Viljar Helland Vevatne (born 7 December 1994) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a defender for Viking.
.jpg) Vevatne with Viking in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Viljar Helland Vevatne[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 December 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Stavanger, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Viking | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2014 | Viking | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Bryne | 39 | (9) |
| 2015–2016 | Brann | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Sandnes Ulf | 42 | (1) |
| 2018– | Viking | 170 | (8) |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | Norway U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2013 | Norway U19 | 7 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 December 2025 | |||
Career
editVevatne started his career with Viking, where he was a part of the youth academy. He did not manage to break through to the first team, so he instead joined Bryne in 2014, where he signed his first professional contract.[3][4] On 25 July 2016, he joined Sandnes Ulf, after an unsuccessful spell with Brann, where he only made three first team appearances.[5] He returned to Viking ahead of the 2018 season, signing a three-year contract.[6] On 13 December 2019, he signed a contract extension keeping him at the club until the end of the 2022 season.[7]
Vevatne made eight appearances as Viking won the 2025 Eliteserien.[8][9]
Career statistics
edit| Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bryne | 2014 | 1. divisjon | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 24 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 1. divisjon | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | 20 | 5 | ||
| Total | 39 | 9 | 5 | 0 | — | 44 | 9 | |||
| Brann | 2015 | 1. divisjon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016 | Eliteserien | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Sandnes Ulf | 2016 | 1. divisjon | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1. divisjon | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
| Total | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 1 | ||
| Viking | 2018 | 1. divisjon | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | |
| 2019 | Eliteserien | 29 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2020 | Eliteserien | 27 | 3 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 28 | 3 | ||
| 2021 | Eliteserien | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 33 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | Eliteserien | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6[c] | 1 | 31 | 3 | |
| 2023 | Eliteserien | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | Eliteserien | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2025 | Eliteserien | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1[c] | 0 | 15 | 2 | |
| Total | 170 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 207 | 12 | ||
| Career total | 253 | 18 | 37 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 300 | 22 | ||
- 1 2 Appearance(s) in Eliteserien play-offs
- ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
- 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League
Honours
editReferences
edit- 1 2 Viljar Vevatne at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ↑ Viljar Vevatne at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ "Viljar Vevatne". Viking FK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ↑ "Viljar Vevatne skriver toårskontrakt med Bryne". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). 29 January 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ↑ "Overgangen bekreftet: Nå er han ferdig i Brann". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 25 July 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ↑ Nærland, Egil Ø. (5 January 2018). "Viljar Helland Vevatne signerte for 3 år med Viking". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ↑ Haugland, Mats (13 December 2019). "Viking-spiller forlenget kontrakten". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 Viljar Vevatne at Soccerway
- 1 2 Barka, Even Hye Tytlandsvik (30 November 2025). "Banestorming og enorme scener da Viking vant Eliteserien" [Pitch invasion and huge scenes as Viking win the Eliteserien]. NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 1 December 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.