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Stine Hovland

Norwegian football player (born 1991)

Stine Hovland
Personal information
Full name	Stine Hovland^[1]
Date of birth	(1991-01-31) 31 January 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Vadheim, Norway
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Arna-Bjørnar
Number	6
Youth career
	Høyang
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2013	Kaupanger
2014–2019	Sandviken	119	(9)
2019–2020	A.C. Milan	13	(1)
2022–	Arna-Bjørnar	3	(0)
International career^‡
2018–	Norway	7	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 November 2019

Stine Hovland (born 31 January 1991) is a Norwegian football defender, who plays for Arna-Bjørnar in the Toppserien and the Norway national team. A relatively late bloomer, Hovland did not play in the Norwegian Toppserien until she was 24 years old and she made her national team debut at 27 years old.

Club career

Hovland joined Bergen-based Sandviken from Kaupanger in December 2013^[2] and went on to be an important player and club captain. In her first season Sandviken were promoted to the Toppserien as 1. divisjon champions. In 2018 she helped Sandviken reach the Norwegian Women's Cup final, which they lost 4–0 to LSK Kvinner FK.

In April 2019, Hovland was reported to be a transfer target for professional clubs A.C. Milan and West Ham United.^[3] She signed for Milan in July.^[4]

International career

In November 2018, Hovland won her first cap for the senior Norway women's national football team, in a 4–1 friendly defeat by Japan at Tottori Bank Bird Stadium. She was also included in the 2019 Algarve Cup-winning squad and secured her place in Norway's 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup panel.

Personal life

Hovland's brother Even is also an international footballer. The siblings were team mates in their local youth team.^[5] At the time of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, Hovland was not a professional footballer. She had to take annual leave from her day job as a preschool teacher to attend the tournament in France.^[6]

Career statistics

As of 9 November 2019

Club	Season	Division	League		Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sandviken	2014	1. divisjon	22	4	3	0	-		25	4
	2015	Toppserien	22	1	3	0	-		25	1
	2016		22	2	3	0	-		25	2
	2017		22	1	2	0	-		24	1
	2018		22	1	5	0	-		27	1
	2019		9	0	0	0	-		9	0
	Total		119	9	16	0	-	-	135	9
A.C. Milan	2019–20	Serie A	5	1	0	0	-		5	1
A.C. Milan	Total		5	1	0	0	-	-	5	1
Career total			124	10	16	0	-	-	140	10

References

^ ^a ^b "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^ Kleven, Gunnar (29 December 2013). "Stine dreg til by'n" (in Norwegian). Sogn Avis. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
^ Folvik, Herman Tinius (17 April 2019). "Kilder til VG: Sandviken-duo på vei til utlandet" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
^ "Stine Hovland klar for AC Milan" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
^ Petersen Kalleklev, Helge Johan (15 November 2018). "Stopperprofilens "ukjente" landslagslillesøster" (in Norwegian). TV 2 (Norway). Retrieved 1 June 2019.
^ Offerdal Vatlestad, Joar (27 April 2019). "Hovland har tatt permisjon for å satse mot VM: – En helt ny hverdag" (in Norwegian). Troms Folkeblad. Retrieved 1 June 2019.