Brede Hangeland

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Brede Hangeland
Brede Hangeland 2009.jpg
Brede Hangeland (2009)
Personnel
Surname Brede Paulsen Hangeland
birthday June 20, 1981
place of birth Houston , TexasUSA
size 195 cm
position Central defender
Juniors
Years station
FK Vidar
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2000-2006 Viking Stavanger 114 (6)
2006-2008 FC Copenhagen 63 (3)
2008-2014 Fulham FC 216 (8)
2014-2016 Crystal Palace 21 (2)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2002-2014 Norway 91 (4)
1 Only league games are given.

Brede Paulsen Hangeland (born June 20, 1981 in Houston , Texas , United States ) is a former Norwegian soccer player .

Career

The 1.95 m tall central defender began his career at FK Vidar , for whom he played until 2000. In January of this year, Viking Stavanger , one of the country's top clubs , signed him . Here he was deployed in the defense center for over five years. His achievements first drew the attention of some regional clubs and especially the Danish record champions FC Copenhagen to him. Ultimately, he was signed by the Danes for an unknown transfer fee . With his new club he took part in the UEFA Champions League , but where he finished last in the group behind Manchester United , Benfica Lisbon and Celtic Glasgow . He was in all six preliminary round games, but could not prevent the defeats of his club. He scored his only goal for Copenhagen in the Champions League qualification against Ajax Amsterdam from the Netherlands . So far Hangeland has won one title, namely the national championship with FC Copenhagen. Since January 2008 he has been playing for Fulham FC . With the Cottagers he reached the final of the 2009/10 Europa League . In June 2014, the contract with Hangeland, which ran until 2015, was terminated. He then moved to Crystal Palace for a year . In August 2016, he announced his retirement as an active player.

In addition, Hangeland was one of the regulars in the Norwegian national team. He played 91 international matches, in which he was also used as captain. He was able to score four goals.

In 2010 he was named Footballer of the Year by the Norwegian sports union NISO .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Brede Hangeland: Former Fulham and Crystal Palace defender retires" (accessed October 30, 2016)
  2. fotballmagasinet.no: "Hangeland ble Årets Spiller" ( Memento of the original from December 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed November 8, 2011)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / fotballmagasinet.no