Gudmund Taksdal Kongshavn

{{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1991)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gudmund Kongshavn

| image =

| fullname = Gudmund Taksdal Kongshavn

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|01|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Oslo, Norway

| height = 1.89 m

| currentclub = Tromsdalen

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 = {{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}–2008

| youthyears3 = {{0|0000}} 2008

| youthclubs1 = IL Varegg

| youthclubs3 = Vålerenga

| years1 = 2009–2014

| clubs1 = Vålerenga

| caps1 = 32

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2014

| clubs2 = → Sarpsborg 08 (loan)

| caps2 = 7

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2015–2019

| clubs3 = Tromsø

| caps3 = 83

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2020

| clubs4 = Aalesund

| caps4 = 14

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2021

| clubs5 = Dinamo București

| caps5 = 5

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2022–

| clubs6 = Tromsdalen

| caps6 = 2

| goals6 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2009

| nationalteam1 = Norway U18

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2009–2010

| nationalteam2 = Norway U19

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| club-update = 7 February 2024

| nationalteam-update = 15 August 2013

}}

Gudmund Taksdal Kongshavn (born 23 January 1991) is a Norwegian football goalkeeper, who plays for Tromsdalen.

He was born in Oslo,{{cite web |url=http://www.altomfotball.no/element.do?cmd=player&personId=207221 |language=Norwegian |title=Gudmund T. Kongshavn |work=altomfotball.no |publisher=TV 2 |accessdate=4 June 2013}} moved with his family to Bergen as a small child and played for IL Varegg before joining Vålerenga's youth team ahead of the 2008 season.{{cite news|title=andresen slakter oppførselen|first=Kasper|last=Wikestad|work=Dagsavisen|date=28 July 2009|language=Norwegian}} He made his Norwegian Premier League debut on 26 July 2009 against Odd Grenland; despite not even being considered a part of the senior squad at the time.{{cite news|url=http://msn.tv2sporten.no/fotball/tippeligaen/article2830875.ece|title=VIFs keeperdebutant drømmer om A-lagskontrakt|first=Ernst A.|last=Lersveen|publisher=TV 2|date=26 July 2009|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728030514/http://msn.tv2sporten.no/fotball/tippeligaen/article2830875.ece|archive-date=28 July 2009|url-status=dead}} Before the 2015 season he signed a contract for Tromsø. Before the 2020 season he signed for Aalesund.

In February 2021, he signed a contract with Liga I side Dinamo București.{{cite news|url=https://www.agerpres.ro/sport-intern/2021/02/08/fotbal-fc-dinamo-l-a-transferat-pe-portarul-norvegian-gudmund-kongshavn--657261|title=FC Dinamo l-a transferat pe portarul norvegian Gudmund Kongshavn|first=Marius|last=Țone|publisher=Agerpres|date=8 February 2021|language=Ro|accessdate=8 February 2021|archive-date=8 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208142736/https://www.agerpres.ro/sport-intern/2021/02/08/fotbal-fc-dinamo-l-a-transferat-pe-portarul-norvegian-gudmund-kongshavn--657261|url-status=dead}} In June 2021 Kongshavn decide to retire to spend time with family and work for the organization MOT.{{cite news|url=https://www.aftenbladet.no/sport/i/9O5MRd/gudmund-30-fikk-droemmejobb-i-nord-legger-opp-tvert|title=Gudmund (30) fikk drømmejobb i nord – legger opp tvert|date=16 June 2021|work=Stavanger Aftenblad|language=no|access-date=2 December 2021}}

In August 2022, although he had actually stopped, he signed a contract with Tromsdalen UIL in PostNord-ligaen.{{cite web|url=https://www.tuilfotball.no/nyheter/endringer-i-host-velkommen-gudmund|title=Endringer i høst - Velkommen Gudmund|website=tuilfotball.no|language=no|date=1 September 2022|access-date=14 August 2023}}