Steffen Iversen

Born: 10.11.1976 in Oslo
Position: Midfielder/Forward
Caps: 73
Goals: 19



Profile

As the son of Odd Iversen, one of Norway's most prolific goalscorers of all time, Steffen Iversen has always had to face the inevitable comparisons to his father. And although he hasn't reached the legend status of his old man, Steffen has managed to have a fine career of his own.

The younger Iversen began his career at Astor, one of Trondheim's smaller clubs. However, when you're the a talented youngster from Trondheim who also happens to be the son of a Rosenborg legend, it was only a matter of time before Steffen would join the city's top club. Iversen signed for Rosenborg in late 1994, and made his debut the next year. The next two years, Iversen showed he was a chip off the old block by scoring regularly for Rosenborg in both the domestic championship and the Champions League. In two years, the youngster had scored 21 goals for the team and was a regular for the Norwegian U21's. In December 1996, less than a month after his 20th birthday, Iversen was signed by Tottenham - much to the anger of Rosenborg coach Nils Arne Eggen, who felt the boy was too young to move abroad.

Iversen didn't take long to make an impact at White Hart Lane, and was a regular by the end of the season. However, with Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Tore André Flo ahead of him in the pecking order, Steffen had to wait until late 1998 before making his full international debut - and when he has played for Norway, he has usually been deployed in midfield or on the wing. Anyway, despite being played out of position most of the time, Iversen became a regular and scored several important goals for Norway in the qualification campaign for Euro 2000.

Despite having only recently returned from injury, Iversen made his mark at the Euro 2000 finals. Much has been said about Norway's defensive tactics at the tournament, but they did at least get one good result at the tournament, with the 1-0 win against Spain, where Iversen scored the winning goal when he headed in a long ball (what else?). However, aside from good defensive play and Erik Mykland's occational brilliance, Iversen's goal was Norway's lone highlight at Euro 2000.

After getting little playing time at club level in 2002/03, Iversen moved to newly-promoted Wolverhampton (which incidentally is said to be his father's favorite club). Steffen scored on his debut at Molineux, but the move soon turned into a nightmare. He got little playing time for the Premiership strugglers, and was released at the end of the season, following Wolves' relegation. On a more positive note, Iversen scored another important goal against Spain in the Euro 2004 qualifying playoff. However, this time it was to no avail as the Spaniards won 5-1 on aggregate, eliminating Norway from the competition.

In the summer of 2004, Steffen returned to Norway and signed for another of his father's old clubs, Vålerenga, in a deal that runs until the end of the 2005 season.

National Team Appearances

#

Date

Venue

Opponent

Score

Goals

Competition

Tottenham (England)

1

14.10.1998

Oslo

Albania

2-2

European Champ. Qual.

2

18.11.1998

Cairo

Egypt

1-1

3

27.03.1999

Athens

Greece

2-0

European Champ. Qual.

4

28.04.1999

Tbilisi

Georgia

4-1

European Champ. Qual.

5

20.05.1999

Oslo

Jamaica

6-0

6

30.05.1999

Oslo

Georgia

1-0

European Champ. Qual.

7

05.06.1999

Tirana

Albania

2-1

European Champ. Qual.

8

18.08.1999

Oslo

Lithuania

1-0

9

04.09.1999

Oslo

Greece

1-0

European Champ. Qual.

10

08.09.1999

Oslo

Slovenia

4-0

European Champ. Qual.

11

09.10.1999

Riga

Latvia

2-1

European Champ. Qual.

