- Ingvild Stensland
Infobox Football biography
playername = Ingvild Stensland
fullname = Ingvild Stensland
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|8|3
cityofbirth = Lyngdal
countryofbirth = Norway
height = height|m=1.76
position = Midfielder
currentclub =Kopparbergs/Goteborg FC
clubnumber = 17
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years=1987-1998
1999-1999
2000-2001
2002-2006
2007-
clubs=Lyngdal IL FK Donn Athene Moss
KolbotnKopparbergs/Goteborg FC
caps(goals)= 00? (?)
00? (?)
00? (?)
0120 (?)
025 (3)
nationalyears = 2003-
nationalteam = Norway
nationalcaps(goals) = 68 (2)
pcupdate = July 26, 2008
ntupdate = 26 July 2008Ingvild Stensland (born
August 3 ,1981 ) is a is a Norwegian footballmidfielder , who currently plays forKopparbergs/Goteborg FC in Göteborg, Sweden. She is also a member of the Norwegian Women's National Football Team, making her A-team debut on January 23, 2003 against the U.S. in China. [ [http://www.fotball.no/histstat.ASP?WCI=wiPerson&personid=360224 Official Norway Football Association player profile] ]Stensland was born in
Lyngdal ,Norway and was a football talent at an early age. She grew up in a football family with a father who was a coach, and trained with the boys side until she was in her teens. After her debut withLyngdal IL in 1987, she has played forFK Donn ,Athene Moss , Kolbotn and is now with Kopparbergs/Göteborg in Sweden’sDamallsvenskan league.She was named the
Toppserien Player of the Year in 2005.As a national team player, Stensland played in the 2005 European Championships, winning the silver medal after falling 3-1 to Germany in the finals. She played in every match of the 2007 Women's World Cup in China, in which Norway finished in 4th place.
She has also been nominated for the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year Award in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
On June 9, 2008 Stensland was named to the Norwegian roster for the 2008 Summer Olympics to be held in Beijing, China. [ [http://www.fotball.no/t1.aspx?p=51831&x=1&a=228434 Drømmen gikk i oppfyllelse] ]
On September 27, 2008 her Woman's Professional Soccer playing rights were obtained by St. Louis who named her as a post-draft discovery player. [ [http://www.womensprosoccer.com/player_ektid5336.aspx WPS player page] ]
References
External links
* [http://www.goteborgfc.se/Fotboll/kgfc.nsf/0/07C2D3A1902DEE3BC125727A00362F3B Kopparberg/ Göteborg player profile page]
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