Ingeborg Hovland

Ingeborg Hovland

Personal information
Full name	Ingeborg Hovland
Date of birth	October 3, 1969
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Vard
	Skjold
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1988–2005	Klepp
National team^‡
1996–2001	Norway	11	(0)
Honours Women's football Representing  Norway Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 September 2014

Ingeborg Hovland (born October 3, 1969) is a former Norwegian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Klepp IL of the Toppserien. With the Norway women's national team, Hovland was an alternate for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup^[1] and won an Olympic gold medal in 2000.^[2] She was named in Norway's squad for the 1997 and 2001 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship, as an understudy to Bente Nordby.

Hovland scored twice in 512 games for Klepp. As of 2012 she was leading the club's all-time appearance list.^[3] During her football career she was employed as a civil engineer.^[4]

References

1. "Norges VM-tropp" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 20 June 1999. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
2. "2000 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Soccer" (Retrieved on May 16, 2008)
3. "Adelskalender" (in Norwegian). Klepp IL. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
4. Våga, Finn E. (26 May 2001). "Best i forsvar" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 27 September 2014.

External links

• Ingeborg Hovland – FIFA competition record
• Norwegian national team profile (Norwegian)