Place of birth Molde, Norway 1993–2003 Molde Spouse Trude Vik (m. 2006) Name Daniel Hestad Parents Stein Olav Hestad | Number 6 Role Footballer Current team Molde FK Years Team Height 1.84 m | |
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Date of birth (1975-07-30) 30 July 1975 (age 40) Children Jonathan Berg Hestad, Tobias Berg Hestad | ||
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A tribue to daniel berg hestad
Daniel Berg Hestad (born 30 July 1975) is a Norwegian football manager and a former player, who played as a central midfielder, most notably for Molde. He is the manager of the Under-19 squad of Molde. He is the player with most matches for Molde, and currently holds the record for most matches in Eliteserien. He is three time Norwegian league champion, and four times Norwegian cup champion. He retired from football after playing the Europa League game against Sevilla which Molde won 1-0, the 25th of February 2016, in his 900th match for Molde.
Contents
- A tribue to daniel berg hestad
- Daniel berg hestad herenveen 1 0 goal against groningen
- Club career
- International career
- Personal life
- Career statistics
- Honours
- References
Daniel berg hestad herenveen 1 0 goal against groningen
Club career
Berg Hestad debuted for Molde in the Tippeligaen match against Start on 23 May 1993, and has since played 900 first team matches for this team, which is a club record. With 473 matches in Eliteserien, he is the player with the most matches in the history of the top-tier in Norwegian football. In 2003, he moved to Dutch team SC Heerenveen, where he played two seasons, returning to Molde in the summer of 2005. Hestad was five times runner-up in Tippeligaen with Molde (1995, 1998, 1999, 2002 and 2009) before he finally could lift the trophy as captain of the 2011 Champions.
In 2012, after winning two consecutive Tippeligaen titles, it was speculated whether Berg Hestad would retire. He did however sign a new one-year-contract ahead of the 2013 season. He was one of Molde's best players during the season, and in September 2013 he told the club that he would sign a new contract for one more year if the offer was good enough. When he signed a new one-year extension in November 2013, the manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær stated that Berg Hestad would be a part of Molde's coaching staff during the 2014 season. Hestad became the oldest goalscorer in the European competitions on 5 November 2015, when he scored in a Europa League match against Celtic aged 40 years and 99 days.
International career
Hestad has 8 caps for the Norwegian national team, between 1998 and 2003, as well as a multitude of junior and youth internationals. In 1998, he was a part of the Norwegian U-21 team, that won bronze medal in 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. In the final qualifier before the tournament he captained the Norwegian side against a French side containing Thierry Henry, David Trezeguet, Patrick Vieira and Ludovic Giuly. Berg Hestad scored the third goal for Norway to put them up 0-3 in Valenciennes. Norway ended up winning 2-3 and qualified.
Personal life
Hestad grew up in a family who contains a long line of Molde players. His father Stein Olav Hestad held the club record for most first-team appearances of all-time, before this was beaten by Daniel. His uncles Harry Hestad, Odd Berg and Jan Berg also played many years at the club. His brother, Peter Berg Hestad, also played there a few years.
He married Trude Vik in 2006, with whom he has two sons, Tobias and Jonathan.
In 2000, he served time in prison for driving under the influence. This incident occurred during Molde's Christmas party after Berg Hestad was informed of the hospitalisation of his wife and their infant baby. Both were in a critical state and in a moment of poor judgement, Berg Hestad got in his car to drive to the hospital, only to crash after a few hundred meters.
Career statistics
As of match played 25 February 2016Honours
Molde FK