Erlend Hanstveit
Personal information
Full name Erlend Hanstveit
Date of birth (1981-01-28) 28 January 1981
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Left back
Left wingback
Youth career
000–1998 Osterøy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2008 SK Brann[1] 202 (8)
2009–2011 Gent 50 (0)
2011–2013 Helsingborgs IF 52 (1)
2014–2015 SK Brann 29 (1)
International career‡
2000–2004 Norway U21 26 (0)
2004–2005 Norway 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 August 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 May 2006

Erlend Hanstveit (born 28 January 1981) is a former Norwegian footballer. He has won the Norwegian Premier League, the Norwegian Cup, the Belgian Cup and Allsvenskan, in addition to caps for the Norway national football team.

Career

Football

Hailing from Osterøy, he joined Norwegian Premier League team Brann in June 1998 despite interest from big clubs like PSV Eindhoven, Leeds United and Manchester United, with whom he had a trial in December 1997. Originally a midfielder, he gradually became a first team regular at Brann as well as the Norway national under-21 football team, playing 27 international U-21 matches in total. During 2001–02, Erlend Hanstveit converted to defence, settling in the left back position, where he has played since. On 28 January 2004, his 23rd birthday, Hanstveit made his debut for the senior national team.

Hanstveit became one of the mainstays in Brann, with over 200 Norwegian Premier League matches and over 270 matches in total. During his 10-year career in Brann, Hanstveit won one Premiership gold, two silver, and two bronze, in addition to the 2004 Norwegian Cup and Norwegian Cup silver in 1999. He was also the club's vice-captain from 2004 to 2008.

In early December 2008, he joined Celtic on a week-long trial but failed to win a contract with the Scottish Premier League club.[2] However, he did not accept Brann's contract offer either, due to his wish to play abroad. During the winter break of 2008–09 he joined the Belgian team KAA Gent, coached by Michel Preud'homme.[3]

On 24 August 2011 it was announced that Hanstveit would be joining Swedish club Helsingborgs IF on a free transfer. Gent had wanted to extend his contract but the Norwegian wanted to move.

On 20 December 2013, Hanstveit signed a two years contract with SK Brann.

Politics

On 11 August 2023, Hanstveit was appointed State Secretary at the Ministry of Culture and Equality.[4]

Career statistics

Season Club Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1998 Brann Tippeligaen 400040
1999 11041111
2000 800080
2001 24140281
2002 23430264
2003 17220192
2004 24052292
2005 22142263
2006 24030270
2007 19040230
2008 26031261
2008–09 Gent Belgian Pro League 12000120
2009–10 24000240
2010–11 14000140
2011 Helsingborg Allsvenskan 710071
2012 16000160
2013 29000290
2014 Brann Tippeligaen 22150271
2015 OBOS-ligaen 701080
Career total 3321038637016

Honours

Club

Brann
Gent
Helsingborgs IF

References

  1. ↑ Erlend Hanstveit's profile at brann.no Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Bergen left-back could be perfect solution for Celtic". The Herald. 10 January 2009. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
  3. ↑ "Hanstveit klar for Gent". VG (in Norwegian). 16 January 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
  4. ↑ "Tidligere fotballproff hentet til regjeringen" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
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