André Hansen (born 17 December 1989) is a Norwegian professional

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who plays as a

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for Rosenborg in

Eliteserien Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion ...

. He made his International debut for

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in 2013.

Club career

He hails from

Veitvet Veitvet is a neighborhood in the Bjerke borough of Oslo, Norway. The area borders to Linderud, Tonsenhagen and Bredtvet Bredtvet is a neighborhood in the borough of Bjerke in Oslo, Norway. The area is located on a ridge between the neighborho ...

, and started his career with Bjerkealliansen. He went from there to

Skeid Fotball Skeid is a Norwegian football club from Oslo that currently plays in 1. divisjon ( OBOS-ligaen), the second tier of the Norwegian football league system. Its current home field is Nordre Åsen, after the club stopped playing at Bislett after ...

. In 2007, he was loaned out to

Kjelsås Fotball Kjelsås Fotball is the association football section of the sports club Kjelsås IL, based in the Kjelsås/Grefsen area of Oslo, Norway. The club was founded in 1913. It currently plays in the 2. divisjon, having been relegated from the 1. divisj ...

. He was signed by

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in 2008, but spent the 2008 season on loan back at Skeid. He made his debut in the

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against

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in April 2009, conceding three goals. He conceded another three goals in his second game. In late July 2009 he was loaned out to

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. Hansen was named as Goalkeeper Of The Year in

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, and selected for the All-Star Team, despite only playing eight matches. He returned to

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before the 2010 season. As Stefan Logi Magnusson was

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's preferred goalkeeper at Lillestrøm, Hansen primarily played for the

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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 four-year contract with

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, joining the club on 1 January 2011. Hansen stated that he changed club because he had a greater chance to play regularly in the Tippeligaen with Odd. Hansen became Odd's first-choice goalkeeper in his first season with the club, and played all 30 matches. In the Tippeligaen match against

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on 23 May 2012, Hansen was injured as a result of a collision with Péter Kovács sustaining a fracture of the cheek bone which kept him out of action for three weeks.

International career

Hansen has represented Norway from Under-18 to Under-23 level, and was capped 7 times for the Norwegian under-21 team,. In August 2012 Hansen was called up for the senior team for the first time. The next month Hansen was again called up for the senior national team, and goalkeeping coach

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stated that Hansen was mainly to be used by the national team as the third-choice goalkeeper behind

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and

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. Hansen made his debut for the national team on 12 January 2013, when Norway drew 0–0 in a friendly match against

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Rosenborg *

Tippeligaen Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion ...

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Norwegian Cup The Norwegian Football Cup ( no, Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer) is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football ...

Mesterfinalen Mesterfinalen ( en, Champions Final), also known as UNICEF Mesterfinalen due to its cooperation with UNICEF, is a Norwegian association football competition contested between the champions of the previous Eliteserien season and the holders of the ...

Individual * Eliteserien Player of the Year: 2018

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Andre 1989 births Living people Footballers from Oslo Norwegian footballers Norwegian jurists Association football goalkeepers Norway international footballers Skeid Fotball players Kjelsås Fotball players Lillestrøm SK players Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur players Odds BK players Rosenborg BK players Eliteserien players Norwegian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Iceland Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Iceland