Gustav Wikheim

Gustav Mendonça Wikheim (born 18 March 1993) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Djurgårdens IF as a winger.[2]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Mendonça and the second or paternal family name is Wikheim.
Gustav Wikheim
Personal information
Full name Gustav Mendonça Wikheim
Date of birth (1993-03-18) 18 March 1993
Place of birth Hokksund,[1] Norway
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Djurgårdens IF
Number 23
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Strømsgodset 89 (16)
2016–2017 KAA Gent 2 (0)
2016–2019 FC Midtjylland 93 (15)
2019–2022 Al-Fateh 43 (6)
2022– Djurgårdens IF 47 (9)
International career‡
2011 Norway U18 13 (2)
2012 Norway U19 6 (0)
2013–2014 Norway U21 12 (1)
2014–2015 Norway U23 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:04, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 August 2017 (UTC)

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 deal.[5][6]

Loan to FC Midtjylland

In the dying hours of the summer 2016 transfer deadline, Wikheim was presented in FC Midtjylland on a one-year loan with a buy-out option included from KAA Gent.[7] Wikheim had a good season at FCM, and the club decidede to sign him permanently on a four-year contract.[8]

International

Wikheim was called up for the Norway U18 team in February 2011.[9] 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.[9] In February 2013, he was called up for his first Norway U21 match. He was capped 12 times, scoring one goal.[9] In October 2014, he was called up for the Norway U23 team, and has played twice without scoring.[9]

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.[10]

Career statistics
As of 25 January 2021[3]
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Strømsgodset 2011 Tippeligaen 8000—80
2012 Tippeligaen 10220—122
2013 Tippeligaen 161213[lower-alpha 1]0212
2014 Tippeligaen 274202[lower-alpha 2]0314
2015 Tippeligaen 289306[lower-alpha 1]0379
Totals 89169111010917
Gent 2015–16 Belgian Pro League 2020—40
Midtjylland 2016–17 Danish Superliga 22410—234
2017–18 Danish Superliga 36821724511
2018–19 Danish Superliga 283535[lower-alpha 3]2388
2019–20 Danish Superliga 70002[lower-alpha 1]090
Totals 93158414411523
Al-Fateh 2019–20 Saudi Professional League 24220—262
2020–21 Saudi Professional League 7100—71
2021–22 Saudi Professional League 12310—133
Totals 4363000466
Djurgårdens IF 2022 Allsvenskan 2662011[lower-alpha 4]3399
2023 Allsvenskan 112522[lower-alpha 4]0184
Totals 378721335713
Career totals 2644529738632958
  1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  3. Three appearances in the UEFA Europa League and two appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  4. Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Club

FC Midtjylland:

References
  1. "altomfotball.no - Statistikk, resultater, tabeller, kampfakta, spillerbørs". www.altomfotball.no.
  2. Sjokkovergang for Wikheim‚ Dagbladet, 1 September 2019
  3. "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). 23 March 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  5. "Wikheim klar for Gent". 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  6. "Wikheim solgt til Gent". Strømsgodset Toppfotball. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22.
  7. "FCM lejer Smartodds-anbefalede Wikheim". 31 August 2016.
  8. "FC Midtjylland henter Gustav Wikheim tilbage". Archived from the original on 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  9. "Gustav Mendonca Wikheim". NFF. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  10. "Følger i broderens fotballspor". 22 July 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2015.


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