship 1600000160
Career total166040301730
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Eliteserien play-offs

References

  1. Egil Selvik at Soccerway
  2. Pedersen, Elise; Ellingsen, Øystein; Mihle Laugaland, Johan (25 November 2024). "Viking beklager: "Dette ble feil og dumt"" (in Norwegian). NRK . Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  3. Grøtting, Stine (8 December 2024). "Landslagskeeper Egil Selvik bekrefter at han er ferdig i Haugesund". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Aller Media . Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  4. "Egil Selvik è bianconero". Udinese (Press release) (in Italian). 10 January 2025.
  5. "Egil Selvik: Watford sign Udinese goalkeeper for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  6. Hovi, Henrik; Nesset Hjelvik, Eirik (12 November 2024). "Egil (27) skal redde Norge: "Haaland tjener sikkert ti ganger mer på en uke"" (in Norwegian). TV 2 . Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  7. Egil Selvik at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)