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Steffen Iversen : biography

10 November 1976 –

Steffen Iversen (born 10 November 1976) is a Norwegian former football striker. He is the son of former Norway international Odd Iversen, one of Norway’s most prolific goalscorers of all time.

Iversen began his career as a 18-year-old at Rosenborg where he won two consecutive Norwegian league championship. He moved to Tottenham Hotspur in December 1996, where he scored 64 goals in seven years, and won the League Cup. After a brief spell at Wolverhampton Wanderers, he moved back to his native Norway where he spent two years at Vålerenga and was a contributing factor to Vålerenga’s first league championship in 21 years. In 2006 he moved back to Rosenborg, where he won his second consecutive league title, and after another league victory in 2010, Iversen spent 13 months at Crystal Palace, before he signed for Rosenborg for the third time in February 2012.

Iversen was capped 79 times for the national team, scoring 21 goals. He scored Norway’s only goal in a UEFA European Football Championship when he scored the match-winning goal against Spain in the group stage of UEFA Euro 2000.

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup Other Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Norway League Norwegian Cup Europe Total
1995 Rosenborg Tippeligaen 25 8 9 4 7 1 41 13
1996 25 10 4 4 8 2 37 16
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
1996–97 Tottenham Premier League 16 6 0 0 0 0 16 6
1997–98 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1998–99 27 9 7 2 6 2 40 13
1999–2000 36 14 2 1 2 1 4 1 44 17
2000–01 14 2 2 0 2 1 18 3
2001–02 19 4 3 1 3 2 25 7
2002–03 19 1 1 0 2 0 22 1
2003–04 Wolverhampton Premier League 16 4 2 0 2 0 20 4
Norway League Norwegian Cup Royal League Europe Total
2004 Vålerenga Tippeligaen 11 4 0 0 8 4 19 8
2005 21 7 5 2 0 0 3 2 29 11
2006 Rosenborg Tippeligaen 24 17 6 7 2 1 32 25
2007 23 13 2 1 10 4 35 18
2008 22 10 2 5 12 6 36 21
2009 29 9 3 1 4 1 36 11
2010 30 14 5 3 12 1 47 18
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
2010–11 Crystal Palace The Championship 17 2 1 0 0 0 18 2
2011–12 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
Norway League Norwegian Cup Europe Total
2012 Rosenborg Tippeligaen 21 6 2 2 9 0 32 8
Total Norway 231 98 38 29 10 5 65 17 344 149
England 180 42 19 4 18 6 4 1 221 53
Career total 411 140 57 33 28 11 69 18 565 202