12

14.11.1999

Oslo

Germany

0-1

13

29.03.2000

Lugano

Switzerland

2-2

14

26.04.2000

Oslo

Belgium

0-2

15

27.05.2000

Oslo

Slovakia

2-0

16

13.06.2000

Rotterdam

Spain

1-0

European Championship

17

18.06.2000

Liège

Yugoslavia

0-1

European Championship

18

21.06.2000

Arnhem

Slovenia

0-0

European Championship

19

16.08.2000

Helsinki

Finland

1-3

20

02.09.2000

Oslo

Armenia

0-0

World Cup Qualifier

21

07.10.2000

Cardiff

Wales

1-1

World Cup Qualifier

22

11.10.2000

Oslo

Ukraine

0-1

World Cup Qualifier

23

24.03.2001

Oslo

Poland

2-3

World Cup Qualifier

24

28.03.2001

Minsk

Belarus

1-2

World Cup Qualifier

25

15.08.2001

Oslo

Turkey

1-1

26

01.09.2001

Chorzow

Poland

0-3

World Cup Qualifier

27

05.09.2001

Oslo

Wales

3-2

World Cup Qualifier

28

13.02.2002

Brussels

Belgium

0-1

29

17.04.2002

Oslo

Sweden

0-0

30

14.05.2002

Oslo

Japan

3-0

31

22.05.2002

Bodø

Iceland

1-1

32

07.09.2002

Oslo

Denmark

2-2

European Champ. Qual.

33

12.10.2002

Bucharest

Romania

1-0

European Champ. Qual.

34

16.10.2002

Oslo

Bosnia-Herzegovina

2-0

European Champ. Qual.

35

20.11.2002

Vienna

Austria

1-0

36

30.04.2003

Dublin

Ireland

0-1

37

22.05.2003

Oslo

Finland

2-0

38

07.06.2003

Copenhagen

Denmark

0-1

European Champ. Qual.

39

11.06.2003

Oslo

Romania

1-1

European Champ. Qual.

Wolverhampton (England)

40

20.08.2003

Oslo

Scotland

0-0

41

06.09.2003

Zenica

Bosnia-Herzegovina

0-1

European Champ. Qual.

42

10.09.2003

Oslo

Portugal

0-1

43

15.11.2003

Valencia

Spain

1-2

European Champ. Qual.

44

19.11.2003

Oslo

Spain

0-3

European Champ. Qual.

45

18.02.2004

Belfast

Northern Ireland

4-1

Vålerenga

46

09.10.2004

Glasgow

Scotland

1-0

World Cup Qualifier

47

13.10.2004

Oslo

Slovenia

3-0

World Cup Qualifier

48

16.11.2004

London

Australia

2-2

49

09.02.2005

Valetta

Malta

3-0

50

30.03.2005

Chisinau

Moldova

0-0

World Cup Qualifier

51

24.05.2005

Oslo

Costa Rica

1-0

52

04.06.2005

Oslo

Italy

0-0

World Cup Qualifier

53

08.06.2005

Stockholm

Sweden

3-2

54

17.08.2005

Oslo

Switzerland

0-2

55

03.09.2005

Celje

Slovenia

3-2

World Cup Qualifier

56

08.10.2005

Oslo

Moldova

1-0

World Cup Qualifier

57

12.10.2005

Minsk

Belarus

1-0

World Cup Qualifier

58

12.11.2005

Oslo

Czech Republic

0-1

World Cup Qualifier

59

16.11.2005

Prague

Czech Republic

0-1

World Cup Qualifier

Rosenborg

60

16.08.2006

Oslo

Brazil

1-1

61

02.09.2006

Budapest

Hungary

4-1

European Champ. Qual.

62

06.09.2006

Oslo

Moldova

2-0

European Champ. Qual.

63

07.10.2006

Athens

Greece

0-1

European Champ. Qual.

64

15.11.2006

Belgrade

Serbia

1-1

65

07.02.2007

Rijeka

Croatia

1-2

66

24.03.2007

Oslo

Bosnia-Herzegovina

1-2

European Champ. Qual.

67

02.06.2007

Oslo

Malta

4-0

European Champ. Qual.

68

06.06.2007

Oslo

Hungary

4-0

European Champ. Qual.

69

08.09.2007

Chisinau

Moldova

1-0

European Champ. Qual.

70

12.09.2007

Oslo

Greece

2-2

European Champ. Qual.

71

17.11.2007

Oslo

Turkey

1-2

European Champ. Qual.

72

21.11.2007

Valetta

Malta

4-1

European Champ. Qual.

73

26.03.2008

Podgorica

Montenegro

1-3

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