Benedicte Håland

Benedicte Håland
Personal information
Full name Benedicte Iversen Håland[citation needed]
Date of birth (1998-02-10) 10 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Ålesund, Norway
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Southampton
Number 13
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Arna-Bjørnar 5 (0)
2018–2019 Sandviken 2 (0)
2020 Lugano 3 (0)
2020–2021 Bristol City 1 (0)
2021 UMF Selfoss 9 (0)
2022 Hellas Verona 10 (0)
2022 Hibernian 30 (0)
2023 Bristol City 1 (0)
2024– Southampton 0 (0)
International career‡
2014–2015 Norway U17 3 (0)
2016–2018 Norway U19 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:36, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Benedicte Iversen Håland (born 10 February 1998) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Championship side Southampton.

Håland has played for the Norwegian U17 and U19 national teams.[1]

Club career

Håland was born in Norway and started her professional career at Arna-Bjørnar. She then spent a short time at Sandviken, which included a spell on loan to Fyllingsdalen.[2]

Håland agreed a one-year contract with Swiss Women's Super League club Lugano in January 2020,[3] before moving to Bristol City of the FA WSL in September 2020.[4] After finishing the season at the bottom of the table, Bristol City were relegated.[5] Straight off the back of the completion of the FA WSL season, Håland joined Icelandic top league team UMF Selfoss, until the end of the season.[6] She spent the second half of the 2021–22 season at Italian side Hellas Verona.[7]

In May 2022, it was announced that Benedicte would join the Scottish side Hibernian.[8] Håland settled in as the number one choice goalkeeper and played the majority of league matches as well as several cup matches. Håland helped Hibernian lift the Capital Cup in November 2022 by saving a penalty during the penalty shoot-out in the final.[9][10] She left the club at the end of the season, returning to Bristol City on a short-term contract.[11] On 19 January 2024, she left Bristol City.[12] Four days later, she signed for Women's Championship side Southampton.[13]

International career

Håland was selected to train with the Norwegian under-17 national team in 2014.[14] She played three matches and was called-up to the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in Iceland in the summer of 2015. She was also selected for the U19 team and played four matches.[15]

Personal life

Håland is an open member of the LGBT Community. According to social media, she and her partner became engaged in November 2022.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 December 2023[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Arna-Bjørnar 2015 Toppserien 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
2016 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2017 2 0 1 0 — 2 0
Total 5 0 1 0 — 5 0
Sandviken 2018 Toppserien 2 0 1 0 — 3 0
2019 0 0 2 0 — 2 0
Total 2 0 3 0 — 5 0
Lugano 2019–20 Swiss Women's Super League 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
Total 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
Bristol City 2020–21 Women's Super League 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Selfoss 2021 Úrvaldsdeild Kvenna 9 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
Total 9 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
Hellas Verona 2021–22 Serie A 10 0 0 0 — 10 0
Total 10 0 0 0 — 10 0
Hibernian 2022–23 Scottish Women's Premier League 30 0 0 0 1 0 31 0
Total 30 0 3 0 1 0 31 0
Bristol City 2023–24 Women's Super League 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
Total 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
Career total 61 0 4 0 3 0 69 0
  1. ^ Includes Norwegian Cup, Swiss Cup, Women's FA Cup, Icelandic Cup
  2. ^ Includes FA Women's League Cup, Scottish Women's Premier League Cup

References

  1. ^ "Benedicte Håland CV" (PDF). 22 January 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 January 2022.
  2. ^ Solly, Espen (11 January 2020). "Ny Toppserie-spiller prøver lykken i utlandet" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Ny Toppserie-spiller til utlandet" (in Norwegian). NRK. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Benedicte Haaland: Bristol City Women sign Norwegian goalkeeper". BBC Sport. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  5. ^ The Athletic Staff. "Bristol City Women relegated from the WSL". The Athletic. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Håland signs for Selfoss FC". Bristol City. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  7. ^ "UFFICIALE: Arriva Haaland in Serie A. Si tratta di Benedicte, nuovo portiere dell'Hellas Women - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Benne Håland becomes a Hibee!". Hibernian FC. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  9. ^ https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/article/match-report-hibs-women-vs-hearts-women
  10. ^ Benedicte Haaland Instagram page
  11. ^ Dougherty, Noah (19 November 2023). "Goalkeeper Haaland signs". Bristol City FC. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  12. ^ "GOALKEEPER HAALAND LEAVES BRISTOL CITY". fawslfulltime.co.uk. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Women add Haaland to goalkeeping unit". Southampton F.C. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Benedicte Håland i Italia med jenter 17-landslaget". www.strilen.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Håland er klar tatt ut til EM-kvaliken". www.strilen.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  16. ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck3eq72ou3I/
  17. ^ "Norway – B. Håland – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 April 2023.