Bård Finne

Bård Finne

Bård Finne in July 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-02-13) 13 February 1995
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 1. FC Heidenheim
Number 10
Youth career
SK Trane
Nymark IL
0000–2012 Brann
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2012–2013 Brann 26 (8)
2014–2016 1. FC Köln 21 (2)
2014 1. FC Köln II 5 (4)
2016– 1. FC Heidenheim 10 (2)
National team
2010 Norway U15 5 (0)
2011 Norway U16 11 (5)
2012 Norway U17 11 (4)
2012–2013 Norway U18 20 (7)
2013 Norway U19 8 (2)
2014– Norway U21 8 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:10, 29 February 2016 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Bård Finne (born 13 February 1995) is a Norwegian football player who plays as a forward for 1. FC Heidenheim. Hailing from Bergen, he started his professional career in Brann. Finne has represented Norway from under-15 to under-19 level.

Club career

Finne was born in Bergen,[1] with parents hailing from Voss. During his childhood, Finne participated in both athletics and cross-country skiing in addition to playing football and became regional champion in cross-country skiing while competing for Voss IL.[2] Finne, who grew up in the area surrounding Brann Stadion,[3] played football for SK Trane until he gave up both athletics and skiing at the age of 12[2] and joined Nymark IL where he played with Andreas Vindheim and Kasper Skaanes until the three joined SK Brann's youth-team together in 2009.[3]

Before he signed a professional contract with Brann, he was eligible to play in Tippeligaen as he was listed on the team's B-list.[4] He was wanted by Dutch club NEC Nijmegen and Ole Gunnar Solskjær's club Molde,[5] but Finne signed a professional contract for Brann in September 2012.[6] He his first two goals in Tippeligaen in the match against rivaling club Rosenborg 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 replaced Kristoffer Barmen as a substitute against Lillestrøm in April 2013. In the First Round of the 2013 Norwegian Football Cup, Finne scored four goals when Brann won 14–0 against Hovding.[10] In June 2013, Finne rejeceted 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 replaced Martin Pusic in the home match against Sandnes Ulf on 29 June 2013, but Finne answered by scoring a hat-trick in the 6–1 victory.[12]

On 20 August, it was announced that he has signed a 3,5 year contract with the 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln starting in January 2014. He joined the club as a Bosman player as his contract with Brann expired on 31 December 2013.[13] He debuted for 1. FC Köln on February 9th in the 2. Bundesliga tie against SC Paderborn at the RheinEnergie Stadion (final result 0-1) entering the pitch as a substitute for Anthony Ujah in the 46th minute.[14][15]

He moved to 1. FC Heidenheim on 16 January 2016.[16]

International career

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.[17] 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 the under-17 team in addition to 11 matches and three goals for the under-18 team. He made his debut for the under-19 team in 2013,[18] and scored goals against Netherlands U19[19] and Cyprus U19 in the elite qualification for the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.

Career statistics

As of 22 May 2015[20]
Season Club Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2012 Brann Tippeligaen 732194
2013 195262111
2013–14 1. FC Köln 2. Bundesliga 11100111
2014–15 Bundesliga 10100101
2015–16 001010
2015–16 1. FC Heidenheim 2. Bundesliga 10220122
Career Total 4710575217

References

  1. ↑ "Bård Finne at altomfotball.no" (in Norwegian).
  2. 1 2 Flatekvål, Bente-Line S. (27 October 2012). "Slik senket han RBK" (in Norwegian). Bergensavisen. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  3. 1 2 Ellingsen, Roy (26 October 2012). "Ekstremt lokal gutt" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Natlandsmyr, Gorm (31 August 2012). "Her er Branns B-liste" (in Norwegian). SK Brann. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  5. ↑ Aaserud, Mikal (17 April 2013). "Brann-talentet sa nei til Molde etter Solskjær-besøk". VG-nett (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Presthus, Øivind (9 September 2012). "Finne har signert" (in Norwegian). SK Brann. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  7. ↑ Pamer, Anders (16 April 2013). "– United og City følger Branns Bård Finne". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  8. ↑ Opheim, Steffen (8 October 2012). "Bergenserne snudde det i sluttminuttene". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  9. ↑ Horjen, Henrik (8 October 2012). "Skarsfjord om «ungdomsbølgen»: – Blir bedre og bedre". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  10. ↑ Bøyum, Mads (18 April 2013). "Skarsfjord hyller firemåls-Finne". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  11. ↑ Wathne, Davy (15 June 2013). "Bård Finne til utlandet" (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  12. ↑ Magnussen, Jostein; Skjellum, Hanne (29 June 2013). "Finne fikk pipekonsert – svarte med hat trick" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  13. ↑ Svendsen, Roy Hilmar (20 August 2013). "Bård Finne klar for tyske Köln" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  14. ↑ "Heimniederlage gegen Paderborn" (in German). fc-koeln.de. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  15. ↑ "Standard-Spezialist Meha sorgt für die Überraschung" (in German). kicker.de. 9 February 2014.
  16. ↑ "Finne erhält beim FCH einen Vertrag bis zum 30.06.2018" [Finne signs at FCH a contract until 30.06.2018] (in German). 1. FC Heidenheim. 16 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  17. ↑ Sælensminde, Ellinor Nesbø (18 October 2010). "Bård Finne møter stormaktene". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  18. ↑ "Bård Finne's profil". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  19. ↑ http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/fotball/article3632341.ece
  20. ↑ "Bård Finne". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen. Retrieved 17 March 2013.

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