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Brede Hangeland
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Norwegian association football player
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Brede Hangeland is a male association football player born in Houston on June 20, 1981. His birth name is Brede Paulsen Hangeland. He holds citizenship in the United States and Norway. He speaks and writes Norwegian, which is also his native language.
Hangeland plays as a centre-back and wears the number 4. His career began in 2000. He has played for F.C. Copenhagen, Viking FK, Fulham F.C., and Crystal Palace F.C. He competed in the Premier League and represented Norway in the sport.
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Key facts
- 2021
- Norway (Sports coordinator)
- Full name
- Brede Paulsen Hangeland
- Date of birth
- ( 1981-06-20 ) 20 June 1981 (age 44)
- Place of birth
- Houston, Texas , United States
- Height
- 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
- Position
- Central defender
- 1998 2000
- Vidar
- Years
- Team
- 2000 2005
- Viking
- 2006 2008
- Copenhagen
- 2008 2014
- Fulham
- 2014 2016
- Crystal Palace
- 2001 2003
- Norway U21
- 2002 2014
- Norway
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Defender
- Nationality
- Norway
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Houston
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Native language
- Norwegian
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Norway national under-21 association football team
- Position played
- centre-back
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Norway
- Mass
- 92
- Image
- 2012-08 Hangeland.jpg
- Height
- 199
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- Commons category
- Brede Hangeland
- date of birth
- 1981-06-20
- sport number
- 4
- birth name
- Brede Paulsen Hangeland
- name in native language
- Brede Hangeland
- start of work period
- 2000-00-00
- Scandinavian middle family name
- Paulsen
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Encyclopedic overview
Brede Paulsen Hangeland (born 20 June 1981) is a former professional soccer player who played as a central defender. Born in the United States to an American mother and a Norwegian father, he represented the Norway internationally.
He began his career with Viking, where he won the Norwegian Cup in 2001. In 2006, he moved to Copenhagen, and went on to win two Danish Superliga titles at the club. From 2008 to 2014 he played for Fulham, helping the team to the 2010 UEFA Europa League Final, but was released in 2014 after the club's relegation, subsequently joining Crystal Palace.
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