Vegar Eggen Hedenstad

Subscription

Place in overall rating 8089 of 12842

Place in club Rosenborg 5 of 6

Place in country Norway 47 of 60

Place in category defender 2330 of 3921

Place among defenders in club Rosenborg 2 of 2

Place among defenders in country Norway 20 of 20

Personal info

Name: Vegar Eggen Hedenstad

Age: 32 years (26 June 1991)

Stature: 178 cm

Weight: 69 kg

Nationality:

Norway

Shirt number: 6

Status

Role: defender / edit.

Club: Rosenborg / edit.

Vegar Eggen Hedenstad. Biography

Vegar Eggen Hedenstad is a Norwegian defender currently playing for SC Freiburg in the German Bundesliga. He was born on 26 June 1991 in Elverum, Norway.

Vegar spent his youth career at his hometown club Elverum. He made his professional debut for the club aged only 14 thus establishing himself as the youngest ever player at the first team. Hedenstad enjoyed a meteoric rise signing for the Norwegian top-flight side Stabæk in 2008. He made his Tippeligaen debut against Strømsgodset in June 2008. Though he made only three appearances for Stabæk in his debut season, a young player became part of the team who won the Norwegian title that year. Overall, Hedenstad made 94 appearances for Stabæk during a four-year stint. In 2012, he moved to Germany where he joined Bundesliga side SC Freiburg and plays for them today.

Vegar Eggen Hedenstad featured for Norway at various youth levels from U17 to U23. In January 2012, he earned his first full cap in a friendly match against Denmark.