Tuva Hansen
Hansen with Bayern Munich in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-08-04) 4 August 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Bryne, Norway
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 FC Bayern Munich
Number 6
Youth career
2012 Bryne
2013 Klepp
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Klepp 8 (0)
2014 Arna-Bjørnar 10 (0)
2015–2020 Klepp 126 (2)
2021–2022 Brann 32 (1)
2023– Bayern Munich 12 (0)
International career‡
2011–2012 Norway U15 5 (1)
2012–2013 Norway U16 15 (2)
2013–2014 Norway U17 10 (3)
2014–2016 Norway U19 32 (2)
2015–2019 Norway U23 13 (0)
2017– Norway 27 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 June 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 July 2023

Tuva Hansen (born 4 August 1997) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a defender for Frauen Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich and the Norway national team.[1][2]

Club career

Klepp (2013) and Arna-Bjørnar (2014)

Hansen started her senior career in Klepp after having played in Bryne. She debuted in Toppserien in 2013, when she played for Klepp. In 2014, she played for Arna-Bjørnar. In the club, she played together with her older sister Hege Hansen.[3][4]

Klepp (2015–2020)

In November 2014, both Tuva and her sister Hege Hansen announced that they moved back to Klepp.[5] In 2015, Tuva played all of the matches for Klepp in Toppserien,[3] and she was nominated for Statoil’s young talent prize.[6] She grew on the experience and became a solid defender. She also became the captain of the club. In 2016, Tuva was named player of the year by Jærbladet, the local newspaper.[7] After the 2016 season, she said no to move to LSK Kvinner,[7] the team that won both Toppserien and the cup that year. In 2018, she was part of the Klepp team that came second, and therefore got silver, in Toppserien.[8] And in 2019, they got bronze.[9]

Sandviken/Brann (2021–2022)

In November 2020, Sandviken announced that they had signed both Tuva Hansen and her teammate Elisabeth Terland from Klepp.[10] Hansen quickly became a leader in the team and was the captain already from her first season.[11] That season also became a success, and Sandviken won Toppserien 2021 7 November 2021, in the second last match of the season. That match was against Klepp, Hansen’s former club. Sandviken won 8-0, which meant that Klepp got relegated, something that made Hansen cry after the match in an interview with NRK.[12] Sportskollektivet.no named Hansen player of the year 2021.[13]

Bayern Munich (2023-present)

FC Bayern Munich announced 1 December 2022 that they had signed Hansen. She will officially join the club 1 January 2023, when the transfer window opens.[1]

International career

Hansen has played matches for several Norway youth national teams, including U15, U16, U17, U19, and U23, and also the Norway national team.[2]

She was called up to the national team for the first time in November 2016.[14] She debuted when she was 19 years old, in a 0-3 loss against Spain in the Algarve Cup in March 2017.[15] Since April 2021 she has been called up regularly, including at the 2022 Algarve Cup. She was nominated for the squad for the 2022 European Championship. She played in all three group games until her team was knocked out. She scored her first international goal in a 1-0 win against Belgium in qualifying for the 2023 World Cup, which saw Norway qualify for the World Cup.[16]

On 19 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Norwegian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[17]

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 2 September 2022 Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium  Belgium 1–0 1–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Personal life

Hansen has together with her dog, Vilja, gained much popularity on social media; among others they had over 65 million views on their TikTok profile in August 2021.[18] As of 10 October 2021, they had 102,000 followers on Instagram and 900,000 on TikTok.[19] Several of their videos have been seen by millions of people.[20]

Hansen has studied to become an occupational therapist.[19]

Tuva Hansen is the daughter of the former footballer Hugo Hansen, and the younger sister of Cato Hansen and Hege Hansen, both of whom have also played in top leagues and national teams.[4] Hege and Tuva have played one match together on the Norway national team. The first match Tuva played for the national team, was also the last match Hege played.[2][15][21]

Honours

Sandviken

Bayern Munich

References

  1. ^ a b NRK (1 December 2022). "Den norske landslagsspilleren Tuva Hansen klar for Bayern München". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Fotballforbund, Norges. "Tuva Hansen - Profil (landslag)". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b Fotballforbund, Norges. "Tuva Hansen - Profil (klubb)". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  4. ^ a b Larsen, Eirin (30 August 2011). "Fjerde Hansen på landslaget". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 19 April 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  5. ^ Håland, Trude (14 November 2014). "(+) Hege Hansen har signert for Klepp". Jærbladet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  6. ^ Sel, Tarjei (5 October 2015). "(+) Tuva nominert til "Årets talent"". Jærbladet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  7. ^ a b Sandsmark, Øyvind Ulland (9 November 2016). "(+) Her er årets Klepp-spiller". Jærbladet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  8. ^ Fotballforbund, Norges. "Toppserien 2018 - Tabell". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Beste plassering noensinne". Toppserien (in Norwegian Bokmål). 17 November 2019. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Tuva Hansen og Elisabeth Terland er klar for Sandviken Toppfotball neste sesong". Sandviken Toppfotball (in Norwegian Bokmål). 17 November 2020. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Årets kapteinsteam". Sandviken Toppfotball (in Norwegian Bokmål). 20 May 2021. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  12. ^ a b Hagen, Mathias (7 November 2021). "Sandviken har startet gullfesten – blir seriemester for første gang". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  13. ^ av, Skrevet; oss!, reas Kristoffer Berge 18 November 2021 16:30-OPPDATERT 3 December 2021 16:40 Tips oss 40833313 Tips (18 November 2021). "Årets Spiller i Toppserien 2021: Tuva Hansen". Sportskollektivet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Sel, Tarjei (22 November 2016). "(+) Tuva Hansen tatt ut på a-landslaget". Jærbladet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  15. ^ a b Fotballforbund, Norges. "Spania - Norge - 03.03.2017 19.30". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  16. ^ Fotballforbund, Norges. "Drømmetreff sendte Norge til VM: - Det er helt fantastisk". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  17. ^ updated, Jessy Parker Humphreys last (6 June 2023). "Norway Women's World Cup 2023 squad: full 23-player team". fourfourtwo.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  18. ^ AS, TV 2 (10 August 2021). "Vilja (1) får sosiale medier til å eksplodere - sett av over 65 millioner". TV 2 (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ a b AS, TV 2 (8 October 2021). "Vilja (1) erobrer verden - her deler matmor sine beste triks". TV 2 (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ "Vilja (1,5) får internett til å koke". www.aftenbladet.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  21. ^ Fotballforbund, Norges. "Hege Hansen - Profil". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 17 January 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  22. ^ Mehta, Kalika; Ford, Matt (28 May 2023). "Women's Bundesliga: Bayern Munich's title reveals problems". Deutsche Welle (dw.com). Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

External links

FC Bayern Munich (women) – current squad
Norway squads
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