Erik Nevland
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| Erik Nevland | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Erik Nevland | |
| Date of birth | November 10, 1977 (age 29) | |
| Place of birth | Stavanger, Norway | |
| Nickname | Erik the Viking The phenomenon of Stavanger |
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| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | FC Groningen | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| ?? | Viking F.K. | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1995 - 1997 1998 - 2000 2000 - 2004 2004 - ? |
Viking F.K. Manchester United F.C. Viking F.K. F.C. Groningen |
22 (8) 1 (1) 113 (54) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2003 - ? | Norway | 2 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Erik Nevland (born November 10, 1977 in Stavanger, Norway) is a football player, who plays as a striker. He has 2 caps for Norway, and 22 caps at the U21 level. He is married to Brita and has two children. Nevland is 177 cm tall and weighs 75 kg. He currently plays for FC Groningen.
He started his career at Viking F.K., but in 1997 he was sold to Manchester United at the age of 19, before he had played a single first team match for Viking. What prompted Manchester United to sign him was a succession of hat-tricks in 3 games when he was on trial with them.[1] His only goal was in a Worthington Cup match against Bury. He never managed to establish himself in the United team, but had successful loan spells at Viking and IFK Göteborg. He returned to Viking on a permanent contract in 2000, winning the Norwegian cup final in 2001 and scoring the two deciding goals in Viking's famous European Cup victory over Chelsea F.C. in 2002. He joined FC Groningen on a free transfer in November 2004 where he has become a cult hero. In his first (half) season for his new club he scored 16 times in 20 matches. Nevland also scored the first ever goal in FC Groningen's new Euroborg stadium.
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| F.C. Groningen - Current Squad |
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1 Roorda | 2 Silva | 3 Sankoh | 4 Kruiswijk | 5 Florén | 6 Matthijs | 7 Lovre | 8 Levchenko | 10 Nevland | 11 Cornelisse | 12 Švejdík | 13 van de Laak | 14 Holla | 15 Seedorf | 16 Van Loo | 17 van der Linden | 20 Suárez | 21 Lindgren | 22 Fledderus | 32 Hiariej | -- Kieft | Manager: Jans |
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