Gustav Wikheim

Gustav Wikheim
Personal information
Full name Gustav Mendonca Wikheim
Date of birth (1993-03-18) 18 March 1993
Place of birth Drammen,[1] Norway
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
KAA Gent
Number 22
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Strømsgodset 89 (16)
2016– Gent 1 (0)
National team
2011 Norway U18 13 (2)
2012 Norway U19 6 (0)
2013–2014 Norway U21 12 (1)
2014– Norway U23 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 December 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2015

Gustav Mendonca Wikheim (born 18 March 1993) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for KAA Gent as a winger.

Personal life

Wikheim is the half-brother of Lars Fuhre, another professional footballer. Their common mother is Brazilian, and the two boys grew up together in Hokksund, Norway.[2]

Career

Strømsgodset

Wikheim made his debut for Strømsgodset on 10 April 2011 against Odd,[3] in a match his club won 2-0. He scored his first goal in a 2-1 loss against Molde on 23 March 2012.[4] He gradually played more and more for Strømsgodset, and got his major breakthrough in the 2014 season, when he featured in 27 of the 30 league matches for the club.

KAA Gent

On 17 December 2015, Wikheim signed a contract lasting until June 2019 with Belgian club Gent, in a 1.6 million euro deal.[5][6]

International

Wikheim was called up for the Norway U18 team in February 2011.[7] He played 13 matches and scored 2 goals, before moving up on the Norway U19 team in February 2012. He played 6 matches, but did not score any goals.[7] In February 2013, he was called up for his first Norway U21 match. He was capped 12 times, scoring one goal.[7] In October 2014, he was called up for the Norway U23 team, and has played twice without scoring.[7]

Career statistics

As of 17 December 2015[3]
Club Season Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Strømsgodset 2011 Tippeligaen 800080
2012 10220122
2013 16121182
2014 27420294
2015 28930319
Total 88161019817
Gent 2015–16 Belgian Pro League 101020
Career total 901611110117

Honours

Club

References

  1. "altomfotball.no - Statistikk, resultater, tabeller, kampfakta, spillerbørs". www.altomfotball.no.
  2. "Følger i broderens fotballspor". Retrieved 2015-06-10.
  3. 1 2 "Gustav Wikheim". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV2. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  4. "Godset-Wikheim om drømmetreffet: – Det var det jeg prøvde på - TV2.no". TV2 (Norway). Retrieved 2015-06-10.
  5. "Wikheim klar for Gent". Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  6. "Wikheim solgt til Gent". Strømsgodset Toppfotball.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Gustav Mendonca Wikheim". NFF. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
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