Egil Selvik

Egil Selvik
Selvik with Norway in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-07-30) 30 July 1997
Place of birth Sandnes, Norway
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Brest
(on loan from Watford)
Number 1
Youth career
–2013 Ganddal IL
2014–2016 Sandnes Ulf
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Sandnes Ulf 3 (0)
2018 → Nest-Sotra (loan) 29 (0)
2019–2020 Odd 1 (0)
2021–2024 Haugesund 117 (0)
2025 Udinese 0 (0)
2025– Watford 56 (0)
2026– → Brest (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2016 Norway U19 1 (0)
2023– Norway 8 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 June 2026

Egil Selvik (born 30 July 1997) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Brest, on loan from EFL Championship club Watford, and the Norway national team.[1]

Club career

On 25 November 2024, Selvik was sent off for receiving both red and yellow cards in a 5–1 league victory against FK Haugesund.[2] In his last match for FK Haugesund on 8 December, he kept a clean sheet to seal Haugesund to a 2–0 league victory against FK Moss.[3]

On 10 January 2025, Selvik moved abroad to Italy, signing a contract with Udinese.[4] However, Selvik was only at Udinese for a matter of weeks before moving on to EFL Championship club Watford for an undisclosed fee on 31 January.[5][6]

International career

Selvik debuted for the Norwegian senior squad on 7 September 2023 in a friendly match against Jordan.[7]

On 21 May 2026, Selvik was included in the 26-man squad selected by Norway national team manager Ståle Solbakken for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 August 2026[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sandnes Ulf 2017 1. divisjon 3000–30
Nest-Sotra (loan) 2018 1. divisjon 290201[a]0320
Odd 2019 Eliteserien 0010—10
2020 Eliteserien 10——10
Total 1010—20
Haugesund 2021 Eliteserien 29000—290
2022 Eliteserien 30000—300
2023 Eliteserien 29010—300
2024 Eliteserien 290002[a]0310
Total 117010201200
Watford 2024–25 Championship 1600000160
2025–26 Championship 4001000410
Total 5601000570
Brest 2026–27 Ligue 1 00000000
Career total 206050302140
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Eliteserien play-offs

International

As of 26 June 2026[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 2023 2 0
2024 1 0
2025 2 0
2026 3 0
Total 8 0

References

  1. ↑ Egil Selvik at Soccerway
  2. ↑ Pedersen, Elise; Ellingsen, Øystein; Mihle Laugaland, Johan (25 November 2024). "Viking beklager: "Dette ble feil og dumt"" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  3. ↑ Grøtting, Stine (8 December 2024). "Landslagskeeper Egil Selvik bekrefter at han er ferdig i Haugesund". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Aller Media. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Egil Selvik è bianconero". Udinese (Press release) (in Italian). 10 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Egil Selvik: Watford sign Udinese goalkeeper for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Official: Selvik Signs". Watford FC. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  7. ↑ Hovi, Henrik; Nesset Hjelvik, Eirik (12 November 2024). "Egil (27) skal redde Norge: "Haaland tjener sikkert ti ganger mer på en uke"" (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  8. ↑ "Norway squad announcement". FIFA. 21 May 2026. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  9. ↑ Egil Selvik at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  10. ↑ "Egil Selvik". National Football Teams.
Wikimedia Commons logo
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Egil Selvik.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.