| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cato Hansen | ||
| Date of birth | 26 May 1988 [1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bryne, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Sogndal | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2007 | Bryne | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2008 | Bryne[1] | 44 | (10) |
| 2009–2011 | Brann[1] | 23 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Løv-Ham (loan) | 9 | (6) |
| 2011– | Sogndal | 20 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008– | Norway U-21[2] | 8 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 September 2010. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Cato Hansen (born 26 May 1988) is a Norwegian soccer striker that currently plays for Sogndal. He came to Brann from Bryne before the 2009 season.[3] In Bryne he was capped 45 times, scoring 10 goals in the Norwegian First Division.[1]
On 7 August 2009, Hansen was loaned out to the first division club Løv-Ham for the remainder of the season.[4]
Hansen has also played 8 games for the Norway national under-21 football team.[2] He is the son of former Molde footballer Hugo Hansen, and his sister Hege plays as a striker for the Toppserien club Klepp.
Despite having played 37 matches in the Tippeliga as a striker, Hansen has never scored a goal.
| Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2006 | Bryne | Adeccoligaen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2007 | Adeccoligaen | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | |
| 2008 | Adeccoligaen | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | |
| 2009 | Brann | Tippeligaen | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| 2009 | Bryne | Adeccoligaen | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| 2010 | Brann | Tippeligaen | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| 2011 | Sogndal | Tippeligaen | 20 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 2 |
| Career Total | 96 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 107 | 22 | ||
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