Daniel Berg Hestad
 Hestad training with Molde in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 July 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Molde, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Molde | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Molde | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1993–2003 | Molde | 258 | (54) |
| 2003–2005 | SC Heerenveen | 41 | (5) |
| 2005– | Molde | 237 | (25) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1995–1998 | Norway U21 | 35 | (12) |
| 1998–2003 | Norway | 8 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 April 2015. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Daniel Berg Hestad (born 30 July 1975) is a Norwegian footballer, playing as a central midfielder for Molde. He is the player with most matches for Molde, and currently holds the record for most matches in Tippeligaen. He is two time Norwegian league champion, and two times Norwegian cup champion.
Club career
Berg Hestad debuted for Molde in the Tippeligaen match against Start on 23 May 1993,[1] and has since played more than 700 first team matches for this team, which is a club record.[2] With 350 Tippeliga-matches, he is the player with second most matches in Tippeligaen, only beaten by Roar Strand.[3] In 2003 he moved to Dutch team SC Heerenveen, where he played two seasons, returning to Molde in the summer of 2005. Hestad was five times runner-up in Tippeligaen with Molde (1995, 1998, 1999, 2002 and 2009) before he finally could lift the trophy as captain of the 2011 Champions.
After winning two straight Tippeligaen titles, it was speculated whether Berg Hestad would retire. He did however sign a new one-year-contract ahead of the 2013 season.[4] He was one of Molde's best players during the season, and in September 2013 he told the club that he would sign a new contract for one more year if the offer was good enough. When he signed a new one-year extension in November 2013, the manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær stated that Berg Hestad would be a part of Molde's coaching staff during the 2014 season.[5]
International career
Hestad has 8 caps for the Norwegian national team, between 1998 and 2003, as well as a multitude of junior and youth internationals. In 1998, he was a part of the Norwegian U-21 team, that won bronze medals in 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
Personal life
Hestad comes from a long line of Molde players. His father Stein Olav Hestad held the club record for most first-team appearances of all-time, before this was beaten by Daniel. His uncles Harry Hestad, Odd Berg and Jan Berg also played many years at the club.[6] His brother, Peter Berg Hestad, also played there a few years.
He married Trude Vik in 2006, with whom he has two sons, Tobias and Jonathan.[7]
In 2000 he served time in prison for driving under the influence. This incident occurred during Molde's Christmas party after Berg Hestad was informed of the hospitalisation of his wife and their infant baby. Both were in a critical state and in a moment of poor judgement, Berg Hestad got in his car to drive to the hospital, only to crash after a few hundred meters.[8]
Career statistics
- As of 29 April 2015[9]
| Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 1993 | Molde | Tippeligaen | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 1994 | First Division | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 1 | |
| 1995 | Tippeligaen | 26 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 6 | |
| 1996 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 6 | ||
| 1997 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14 | ||
| 1998 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 11 | ||
| 1999 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4 | ||
| 2000 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 5 | ||
| 2001 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 11 | ||
| 2002 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 4 | ||
| 2003 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 5 | ||
| 2003–04 | Heerenveen | Eredivisie | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 2004–05 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 4 | ||
| 2005 | Molde | Tippeligaen | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 5 |
| 2006 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 5 | ||
| 2007 | First Division | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8 | |
| 2008 | Tippeligaen | 25 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 1 | ||
| 2010 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 3 | ||
| 2011 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | ||
| 2013 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 2 | ||
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Molde Total | 496 | 79 | 76 | 21 | 572 | 100 | ||
| Career Total | 537 | 84 | 82 | 21 | 619 | 105 | ||
Honours
Molde FK
- Tippeligaen: 3
- 2011, 2012, 2014
References
- ↑ "Berg Hestad ber om kontraktsforslag fra Molde". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ↑ "MFK factsheet". MFKweb.org (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- ↑ "Historisk statistikk – Flest kamper" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ↑ Andersen, Martin K. (6 December 2012). "Berg Hestad tar ett år til". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ↑ Hustad, Trond (8 November 2013). "Skal lære av Solskjær". Romsdals Budstikke (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ↑ "Daniel har passert Laffen" (in Norwegian). VG. 23 October 1999. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ↑ Hattrem, Erik (10 June 2006). "Daniel fikk ja". Side2. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ↑ Kvamme, Sigve (1 August 2007). "Berg Hestads lillebror dømt for fyllekjøring". Dagbladet. Retrieved 27 September 2008.
- ↑ "Daniel Berg Hestad". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
External links
- (Norwegian) Player profile on official club website
- (Norwegian) National Caps
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