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Gustav Wikheim
Personal information
Full name Gustav Mendonca Wikheim
Date of birth (1993-03-18) 18 March 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Drammen,[1] Norway
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 KAA Gent
Number 22
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Strømsgodset 89 (16)
2016 K.A.A. Gent 0 (0)
2016- → [FC Midtjylland
International career‡
2011 Norway U18 13 (2)
2012 Norway U19 6 (0)
2013–2014 Norway U21 12 (1)
2014– Norway U23 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2015

Gustav Mendonca Wikheim (born 18 March 1993) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for KAA Gent as a winger.

Personal life

Wikheim is the half-brother of Lars Fuhre, another professional footballer. Their common mother is Brazilian, and the two boys grew up together in Hokksund, Norway.[2]

Career

Strømsgodset

Wikheim made his debut for Strømsgodset on 10 April 2011 against Odd,[3] in a match his club won 2-0. He scored his first goal in a 2-1 loss against Molde on 23 March 2012.[4] He gradually played more and more for Strømsgodset, and got his major breakthrough in the 2014 season, when he featured in 27 of the 30 league matches for the club.

KAA Gent

On 17 December 2015, Wikheim signed a contract lasting until June 2019 with Belgian club KAA Gent, in a 1.6 million euro deal.[5][6]

FC Midtjylland

In the dying hours of the summer 2016 transfer deadline, Wikheim was presented in FC Midtjylland on a 1 year loan with a buy-out option included from KAA Gent. [7]

International

Wikheim was called up for the Norway U18 team in February 2011.[8] He played 13 matches and scored 2 goals, before moving up on the Norway U19 team in February 2012. He played 6 matches, but did not score any goals.[8] In February 2013, he was called up for his first Norway U21 match. He was capped 12 times, scoring one goal.[8] In October 2014, he was called up for the Norway U23 team, and has played twice without scoring.[8]

Career statistics

As of 17 December 2015[3]
Club Season Division League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Strømsgodset 2011 Tippeligaen 8 0 0 0 8 0
2012 10 2 2 0 12 2
2013 16 1 2 1 18 2
2014 27 4 2 0 29 4
2015 28 9 3 0 31 9
Total 88 16 10 1 98 17
Gent 2015–16 Belgian Pro League 1 0 1 0 2 0
Career total 90 16 11 1 101 17

Honours

Club

References

  1. ^ "altomfotball.no - Statistikk, resultater, tabeller, kampfakta, spillerbørs". www.altomfotball.no.
  2. ^ "Følger i broderens fotballspor". Retrieved 2015-06-10.
  3. ^ a b "Gustav Wikheim". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV2. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Godset-Wikheim om drømmetreffet: – Det var det jeg prøvde på - TV2.no". TV2 (Norway). Retrieved 2015-06-10.
  5. ^ "Wikheim klar for Gent". Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Wikheim solgt til Gent". Strømsgodset Toppfotball.
  7. ^ "FCM lejer Smartodds-anbefalede Wikheim".
  8. ^ a b c d "Gustav Mendonca Wikheim". NFF. Retrieved 10 June 2015.


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