Erik Huseklepp
Erik Huseklepp (2010)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Erik André Huseklepp | ||
| Date of birth | 5 September 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Bergen, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Secondary Striker / Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Haugesund | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Bjarg | ||
| –2000 | Fyllingen | ||
| 2000–2004 | Vadmyra | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Fyllingen | 42 | (9) |
| 2005–2010 | Brann | 120 | (29) |
| 2011 | Bari | 14 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | Portsmouth | 27 | (6) |
| 2012 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2012–2016 | Brann | 128 | (26) |
| 2017– | Haugesund | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2006 | Norway U21 | 8 | (1) |
| 2008– | Norway | 35 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 November 2014 |
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Erik André Huseklepp (born 5 September 1984) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Haugesund and the Norwegian national team. A forward, he previously played for Fyllingen and Brann in Norway, for Bari in Italy, and for Portsmouth and Birmingham City in England.
At the age of 16 he played youth football for Fyllingen. After two seasons in Vadmyra IL, where he played both junior and senior football, he returned to Fyllingen, this time in the senior team.
Huseklepp played in the Norwegian Second Division in 2004 and the first half of 2005, but left on 10 August to sign for Brann, because he was not given a place in the junior squad. He scored nineteen seconds into his first league match as a starter, and subsequently became a first team regular.
In 2006, Huseklepp had a hard time making the first team, starting just six games in the Norwegian Premier League and being substituted in all of them. The 2007 season was much the same, with Brann coach Mons Ivar Mjelde preferring to use Huseklepp as an impact player, taking on tiring defenders in the closing stages of the game. Huseklepp signalled that he would not sign a new contract with Brann, and as he has made himself a name as a flamboyant and technically gifted winger, a number of clubs were interested in signing the player. However, in November 2007, Huseklepp signed a new three-year contract with Brann. The team became league champions that year.
In January 2011 he completed a move to Serie A club Bari for €1.75 million. He played 14 games and scored 2 goals for Bari. But Bari were relegated to Serie B and due to financial difficulty Bari were forced to put Huseklepp up for sale.
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