| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benedicte Iversen Håland[citation needed] | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-02-10)10 February 1998 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Ålesund, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Southampton | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Arna-Bjørnar | 5 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Sandviken | 2 | (0) |
| 2020 | Lugano | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Bristol City | 1 | (0) |
| 2021 | UMF Selfoss | 9 | (0) |
| 2022 | Hellas Verona | 10 | (0) |
| 2022 | Hibernian | 30 | (0) |
| 2023 | Bristol City | 1 | (0) |
| 2024– | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Norway U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Norway U19 | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:36, 12 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
Benedicte Iversen Håland (born 10 February 1998) is a Norwegian professionalfootballer who plays as agoalkeeper forWomen's Championship sideSouthampton.
Håland has played for the NorwegianU17 andU19 national teams.[1]
Håland was born in Norway and started her professional career atArna-Bjørnar. She then spent a short time atSandviken, which included a spell onloan toFyllingsdalen.[2]
Håland agreed a one-year contract withSwiss Women's Super League clubLugano in January 2020,[3] before moving toBristol City of theFA WSL in September 2020.[4] After finishing the season at the bottom of the table, Bristol City were relegated.[5] Straight off the back of the completion of theFA WSL season, Håland joined Icelandic top league teamUMF Selfoss, until the end of the season.[6] She spent the second half of the2021–22 season at Italian sideHellas Verona.[7]
In May 2022, it was announced that Benedicte would join the Scottish sideHibernian.[8] Håland settled in as the number one choice goalkeeper and played the majority of league matches as well as several cup matches. Håland helped Hibernian lift the Capital Cup in November 2022 by saving apenalty during thepenalty shoot-out in the final.[9][10] She left the club at the end of the season, returning toBristol City on a short-term contract.[11] On 19 January 2024, she left Bristol City.[12] Four days later, she signed forWomen's Championship sideSouthampton.[13]
Håland was selected to train with theNorwegian under-17 national team in 2014.[14] She played three matches and was called-up to theUEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in Iceland in the summer of 2015. She was also selected for theU19 team and played four matches.[15]
Håland is an open member of theLGBT Community. According to social media, she and her partner became engaged in November 2022.[16]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Arna-Bjørnar | 2015 | Toppserien | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Sandviken | 2018 | Toppserien | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Lugano | 2019–20 | Swiss Women's Super League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Bristol City | 2020–21 | Women's Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selfoss | 2021 | Úrvaldsdeild Kvenna | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Hellas Verona | 2021–22 | Serie A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Hibernian | 2022–23 | Scottish Women's Premier League | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Total | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Bristol City | 2023–24 | Women's Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 61 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 0 | ||
