Gustav Valsvik
{{Short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1993)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gustav Valsvik
| image = GustavValsvik.jpg
| caption = Gustav Valsvik in 2018.
| fullname = Gustav Valsvik
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|5|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Vik, Norway
| height = 1.95m
| position = Defender
| currentclub = Strømsgodset
| clubnumber = 71
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = {{0|0000}}–2009
| clubs1 = Vik
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2010–2014
| clubs2 = Sogndal
| caps2 = 83
| goals2 = 5
| years3 = 2014–2016
| clubs3 = Strømsgodset
| caps3 = 59
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2016–2019
| clubs4 = Eintracht Braunschweig
| caps4 = 74
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2019–2021
| clubs5 = Rosenborg
| caps5 = 24
| goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2020
| clubs6 = → Stabæk (loan)
| caps6 = 10
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2021–
| clubs7 = Strømsgodset
| caps7 = 128
| goals7 = 13
| nationalyears1 = 2009
| nationalteam1 = Norway U19
| nationalcaps1 = 12
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2012
| nationalteam2 = Norway U20
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2012–2014
| nationalteam3 = Norway U21
| nationalcaps3 = 12
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2017
| nationalteam4 = Norway
| nationalcaps4 = 6
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| club-update = 4 June 2025
| nationalteam-update = 12 November 2017
}}
Gustav Valsvik (born 26 May 1993) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a defender who plays for Strømsgodset.
Career
Born in Vik,{{cite web |url=http://www.altomfotball.no/element.do?cmd=player&personId=221565 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006085654/http://www.altomfotball.no/element.do?cmd=player&personId=221565 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 October 2014 |language=no |title=Gustav Valsvik |work=altomfotball.no |publisher=TV 2 |access-date=23 November 2012}} Valsvik started his career in the local club Vik IL before he joined Sogndal ahead of the 2010 season.{{cite news |url=http://www.sognavis.no/lokale_nyhende/article4386916.ece |language=no |title=Valsvik klar for Sogndal |publisher=Sogn Avis |date=9 June 2009 |access-date=23 November 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222224640/http://www.sognavis.no/lokale_nyhende/article4386916.ece |archive-date=22 February 2013 |url-status=dead }} In his first season, Valsvik played nine matches in the First Division. Following Sogndal's promotion, Valsvik played seven matches in Tippeligaen in 2011, and the next season he was playing regularly in Sogndal's central defence.{{cite news |url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/1.8270817 |language=no |title=Midtstoppar på veg vekk frå Sogndal |publisher=NRK |date=6 August 2012 |access-date=23 November 2012}}
He signed a three-year contract with Strømsgodset in July 2014, for an undisclosed sum.{{cite web|title=Ny midstopper klar for Godset|url=http://www.dt.no/godset/ny-midstopper-klar-for-godset-1.8512426|publisher=dt.no|access-date=24 July 2014|language=no|date=16 July 2014}}
In July 2016, Valsvik transferred to German 2. Bundesliga club Eintracht Braunschweig.{{cite web|title=Eintracht verpflichtet Gustav Valsvik|url=http://www.eintracht.com/aktuelles/neues/eintracht-verpflichtet-gustav-valsvik/|publisher=eintracht.com|access-date=30 July 2016|language=de|date=30 July 2016|archive-date=31 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731144934/http://www.eintracht.com/aktuelles/neues/eintracht-verpflichtet-gustav-valsvik/|url-status=dead}} On 18 January 2019, Valsvik transferred to Rosenborg on a four years contract.{{cite web|title=Valsvik klar for RBK|url=http://www.rbk.no/nyheter/valsvik-klar-for-rbk|publisher=rbk.no|access-date=18 January 2019|language=de|date=18 January 2019}}
International career
Valsvik first represented Norway when he played for the under-16 team in 2009. He has later represented Norway at every level up to under-21 level.{{cite web |url=http://www.fotball.no/Community/Profil/?fiksId=2694007 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120526083323/http://www.fotball.no/Community/Profil/?fiksId=2694007 |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 May 2012 |language=no |title=Gustav Valsvik's profil |work=fotball.no |publisher=Football Association of Norway |access-date=23 November 2012 }} On 26 March 2017, Valsvik made his debut for the senior Norway national football team.{{cite web|title=0-2-tap mot Nord-Irland|url=https://www.fotball.no/landslag/norge-a-herrer/2017/disse-starter-mot-nord-irland/|publisher=fotball.no|access-date=27 March 2017|language=no|date=26 March 2017}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 31 May 2025}}{{cite web |title=G. Valsvik |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/gustav-valsvik/110957/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=17 July 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.nifs.no/personprofil.php?person_id=35797 |title=Gustav Valsvik |language=no |work=nifs.no |publisher=A-pressen |access-date=24 July 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.altomfotball.no/element.do?cmd=player&personId=221565 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006085654/http://www.altomfotball.no/element.do?cmd=player&personId=221565 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 October 2014 |title=Gustav Valsvik |language=no |work=altomfotball.no |publisher=TV2 (Norway) |access-date=24 July 2014}}
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| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !rowspan="2"|Division !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="6"|Sogndal
|2010 |rowspan="1"|Adeccoligaen |9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 1 | |
| 2011
|rowspan="4"|Tippeligaen |7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | |
| 2012
|27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 2 | |
| 2013
|30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 2 | |
| 2014
|10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!83 | 5 | 8 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 91 | 6 | |
| rowspan="4"|Strømsgodset
|2014 |rowspan="3"|Tippeligaen |13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 2015
|29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 2016
|17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!59 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 72 | 1 |
| rowspan="4"|Eintracht Braunschweig
|rowspan="2"|2. Bundesliga |29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 0 | |
| 2017–18
|34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 1 | |
| 2018–19
|rowspan="1"|3. Liga |11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!74 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 77 | 1 | |
| rowspan="3"|Rosenborg
|2019 |rowspan="2"|Eliteserien |13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| 2020
|11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 3 |
| rowspan="2"|Stabæk (loan)
|2020 |rowspan="1"|Eliteserien |10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 1 | |
| rowspan="6"|Strømsgodset
|2021 |rowspan="5"|Eliteserien |29 | 3 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 4 | |
| 2022
|30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 3 | |
| 2023
|30 | 5 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 5 | |
| 2024
|30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 2 | |
| 2025
|9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!128 | 13 | 17 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 145 | 15 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!378 | 23 | 38 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 427 | 27 |
References
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{{Strømsgodset Toppfotball squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Valsvik, Gustav}}
Category:People from Vik, Sogn
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Norwegian men's footballers
Category:Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:Norway men's youth international footballers
Category:Norway men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Norway men's international footballers
Category:Sogndal Fotball players
Category:Strømsgodset Toppfotball players
Category:Eintracht Braunschweig players
Category:Stabæk Fotball players
Category:Norwegian First Division players
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany