Brede Hangeland

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Brede Hangeland
Personal information
Full name	Brede Paulsen Hangeland
Date of birth	June 20, 1981 (1981-06-20) (age 26)
Place of birth	Houston, Texas, United States
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Fulham
Number	32
Youth clubs
	FK Vidar
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000–2005 2006–2008 2008–	Viking FK F.C. Copenhagen Fulham	114 (6) 063 (3) 015 (0)
National team2
2001–2003 2002–	Norway U21 Norway	012 (0) 041 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:55, 15 May 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 21 November 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Brede Paulsen Hangeland (born June 20, 1981 in Houston, Texas) is a Norwegian footballer, currently playing for Fulham and the Norwegian national team.

Hangeland plays as a defender or defensive midfielder. He arrived at Viking from local club FK Vidar at the start of the 2001 season. He helped win the Norwegian cup in his debut season, playing in the 3-0 victory over rivals Bryne FK in the final. He made his national team debut in a 1-0 win against Austria in 2002, and has so far played more than 40 matches for Norway, mostly as a central defender. In 2005, he was made captain of Viking, and he has played a total of 187 games for the club as of July 2005.

On January 16, 2006 he signed a contract with the Danish club F.C. Copenhagen.

During the summer of 2007 newspapers linked him with leading Premier League-clubs, like Newcastle United, Liverpool FC, Aston Villa and Manchester City.^[1] Hangeland refuted the rumours and said he was glad to play for Copenhagen.^{[citation needed]}

On January 18, 2008 it was officially confirmed that he signed for Fulham after days of speculation.

On January 29, 2008 he made his Fulham debut when Fulham played Bolton Wanderers at Reebok Stadium. He was voted Man of the Match by Sky Sports after the game.The club survived relegation in the 2007/8 season with Brede forming a formiddable partnership with Aaron Hughes at the heart of Fulham's defence.

[edit] Honours

• Norwegian Cup winner: 2001 (with Viking FK)
• Danish Superliga winner: 2005-06 & 2006-07 (with Copenhagen)
• Royal League winner: 2005-06 (with Copenhagen)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Fulham F.C. profile
• Brede Hangeland career stats at Soccerbase

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