Benedicte Håland

Benedicte Iversen Håland (born 10 February 1998) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A team Hellas Verona Women.[1]

Benedicte Håland
Personal information
Full name Benedicte Iversen Håland
Date of birth (1998-02-10) 10 February 1998
Place of birth Ålesund
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Hellas Verona
Number 98
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015-2017 Arna-Bjørnar 5 (0)
2018-2019 Sandviken 2 (0)
2020 Lugano
2020-2021 Bristol City 2 (0)
2021 UMF Selfoss 9 (0)
2022 Hellas Verona 1 (0)
National team‡
2014-2015 Norway U17 3 (0)
2016–2018 Norway U19 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:22, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Håland has played for the Norwegian national team U17 and U19.[2]

Career statistics

As of 30 September 2021[3]

Club Season League Cups Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Arna-Bjørnar 2015 Toppserien 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Sandviken 2018 Toppserien 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2019 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Lugano 2020 Swiss WSL 0 0
Total 0 0
Bristol City 2020–21 FA WSL 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Total 1 0 1 0 0 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 2022 Serie A Femminile 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Total 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Career total 24 0 2 0 0 0 26 0

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.[4] Håland agreed a one-year contract with Swiss Women's Super League club Lugano in January 2020,[5] before moving to Bristol City of the FA WSL in September 2020.[6] After finishing the season at the bottom of the table, Bristol City were relegated.[7] Straight off the back of the completion of the FA WSL season, Håland joined Icelandic top league team UMF Selfoss.[8] She most recently signed a contract with Italian side Hellas Verona to complete the 2021-2022 season there.[1]

International career

Håland was selected to train with the Norwegian under-17 national team in 2014.[9] She played 3 matches and attended the UEFA Women's U17 EURO in Iceland in the summer of 2015. She has also been selected for the U19 team and played 4 matches.[10]

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Benedicte Håland CV" (PDF). 22 January 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 January 2022.
  3. "Norway – B. Håland – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  4. Solly, Espen (11 January 2020). "Ny Toppserie-spiller prøver lykken i utlandet" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  5. "Ny Toppserie-spiller til utlandet" (in Norwegian). NRK. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  6. "Benedicte Haaland: Bristol City Women sign Norwegian goalkeeper". BBC Sport. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  7. The Athletic Staff. "Bristol City Women relegated from the WSL". The Athletic. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  8. "Håland signs for Selfoss FC". Bristol City. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  9. "Benedicte Håland i Italia med jenter 17-landslaget". www.strilen.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  10. "Håland er klar tatt ut til EM-kvaliken". www.strilen.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 22 January 2022.


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