Håkon Opdal
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Håkon Eikemo Opdal | ||
| Date of birth | 11 June 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Odda, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Start | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Odda | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2011 | Brann | 178 | (0) |
| 2012 | SønderjyskE | 13 | (0) |
| 2013– | Start | 109 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002–2004 | Norway U21 | 13 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Norway | 12 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 November 2012 |
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Håkon Eikemo Opdal (born 11 June 1982) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays for Start in the Tippeligaen, as a goalkeeper. He has previously played for Brann, where he won Tippeligaen in 2007 and the Norwegian Cup in 2004.
While playing for Brann, Opdal was awarded Kniksen Award as the best goalkeeper in Norway in 2006 and 2007, and he was also the first choice goalkeeper at the Norwegian national team where he was capped 12 times between 2006 and 2008.
Opdal was born in Odda, and played for Odda FK until he joined SK Brann in 2000. Opdal made his debut for the first team in the Third Round match of the 2001 Norwegian Football Cup against Ørn-Horten. He made his debut in Tippeligaen in the match against Rosenborg on 27 October 2002. Opdal was reserve to Ivar Rønningen for a couple of seasons, but Opdal made his breakthrough during the 2003 season, when he started some matches in Tippeligaen. Opdal became regular in the starting lineup when Rønningen was sold in the middle of the 2004 season, leaving Opdal with competition from Johan Thorbjørnsen. Opdal became a hero in one of his first starts. In a game in the 2004 Norwegian Football Cup against Bodø/Glimt the score was 3–3 at the end of regular time. In the penalty shootout, Opdal saved a penalty from Aasmund Bjørkan and later scored the winning penalty himself. Brann carried on to win the cup that year.
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