André Hansen

Not to be confused with André Hanssen.
André Hansen

Hansen with Lillestrøm in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth17 December 1989
Place of birthOslo, Norway
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 12 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Rosenborg
Number1
Youth career
?-2004Bjerkealliansen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2008Skeid21(0)
2007Kjelsås (loan)7(0)
2009–2010Lillestrøm3(0)
2009KR Reykjavík (loan)8(0)
2011–2014Odd111(0)
2015–Rosenborg5(0)
National team
2008–2010Norway U-217(0)
2011Norway U-231(0)
2013–Norway2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 June 2013

André Hansen (born 17 December 1989) is a Norwegian football goalkeeper who plays for Rosenborg in the Norwegian Premier League from 2015. He made his debut for Norway in 2013.

Club career

He hails from Veitvet,[1] started his career in Bjerkealliansen, and went from there to Skeid Fotball. In 2007 he was loaned out to Kjelsås Fotball.[2] He was signed by Lillestrøm in 2008, but spent the 2008 season on loan at Skeid.[1] He made his debut in the Norwegian Premier League against SK Brann in April 2009, conceding three goals.[3] He conceded another three goals in his second game.[4] In late July 2009 he was loaned out to KR Reykjavík.[5] Hansen was named as goalkeeper of the year in Iceland,[6] and selected for the all-star team, despite only playing 8 matches. He returned to Lillestrøm SK before the 2010 season.

As Stefan Logi Magnusson was Henning Berg's preferred goalkeeper at Lillestrøm, Hansen primarily played for the reserve team in the Third Division. His contract with the club expired at the end of the 2010-season, and on 8 July 2010 he signed a 4-year contract with Odd Grenland and joined the club on 1 January 2011. Hansen stated that he changed club because he had a greater chance to play in Tippeligaen with Odd.[7] Hansen became Odd's first-choice goalkeeper in his first season with the club,[6] and played all 30 matches.

In the Tippeliga-match against Strømsgodset on 23 May 2012, Hansen was injured after a crash with Péter Kovács[8] and got a fracture in the cheek bone which kept him out of play for three weeks.[9]

International career

Hansen has represented Norway from under-18 to under-23 level, and was capped 7 times for the Norwegian under-21 team,[10] and was in August 2012 called up for the senior team for the first time.[11] The next month Hansen was again called up for the national team, and the goalkeeper coach Frode Grodås stated that Hansen was at the national team as the third-choice goalkeeper behind Rune Jarstein and Espen Bugge Pettersen.[12] Hansen made his debut for the national team on 12 January 2013, when Norway drew 00 in a friendly match against Zambia.[13]

Career statistics

As of 1 May 2015
Season Club Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2009 Lillestrøm Tippeligaen 201030
2010 100010
2011 Odd 30030330
2012 29010300
2013 23030260
2014 29060350
2015 Rosenborg 500050
Career Total 11901401330

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Solbakken, Espen (7 February 2008). "Den nye Grodås". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  2. Granerød, Thomas (1 November 2007). "André reddet Kjelsås". Nordre Aker Budstikke (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  3. Anfinsen, Marius Solberg (30 April 2009). "Brann banket Lillestrøm". ABC Nyheter (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  4. Karlsen, Håvard (6 May 2009). "Er dette årets tabbe?". Fædrelandsvennen (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 9 May 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  5. Bakkene, Ole Kristian (2009). "André Hansen leid ut til Island" (in Norwegian). Lillestrøm SK. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Nygård, Stig (10 July 2012). "RBK og Molde i kamp om Odd-keeper". TV2 Sporten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  7. Almløv, André (9 July 2010). "LSK-keeper til Odd". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  8. Lersveen, Ernst A. (23 May 2012). "Odd-keeperen til sykehus da Godset vant igjen". tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV 2 (Norway). Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  9. Haugen, Eivind A. (25 May 2012). "Slik så André (22) ut etter kollisjonen med Kovacs". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  10. "Andre Hansen's profil". fotball.no. Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  11. "André Hansen tatt ut på landslaget" (in Norwegian). Varden. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  12. "Her er landslagsspilleren "ingen" bryr seg om" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisa. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  13. Sandberg, Fredrik Økstad (12 January 2013). "- Jeg hadde ikke trodd på så gode resultater" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 12 January 2013.