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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Håvard Nordtveit | ||
| Date of birth | 21 June 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Vats, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back, Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Nürnberg (on loan from Arsenal) |
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| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2003 | Vats 94 | ||
| 2003–2005 | Skjold | ||
| 2006–2007 | Haugesund | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2007 | Haugesund | 10 | (0) |
| 2007– | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Salamanca (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Lillestrøm (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2009– | → Nürnberg (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006 | Norway U16 | 10 | (1) |
| 2007 | Norway U17 | 7 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Norway U18 | 4 | (3) |
| 2007–2009 | Norway U19 | 14 | (0) |
| 2008– | Norway U21 | 11 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:06, 15 March 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Håvard Nordtveit (born 21 June 1990) is a Norwegian footballer who currently plays for Nürnberg, on loan from Arsenal.
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Nordtveit began his career as a youth in Norway with Vats 94 and Skjold. On August 20, 2006 he became the youngest player ever to play for Haugesund,[1] as he was selected for the starting line-up in a 2–0 victory against Sogndal at Haugesund Stadium. He made nine league appearances during the following season for Haugesund in the Norwegian First Division.[2] That season he also appeared in the Norwegian Football Cup, being in the starting linie up in the 1-6 victory against Djerv 1919 (1st round),[3] and coming on in the 33rd minute in a 4-0 victory over Løv-Ham scoring one goal (3rd round).[4] Haugesund went all the way to the final.
Arsène Wenger traveled to Norway on 11 June 2007 to watch an Adeccoligaen match and begin negotiations to sign Nordtveit.[5] The members of the FKH board stated that the club had rejected Arsenal's initial bid. The player himself said that his club was asking for a "supernaturally high" transfer fee. The price being quoted in the Norweigan media was 20 million Norwegian kroner [6] (approximately £1.5 million). A transfer fee was later finalized on 3 July 2007 for £500k initially, rising to £2m after 40 first team appearances.
Haugesund captain Kevin Nicol and former Norway coach Nils Johan Semb praised him as the brightest defensive talent in Europe.[7]
He made his Arsenal debut in their first pre-season friendly against Barnet on July 14, 2007. He came on after half-time, replacing Kerrea Gilbert. He was named captain of Arsenal's reserve squad for the first match of the 2007-08 FA Premier Reserve League season; in an interview with Arsenal.com, Nordtveit said he was "honoured" to have been named captain, and that he hoped to continue in that role in the future.
In the final game of the 2007-08 season he was named on the substitutes' bench against Sunderland.
On August 18, 2008, Salamanca—Arsenal's Spanish link club—signed him on a 6 months loan for 2008-2009 season to play in the Segunda División along with another young Arsenal player, Pedro Botelho. He came off the bench to make his debut for UD Salamanca as they drew at Sevilla Atlético in the second fixture of the season.
Arsenal recalled him on October 29, after becoming unhappy with the amount of playing time the Norwegian had received in recent weeks.[8] However, he was not eligible for playing matches until January 1, 2009. On January 21 he finally made his first appearance for the reserves since spending time on-loan at UD Salamanca, in a 2-2 draw against the Stoke City reserves.
On March 10, 2009, Norwegian Premier League outfit Lillestrøm signed Nordtveit on loan until August 1, 2009.[9]
Nordtveit joined Lillestrøm on a loan deal in March 2009, until August 1, the same year. He made his debut in the Norwegian Premier League in Lillestrøm's season opener away against Stabæk as a right fullback. He has proven to be a regular in Lillestrøm's first eleven in the start of the season.
On 28 July 2009, Nürnberg agreed a one year loan deal for the Norwegian defender from Arsenal.[10] Despite being a center-back, his primary role at Nürnberg is in the defensive midfield position.
Nordveit was a regular for the Norway U-17 in qualifying and they barely missed out on a place at the 2007 European Championships. After that he was promoted to the U-19 squad and was ever-present during the 2009 European Championship qualifying, scoring twice, but once again Norway did not make it past the elite qualification stage. He has been a regular for the U-21 team in the 2011 European Championship qualifying campaign.[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Haugesund | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2007 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||||
| Arsenal | 2007–08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008–09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Salamanca (loan) | 2008–09 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lillestrøm (loan) | 2009 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| Nürnberg (loan) | 2009–10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 45 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 1 | |
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