Elias Valderhaug
{{Short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1990)}}
{{Redirect|Valderhaug|the village in Giske, Norway|Valderhaugstrand}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Elias Valderhaug
| image = Elias Valderhaug IMG 6828.jpg
| caption = Valderhaug in 2012
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|4|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Valderøy, Norway
| height =
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = Åkra
| clubnumber = 1
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Valder
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = Åkra
| years1 = 2007–2012 | clubs1 = Molde | caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2010 | clubs2 = → Kristiansund (loan) | caps2 = 9 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2012 | clubs3 = → Start (loan) | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2012 | clubs4 = Kongsvinger | caps4 = 12| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2013–2014 | clubs5 = Kristiansund | caps5 = 9 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2014– | clubs6 = Åkra | caps6 = 1 | goals6 = 0
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 =
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| pcupdate = 26 August 2013
| ntupdate =
}}
Elias Valderhaug (born 26 April 1990) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Åkra in 3. divisjon. He has previously played for Molde in Tippeligaen, and has also had spells with Start and Kongsvinger.
Career
Valderhaug was born in Valderøy{{cite web |url=http://www.altomfotball.no/element.do?cmd=player&personId=201362 |language=Norwegian |title=Elias Valderhaug |work=altomfotball.no |publisher=TV 2 |accessdate=15 February 2013}} and played for IL Valder and Åkra IL before joining Molde in 2007.{{cite news|url=http://fotball.fvn.no/forstediv/article232257.ece |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414000323/http://fotball.fvn.no/forstediv/article232257.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 April 2013 |language=Norwegian |title=Derfor ville Valderhaug til Start |publisher=Fædrelandsvennen |first=Jon |last=Andreassen |date=12 April 2012 |accessdate=15 February 2013 }} He made his debut on the first-team, when he replaced Knut Dørum Lillebakk in the 87th minute in the quarter-final of the 2009 Norwegian Football Cup against Rosenborg on 9 August 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.nifs.no/kampfakta.php?kamp_id=423536&land=1&t=14&u=4168&lag1=6&lag2=5 |title=Match report Molde-Rosenborg |language=Norwegian |work=nifs.no |publisher=A-pressen}} Valderhaug was sent on loan together with his team-mate Jacob Meidell to the nabour club Kristiansund BK in August 2012,{{cite news |url=http://fotball.rbnett.no/eliteserien/article176831.ece |language=Norwegian |title=Molde-duo leies ut til Kristiansund |publisher=Romsdals Budstikke |first=Trond |last=Hustad |date=12 August 2010 |accessdate=15 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819045943/http://fotball.rbnett.no/eliteserien/article176831.ece |archivedate=19 August 2010 |df=dmy }} where he played nine matches in the Second Division. Valderhaug made his debut in Tippeligaen against Sarpsborg 08 on 20 November 2011, after Ole Gunnar Solskjær decided to let him play the last two games of the season instead of Espen Bugge Pettersen, since Molde already had won Tippeligaen that year.{{cite web |url=http://fotball.rbnett.no/eliteserien/article215088.ece |title=Solskjær setter Bugge Pettersen på benken |language=Norwegian |work=rbnett.no |publisher=Romsdals Budstikke |date=17 November 2011 |accessdate=17 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121081050/http://fotball.rbnett.no/eliteserien/article215088.ece |archivedate=21 January 2012 |df=dmy-all }}
Valderhaug joined Start on a short-term loan-deal on 12 April 2012, due to injuries on both their goalkeepers, Alexander Lund Hansen and Johnny Kristiansen.{{cite web |url=http://www.tv2.no/sport/fotball/adeccoligaen/moldekeeper-til-start-3753999.html |language=Norwegian |title=Molde-keeper til Start |work=Norwegian News Agency |publisher=TV 2 (Norway) |date=12 April 2012 |accessdate=30 June 2012}} Valderhaug played Start's match against HamKam three days later,{{cite web |url=http://fotball.fvn.no/forstediv/article232723.ece |language=Norwegian |title=- Møtte til kamp og trodde jeg skulle spille |work=fvn.no |publisher=Fædrelandsvennen |first=Svein Rune |last=Kjøllesdal |date=15 April 2012 |accessdate=30 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623115513/http://fotball.fvn.no/forstediv/article232723.ece |archivedate=23 June 2012 |df=dmy }} but returned to Molde in the middle of June even though the loan lasted to 1 August as both Start's goalkeeper had returned from their injuries.{{cite web|url=http://fotball.fvn.no/forstediv/article239894.ece |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223075302/http://fotball.fvn.no/forstediv/article239894.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 February 2013 |language=Norwegian |title=Valderhaug ferdig i Start |work=fvn.no |publisher=Fædrelandsvennen |first=Håvard |last=Karlsen |date=14 June 2012 |accessdate=30 June 2012 }}
Valderhaug joined Kongsvinger in August 2012 on a short-term contract to the end of the 2012 season,{{cite web |url=http://fotball.aftenposten.no/forstediv/article244997.ece |language=Norwegian |title=Valderhaug til KIL |work=aftenposten.no |publisher=Aftenposten |first=Lasse |last=Tomren |date=1 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130112040608/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/forstediv/article244997.ece |archivedate=12 January 2013 |df=dmy-all }} and played 12 matches for the team in the First Division. After seeing out his short-term contract, Valderhaug moved back to his home-county Møre og Romsdal and signed a two-year contract with the newly promoted First Division side Kristiansund BK.{{cite web |url=http://www.glomdalen.no/kil/article6328645.ece |language=Norwegian |title=Valderhaug skal spille for Kristiansund |work=glomdalen.no |publisher=Glåmdalen |date=7 November 2012 |accessdate=2 February 2013}}
Club statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||||||
| colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season
! Club ! League ! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals | |||||
| 2009 | rowspan="3"|Molde | rowspan="3"|Tippeligaen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Kristiansund (loan) | Second Division | 9 | 0 | colspan="2" | |||
| |9 | 0 | |||||||
| 2012 | Start (loan) | rowspan="3"|Adeccoligaen | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | Kongsvinger | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2013 | rowspan="2"|Kristiansund | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2014 | rowspan="1"|1. divisjon | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2014 | Åkra | 3. divisjon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| colspan=3 | Career total
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References
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Category:Footballers from Møre og Romsdal
Category:Norwegian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Kristiansund BK players
Category:Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball players
Category:Norwegian First Division players