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Marita Skammelsrud Lund Personal information Full name Marita Skammelsrud Lund Date of birth 29 January 1989 Place of birth Lørenskog, Norway[1] Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Playing position Defender / Midfielder Club information Current club LSK Kvinner FK Number 3 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† Lisleby FK Skogstrand Flyers and Vikings Singapore 2007– LSK Kvinner FK National team‡ 2005–2006 Norway U-17 13 (1) 2006–2008 Norway U-19 23 (2) 2008 Norway U-20 7 (1) 2010–2011 Norway U-23 4 (1) 2007– Norway 22 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 June 2010 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 September 2011 (UTC)Marita Skammelsrud Lund (born 29 January 1989) is a Norwegian footballer. She began as a midfielder, but for the Norway women's national football team she plays at right back, and at her club, LSK Kvinner FK, she usually plays as central midfield. Lund has previously played for Lisleby FK, Skogstrand and Flyers and Vikings Singapore. She lived in Singapore for four years from 1997 until 2001.[2]
Lund has won 22 caps for Norway women's national football team, but scored no goals. In October 2007 she was drafted into the senior squad for a match against Russia, aged 18, following an injury to Marit Fiane Christensen.[3] Lund then played for Norway at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China.[4] She also represented Norway in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, where her pace and versatility were praised by the coach.[5]
Marita Skammelsrud Lund is the niece of Bent Skammelsrud, former captain of Rosenborg Ballklub.[6]
References
- ^ "Media Guide VM2011". NFF. http://www.fotball.no/Documents/PDF/2011/Landslag/Mediaguide_VM2011.pdf?epslanguage=en. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
- ^ Thomas Karlsen. "Skammelsrud startet i Singapore" (in Norwegian). FotballMagasinet.no. http://fotballmagasinet.no/?mode=news&id=9115&title=Skammelsrud_startet_i_Singapore. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
- ^ Trine Melheim Næss. "Fulltrefferen" (in Norwegian). rb.no. http://www.rb.no/lokal_sport/article3079564.ece. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
- ^ "Marita Skammelsrud Lund Biography and Statistics". Sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/marita-skammelsrud-lund-1.html. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ^ "Stoler på farten til "forsvarspoteten"" (in Norwegian). f-b.no. http://www.f-b.no/sport/stoler-pa-farten-til-forsvarspoteten-1.6346719. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
- ^ Thomas Karlsen. "Niese Skammelsrud" (in Norwegian). FotballMagasinet.no. http://fotballmagasinet.no/?mode=news&id=17670. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
External links
- Marita Skammelsrud Lund – FIFA competition record
- NFF profile
Norway squads Norway squad – 2008 Summer Olympics (Women's Football) 1 Skarbø • 2 Stangeland Horpestad • 3 Følstad • 4 Stensland • 5 S. Nordby • 6 M. Knutsen • 7 Rønning • 8 S. Gulbrandsen • 9 Herlovsen • 10 Wiik • 11 Larsen Kaurin • 12 Christensen • 13 Storløkken • 14 G. Knutsen • 15 Lund • 16 Thorsnes • 17 Mykjåland • 18 Colombo Nilsen • Coach: Berntsen
• 2 Akerhaugen • 3 Lund • 4 Stensland • 5 Giske • 6 Huse • 7 Rønning • 8 S. Gulbrandsen • 9 Herlovsen • 10 Wiik • 11 Larsen Kaurin • 12 Knutsen • 13 Colombo Nilsen • 14 Sandvei • 15 Gardsjord • 16 Thorsnes • 17 Mjelde • 18 Vikestad • 19 Isaksen • 20 Lie • 21 Storløkken • 22 Pedersen • Coach: Berntsen
Norway squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Categories:- 1989 births
- Living people
- Norwegian footballers
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Norway
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Norwegian football midfielder stubs
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