Viljar Vevatne

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Viljar Vevatne
Personal information
Full name Viljar Helland Vevatne
Date of birth (1994-12-07) 7 December 1994 (age 28)
Place of birth Stavanger, Norway
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Viking
Number 3
Youth career
2006–2014 Viking
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 Bryne 39 (9)
2015–2016 Brann 2 (0)
2016–2017 Sandnes Ulf 42 (1)
2018– Viking 138 (7)
International career
2012 Norway U18 5 (0)
2013 Norway U19 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023

Viljar Helland Vevatne (born 7 December 1994) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a defender for Viking FK.

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Career

Vevatne started his career with Viking, where he was a part of the youth academy. He did not manage to break through to the first team, so he instead joined Bryne in 2014, where he signed his first professional contract. [2] [3] On 25 July 2016, he joined Sandnes Ulf, after an unsuccessful spell with Brann, where he only made three first team appearances. [4] He returned to Viking ahead of the 2018 season, signing a three-year contract. [5] On 13 December 2019, he signed a contract extension keeping him at the club until the end of the 2022 season. [6]

Career statistics

As of match played 12 October 2022 [7] [8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bryne 2014 1. divisjon 22420——244
2015 1. divisjon17530——205
Total39950——449
Brann 2015 1. divisjon2000——20
2016 Eliteserien 0010——10
Total2010——30
Sandnes Ulf 2016 1. divisjon13000—1 [lower-alpha 1] 0140
2017 1. divisjon29120—1 [lower-alpha 1] 0321
Total42120—20461
Viking 2018 1. divisjon18120——201
2019 Eliteserien29170——361
2020 Eliteserien273—1 [lower-alpha 2] 0—283
2021 Eliteserien29130——321
2022 Eliteserien221416 [lower-alpha 3] 1—323
Total125716171—1489
Career total20817241712024119
  1. 1 2 Appearances in promotion play-offs.
  2. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Viking

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References

  1. ↑ Viljar Vevatne at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "Viljar Vevatne". Viking FK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Viljar Vevatne skriver toårskontrakt med Bryne". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). 29 January 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Overgangen bekreftet: Nå er han ferdig i Brann". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 25 July 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Nærland, Egil Ø. (5 January 2018). "Viljar Helland Vevatne signerte for 3 år med Viking". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  6. ↑ Haugland, Mats (13 December 2019). "Viking-spiller forlenget kontrakten". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  7. ↑ Viljar Vevatne at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  8. ↑ Viljar Vevatne at Soccerway
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