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Ingeborg Hovland

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Ingeborg Hovland
Personal information
Full name Ingeborg Hovland
Date of birth (1969-10-03) 3 October 1969 (age 55)
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Vard
Skjold
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–2005 Klepp 512 (2)
International career
1996–2001 Norway 11 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2014

Ingeborg Hovland (born 3 October 1969) is a former Norwegian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Klepp IL of the Toppserien. With the Norway women's national team, Hovland was an alternate for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup[1] and won an Olympic gold medal in 2000.[2] She was named in Norway's squad for the 1997 and 2001 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship, as an understudy to Bente Nordby.

Hovland scored twice in 512 games for Klepp. As of 2012 she was leading the club's all-time appearance list.[3] During her football career she was employed as a civil engineer.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Norges VM-tropp" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 20 June 1999. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  2. ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Soccer" Archived 11 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 16 May 2008)
  3. ^ "Adelskalender" (in Norwegian). Klepp IL. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  4. ^ Våga, Finn E. (26 May 2001). "Best i forsvar" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
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