Øystein Øvretveit

Øystein Øvretveit
Øvretveit with Jerv in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-06-25) 25 June 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Jerv
Number 20
Youth career
Telavåg
–2008 Skogsvåg/Hald
2009–2011 Brann
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Brann 7 (0)
2013 → Vard Haugesund (loan) 3 (0)
2015 → Nest-Sotra (loan) 26 (0)
2016 Nest-Sotra 26 (0)
2017 Sandefjord 1 (0)
2018– Jerv 172 (0)
International career
2010 Norway U16 7 (0)
2011 Norway U17 9 (0)
2012 Norway U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2024

Øystein Øvretveit (born 25 June 1994) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Jerv.[1]

Club career

Early life

Øvretveit started his youth career at his local side Telavåg, later playing for a cooperation team of Skogsvåg and Hald. Ahead of the 2009 season, he made his big move to Brann's youth system.[2] Øvretveit signed a professional contract with Brann on 9 February 2011, which allowed him to play in league and cup matches for the first team.[3] A successful year with the youth team culminated in an appearance in the Norwegian under-19 Championship.[4]

On 18 November 2011, Øvretveit was taken out of training for an indefinite period after doctors found an irregular heartbeat in routine cardiac checks.[5] Despite being unsure of whether he had a future in football at all, he was cleared to train again by his doctors on 19 January 2012 when it was found that his problem was only temporary.[6]

Senior career

Øvretveit's ambition ahead of the 2012 season was to establish himself as Brann 2's first-choice goalkeeper.[7] But with the regular substitute goalkeeper Jørgen Mohus out injured, Øvretveit started the 2012 season on the bench. In the season opener against Rosenborg, injury forced Piotr Leciejewski to come off as a first-half substitute, allowing Øvretveit to come on for his professional debut.[8] He became Brann's youngest goalkeeper in the Premier League,[9] taking the record from his current goalkeeper-coach Dan Riisnes.[10]

On 16 May, Leciejewski was again injured and Øvretveit replaced him in Brann's 5–0 victory against Sogndal.[11] In the next match, he started his first league match, away against Aalesund. Although he conceding two goals, his performance was praised by Aalesund's coach Kjetil Rekdal, who stated that it wasn't Øvretveit's fault that Brann lost.[10]

Øvretveit joined Vard Haugesund on a one-month loan-deal 14 June 2013 to get match-training,[12] and played three matches for the club in the First Division during his spell.[13]

Øvretveit joined Nest-Sotra on loan.

Career statistics

As of match played 16 October 2022[13][14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brann 2012 Eliteserien 5 0 0 0 — 5 0
2013 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2014 2 0 0 0 2[a] 0 4 0
Total 7 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
Vard Haugesund (loan) 2013 1. divisjon 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
Nest-Sotra (loan) 2015 26 0 1 0 — 27 0
Nest-Sotra 2016 2. divisjon 26 0 4 0 — 30 0
Sandefjord 2017 Eliteserien 1 0 2 0 — 3 0
Jerv 2018 1. divisjon 30 0 1 0 — 31 0
2019 18 0 0 0 — 18 0
2020 30 0 — — 30 0
2021 30 0 0 0 2[b] 0 32 0
2022 Eliteserien 23 0 — — 23 0
Total 131 0 1 0 2 0 134 0
Career total 194 0 8 0 4 0 206 0
  1. ^ Appearances in relegation play-offs
  2. ^ Appearances in promotion play-offs

References

  1. ^ "Alle Eliteserie-overgangene i januar" (in Swedish). m.nettavisen.no. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  2. ^ Støverud, Erik Bentdal (5 November 2009). "Keeper fra Telavåg fikk Brann-stipend". VestNytt (in Norwegian). p. 28.
  3. ^ "Øvretveit får proffkontrakt" (in Norwegian). SK Brann. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Stegavik avgjorde for Rosenborg" (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Øvretveit tas ut av trening" (in Norwegian). SK Brann. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Øvretveit er frisk igjen!" (in Norwegian). SK Brann. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  7. ^ "- Utrolig gøy å få sjansen" (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  8. ^ "Øystein Øvretveit" (in Norwegian). SK Brann. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  9. ^ Juva, Geir (27 March 2012). "Børs-kommentar". VG Sport (in Norwegian). p. 6.
  10. ^ a b Ellingsen, Roy (21 May 2012). "En mann på 17 år". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  11. ^ "Skikkelig Piotr-smell". ANB-NTB (in Norwegian). ba.no. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  12. ^ "Brann-keeper til Vard" (in Norwegian). TV 2. Norwegian News Agency. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  13. ^ a b "Øystein Øvretveit". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  14. ^ Øystein Øvretveit at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)