_(cropped).jpg) Finne in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1995-02-13)13 February 1995 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Bergen, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Brann | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SK Trane | |||
| Nymark IL | |||
| –2012 | Brann | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Brann | 26 | (8) |
| 2014–2016 | 1. FC Köln | 21 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | 1. FC Köln II | 5 | (4) |
| 2016–2017 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 21 | (3) |
| 2017–2021 | Vålerenga | 104 | (30) |
| 2021 | SønderjyskE | 17 | (0) |
| 2021– | Brann | 104 | (43) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Norway U17 | 11 | (4) |
| 2012–2013 | Norway U18 | 20 | (7) |
| 2013 | Norway U19 | 8 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Norway U21 | 8 | (1) |
| 2023– | Norway | 4 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 July 2024 | |||
Bård Finne (born 13 February 1995) is a Norwegian professionalfootballer who plays as aforward forSK Brann and theNorway national team.
Hailing fromBergen, he started his professional career inBrann. Finne has represented Norway from under-15 tounder-21 level.
Finne was born in Bergen,[1] with parents hailing fromVoss. During his childhood, Finne participated in both athletics andcross-country skiing in addition to playingfootball and became regional champion in cross-country skiing while competing forVoss IL.[2] Finne, who grew up in the area surroundingBrann Stadion,[3] played football forSK Trane until he gave up both athletics and skiing at the age of 12[2] and joinedNymark IL where he played with Andreas Vindheim andKasper Skaanes until the three joinedSK Brann's youth-team together in 2009.[3]
Before he signed a professional contract with Brann, he was eligible to play inTippeligaen as he was listed on the team's B-list.[4] He was wanted by Dutch clubNEC Nijmegen andOle Gunnar Solskjær's clubMolde,[5] but Finne signed a professional contract for Brann in September 2012.[6] He scored his first two goals in Tippeligaen in the match against rivaling clubRosenborg on 23 September 2012. He made five appearances and scored three goals in the 2012 season,[7] after which he gained the nickname "the fox in the box".[8][9]
Finne's first appearance of the 2013 season, came when he replacedKristoffer Barmen as a substitute againstLillestrøm in April 2013. In the First Round of the2013 Norwegian Football Cup, Finne scored four goals when Brann won 14–0 againstHovding.[10] In June 2013, Finne rejected Brann's offer for a new contract and stated that he wanted to move abroad either during the summer or when his contract expired after the season.[11] The crowd at Brann Stadion did not like that Finne wanted to leave the club, and booed at him when he replacedMartin Pusic in the home match againstSandnes Ulf on 29 June 2013, but Finne answered by scoring ahat-trick in the 6–1 victory.[12]
On 20 August 2013, it was announced that he had signed a 3.5-year contract with the2. Bundesliga side1. FC Köln starting in January 2014. He joined the club as aBosman player as his contract with Brann expired on 31 December 2013.[13] He debuted for 1. FC Köln on 9 February in the 2. Bundesliga tie againstSC Paderborn at theRheinEnergie Stadion (final result 0–1) entering the pitch as a substitute forAnthony Ujah in the 46th minute.[14][15]
He moved to1. FC Heidenheim on 16 January 2016. Finne played 24 games for the club and scored 3 goals.[16]
On 24 February 2017, Finne signed a four-year contract with Brann rivalsVålerenga, despite his agent stating that he would never play for another Norwegian club.[17] On 3 April he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win on his competitive debut for Vålerenga againstViking.[18]
On 10 October 2020Danish Superliga clubSønderjyskE confirmed, that Finne would join the club from 2021 on a deal until June 2024.[19]
On 5 August 2021, Finne returned to Norway and signed a deal until June 2025 with his former clubSK Brann.[20] He became the top scorer in the2022 Norwegian First Division with 16 goals, alongsideGift Orban.[21]
Finne first represented Norway when he played two matches for the under-15 team against Sweden U15 in September 2010. The next month he was selected for the squad that met Portugal, France and Netherlands in an under-15 tournament.[22] He played a total of five matches for the under-15 team in 2010. The next year he played 11 matches for the under-16 team, scoring five goals. In 2012, he played 11 matches and scored four goals for theunder-17 team in addition to 11 matches and three goals for the under-18 team. He made his debut for theunder-19 team in 2013,[23] and scored goals againstNetherlands U19[24] andCyprus U19 in theelite qualification for the2013 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brann | 2012 | Tippeligaen | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 9 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 6 | – | 22 | 11 | |||
| Total | 26 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 15 | ||
| 1. FC Köln | 2013–14 | 2. Bundesliga | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 1 | |
| 2014–15 | Bundesliga | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||
| 1. FC Heidenheim | 2015–16 | 2. Bundesliga | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 15 | 2 | |
| 2016–17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | |||
| Total | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | ||
| Vålerenga | 2017 | Eliteserien | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | 27 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | – | 30 | 14 | |||
| 2019 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 3 | – | 32 | 11 | |||
| 2020 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | 26 | 8 | |||
| Total | 104 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 38 | ||
| SønderjyskE | 2020–21 | Danish Superliga | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | 22 | 1 | |
| Brann | 2021 | Eliteserien | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 17 | 4 | |
| 2022 | Norwegian First Division | 29 | 16 | 8 | 11 | – | 37 | 27 | ||
| 2023 | Eliteserien | 29 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 4[b] | 1 | 42 | 29 | |
| 2024 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6[c] | 2 | 37 | 9 | ||
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Total | 104 | 43 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 138 | 72 | ||
| Career total | 293 | 86 | 49 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 352 | 131 | ||
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 7 September 2023 | Ullevaal Stadion,Oslo,Norway |  Jordan | 5–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
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