Oscar Hedvall
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oscar Thore Hedvall | ||
| Date of birth | 9 August 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Silkeborg, Denmark[1] | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vålerenga | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Silkeborg Kammeraterne[1] | |||
| Silkeborg | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2023 | Silkeborg | 38 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Fredericia (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Midtjylland | 0 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Viborg | 14 | (0) |
| 2025– | Vålerenga | 16 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Denmark U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Denmark U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019 | Denmark U20 | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:54, 4 April 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2019 | |||
Oscar Thore Hedvall (born 9 August 1998) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Norwegian club Vålerenga. He has played for several clubs in both the Danish Superliga and Danish 1st Division since making his debut for his childhood club Silkeborg in 2019.
Hedvall made his professional debut on 3 March 2019, playing for Silkeborg in a Danish 1st Division match against Roskilde. At age 20, his debut was a success as Silkeborg won the match 3–1.[2] Two months later, he was given a new four-year contract with Silkeborg until the summer of 2023.[3] He finished the season with 14 appearances for the club as they were promoted alongside Viborg to the Danish Superliga.[4][5]
Silkeborg struggled during the early part of their 2019–20 season, with Hedvall allowing 14 goals in the club's first five matches.[6] The club changed goalkeepers by mid-September, benching Hedvall in favor of new signing Rafael Romo.[7] Hedvall remained on the bench for the remainder of the season.[8] Following the club's relegation back to the 1st Division and Romo's departure,[9] he returned to a regular starting role. In a match against FC Fredericia in December 2020, his season was cut short with a torn cruciate ligament.[10]
In early 2022, after a year of recovery, Hedvall was loaned to FC Fredericia until the summer.[11] After 14 appearances for the club,[4] he returned to Silkeborg in May.[12] After no first-team appearances during Silkeborg's 2022–23 season and the expiration of his contract, he joined Superliga club Midtjylland on a three-year contract.[13] He was later made Midtjylland's third-choice goalkeeper and left after one season, failing to make any appearances.[4]
Citing a desire to play first-team football again,[14] Hedvall left Midtjylland and joined rival Viborg on a three-year contract.[15] He made his debut for the club on 18 August 2024 in a 1–1 draw against Copenhagen.[16] He became the Viborg's first-choice goalkeeper after Lucas Lund faced internal discipline from the club.[17][18] After a battle during winter break training, it was unsure if Hedvall or Lund would become the first-choice goalkeeper to start games in the spring.[19] After 14 appearances in the fall, Hedvall failed to play again for the club and suggested in May that he would again be open to searching for a new club.[20]
On 23 July 2025, it was announced that Hedvall had joined Norwegian club Vålerenga[21] on a three-and-a-half year contract.[22] He made his Eliteserien debut for the club on 3 August in a 2–1 win.[23]
International career
In May 2019, Hedvall was called up for the Denmark under-20 national team for matches against Iceland and Norway alongside several of his Silkeborg teammates.[24]