Benedicte Iversen Håland (born 10 February 1998) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Women's Premier League Hibernian W.F.C. Håland has played for the Norwegian national team U17 and U19.

Career statistics

''As of 30 September 2021''

Club career

Håland was born in Norway and started her professional career at

Arna-Bjørnar Arna-Bjørnar Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Arna, Bergen. It was founded in late 2000 as a merger between the football branches from ''IL Bjørnar'' and ''Arna T&IL'', and replaced Bjørnar IL in the league system from 2001. The ...

. She then spent a short time at Sandviken, which included a spell on loan to Fyllingsdalen. Håland agreed a one-year contract with Swiss Women's Super League club Lugano in January 2020, before moving to Bristol City of the FA WSL in September 2020. After finishing the season at the bottom of the table, Bristol City were relegated. Straight off the back of the completion of the FA WSL season, Håland joined Icelandic top league team

UMF Selfoss Ungmennafélag Selfoss, commonly known as Selfoss or UMF Selfoss, is an Icelandic multisport club, located in the town of Selfoss in the Southern Region. In May 2019, the Selfoss men's handball team won the national handball championship for th ...

. She spent the second half of the 2021-2022 season at Italian side Hellas Verona. In May 2022, it was announced that Benedicte would join the Scottish side Hibernian W.F.C.

International career

Håland was selected to train with the Norwegian under-17 national team in 2014. She played 3 matches and attended the

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in Iceland in the summer of 2015. She was also selected for the U19 team and played 4 matches.

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at Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) (in Norwegian) 1998 births Living people Women's association football goalkeepers Bristol City W.F.C. players Norwegian women's footballers Women's Super League players Expatriate women's footballers in England Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in England Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland SK Brann Kvinner players Arna-Bjørnar players Toppserien players FF Lugano 1976 players Swiss Women's Super League players Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Selfoss women's football players Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Expatriate women's footballers in Switzerland Hellas Verona Women players {{Norway-women-footy-bio-stub