HÃ¥vard Nielsen

Håvard Nielsen ( born July 15, 1993, Oslo) is a Norwegian football player at the position of a striker. He is currently with FC Red Bull Salzburg in Austria under contract.

Career

Håvard Nielsen was born in Oslo in 1993 and grew up in a suburb of Oppsal. When resident football club Oppsal IF he also started with the club even football games. In 2007 he moved to the youth department of Vålerenga Oslo and celebrated almost two years later, on October 5, 2009 game against Viking Stavanger, the youngest ever player at Vålerenga, his debut in the Norwegian Tippeligaen. On July 11, 2012 compared Odd Grenland he achieved his first Dreifachtorerfolg.

Since July 2012, he plays in Austria for FC Red Bull Salzburg. He was obliged, together with his compatriot Valon Berisha for five years. On August 18, 2013 ( 5th Round ), he scored the 4-4 draw in the away match against VfB Admira Wacker Mödling - after 0-3 down - three goals for interim 3:3.

In January 2014 Nielsen was borrowed from RB Salzburg until 30 June 2015 to Eintracht Braunschweig. On January 26, 2014 ( 18th Round ), he debuted a goalless away draw against Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga. On March 25, 2014 ( 27 Matchday) in a 3-1 home win against FSV Mainz 05 succeeded the striker his first Bundesliga goal for interim 2:1.

National

From 2008 through Håvard Nielsen ran the national teams of ages U- 15 to U -21, for which he played 61 matches and scored 18 goals. With the U- 21 team, he achieved after two draws and a win the semi-finals of the U-21 European Championship in 2013 in Israel, which was lost to the selection of Spain with 0:3.

His debut in the senior team, he was on November 14, 2012 in Budapest, in a 2-0 win against the national team of Hungary, when he was called later for the injured Joshua King. He was from the beginning to use and achieved the deficit to 1-0 in the intervening 38 minutes, once also his first international goal.